adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- Napoleonic Wars
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Napoleonic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/nəˌpoʊliˈɒnɪk/
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nə.pō'.lē.ŏnʹ.ĭk
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CMU ARPABET: N AH0 P OW2 L IY0 AA1 N IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Suffering from Napoleon complex.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Having to do with the Napoleonic Wars.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
of or relating to or like Napoleon Bonaparte
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Napoleonic Wars
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English Napoleon Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Napoleonic From Napoleon + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: напалео́наўскі (napaljeónawski) — of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte
- Catalan: napoleònic — of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte
- Czech: napoleonský — of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte
- Dutch: napoleontisch — of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte
- French: napoléonien — of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte
- Galician: napoleónico — of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte
- German: napoleonisch — of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte
- Hungarian: napóleoni — of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte
- Italian: napoleonico — of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte
- Polish: napoleoński — of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte
- Portuguese: napoleónico — of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte
- Portuguese: napoleônico — of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte
- Russian: наполеоновский (napoleonovskij) — of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte
- Spanish: napoleónico — of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte
- Swedish: napoleonsk — of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte
- Swedish: napoleonisk — of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte
- Ukrainian: наполео́нівський (napoleónivsʹkyj) — of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte
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