violent

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

• /ˈvaɪ.ə.lənt/
  Play
• /ˈvaɪ.lənt/
  Play
• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  Play
• rhymes with -aɪlənt
  Play
• CMU ARPABET: V AY1 AH0 L AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  Play
• CMU ARPABET 2: V AY1 L AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  Play

Etymology tree Latin violentusbor. Old French violentbor. Middle English violent English violent From Middle English violent, from Old French violent, from Latin violentus, from vīs (“strength”). Displaced native Old English stræc. For the verb, compare French violenter.

151 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: բուռն (buṙn) — involving extreme force or motion
• Bulgarian: бурен (buren) — involving extreme force or motion
• Bulgarian: яростен (jarosten) — involving extreme force or motion
• Catalan: violent — involving extreme force or motion
• Chinese Mandarin: 暴力 (bàolì) — involving extreme force or motion
• Chinese Mandarin: 強烈 /强烈 (qiángliè) — involving extreme force or motion
• Czech: prudký — involving extreme force or motion
• Danish: voldsom — involving extreme force or motion
• Dutch: gewelddadig — involving extreme force or motion
• Dutch: geweldig — involving extreme force or motion
• Dutch: hevig — involving extreme force or motion
• Finnish: raju — involving extreme force or motion
• French: violent — involving extreme force or motion
• Galician: violento — involving extreme force or motion
• Georgian: შმაგი (šmagi) — involving extreme force or motion
• Georgian: გააფთრებული (gaaptrebuli) — involving extreme force or motion
• Georgian: მძვინვარე (mʒvinvare) — involving extreme force or motion
• German: heftig — involving extreme force or motion
• German: gewaltig — involving extreme force or motion
• German: brutal — involving extreme force or motion
• German: gewalttätig — involving extreme force or motion
• Greek: βίαιος (víaios) — involving extreme force or motion
• Ancient Greek: βίαιος (bíaios) — involving extreme force or motion
• Ancient Greek: σφοδρός (sphodrós) — involving extreme force or motion
• Hebrew: אלים (alím) — involving extreme force or motion
• Hindi: हिंसक (hinsak) — involving extreme force or motion
• Hindi: क्रूर (krūr) — involving extreme force or motion
• Hindi: उग्र (ugra) — involving extreme force or motion
• Hungarian: heves — involving extreme force or motion
• Irish: foréigneach — involving extreme force or motion
• Italian: violento — involving extreme force or motion
• Japanese: 激しい (hageshii) — involving extreme force or motion
• Latin: violentus — involving extreme force or motion
• Māori: whakarawarawa — involving extreme force or motion
• Māori: taikaha — involving extreme force or motion
• Māori: pūkeri — involving extreme force or motion
• Māori: pūkerikeri — involving extreme force or motion
• Māori: kuruki — involving extreme force or motion
• Middle English: violent — involving extreme force or motion
• Occitan: violent — involving extreme force or motion
• Old English: hetelīċ — involving extreme force or motion
• Polish: gwałtowny — involving extreme force or motion
• Portuguese: violento — involving extreme force or motion
• Romanian: violent — involving extreme force or motion
• Russian: неи́стовый (neístovyj) — involving extreme force or motion
• Serbo-Croatian: на́силан — involving extreme force or motion
• Serbo-Croatian: жѐсток — involving extreme force or motion
• Serbo-Croatian: násilan — involving extreme force or motion
• Serbo-Croatian: žèstok — involving extreme force or motion
• Sicilian: violentu — involving extreme force or motion
• Slovene: silen — involving extreme force or motion
• Spanish: violento — involving extreme force or motion
• Swedish: våldsam — involving extreme force or motion
• Tocharian B: räskare — involving extreme force or motion
• Turkish: şiddetli — involving extreme force or motion
• Yiddish: העפֿטיק (heftik) — involving extreme force or motion
• Arabic: عَنِيف (ʕanīf) — involving physical conflict
• Bulgarian: насилствен (nasilstven) — involving physical conflict
• Catalan: violent — involving physical conflict
• Czech: násilný — involving physical conflict
• Danish: voldelig — involving physical conflict
• Dutch: gewelddadig — involving physical conflict
• Esperanto: perforta — involving physical conflict
• Finnish: väkivaltainen — involving physical conflict
• French: violent — involving physical conflict
• Galician: violento — involving physical conflict
• Georgian: ძალადობრივი (ʒaladobrivi) — involving physical conflict
• Georgian: ძალმომრეობითი (ʒalmomreobiti) — involving physical conflict
• Greek: βίαιος (víaios) — involving physical conflict
• Ancient Greek: βίαιος (bíaios) — involving physical conflict
• Hawaiian: weliweli — involving physical conflict
• Hawaiian: uluulu — involving physical conflict
• Hawaiian: ehuehu — involving physical conflict
• Hebrew: אלים (alím) — involving physical conflict
• Hindi: हिंसक (hinsak) — involving physical conflict
• Hungarian: erőszakos — involving physical conflict
• Irish: foréigneach — involving physical conflict
• Japanese: 暴力的 (bōryokuteki) — involving physical conflict
• Latin: violentus — involving physical conflict
• Māori: taikaha — involving physical conflict
• Māori: kaikoka — involving physical conflict
• Māori: tākaha — involving physical conflict
• Middle English: violent — involving physical conflict
• Norwegian Bokmål: voldelig — involving physical conflict
• Occitan: violent — involving physical conflict
• Old English: stræc — involving physical conflict
• Polish: brutalny — involving physical conflict
• Portuguese: violento — involving physical conflict
• Romanian: violent — involving physical conflict
• Russian: наси́льственный (nasílʹstvennyj) — involving physical conflict
• Scottish Gaelic: ainneartach — involving physical conflict
• Serbo-Croatian: на́силан — involving physical conflict
• Serbo-Croatian: násilan — involving physical conflict
• Slovene: nasilen — involving physical conflict
• Spanish: violento — involving physical conflict
• Swedish: våldsam — involving physical conflict
• Ottoman Turkish: خشین (haşin) — involving physical conflict
• Ukrainian: наси́льницький (nasýlʹnycʹkyj) — involving physical conflict
• Ukrainian: наси́льний (nasýlʹnyj) — involving physical conflict
• Arabic: عَنِيف (ʕanīf) — likely to use physical force
• Catalan: violent — likely to use physical force
• Maore Comorian: wa peu — likely to use physical force
• Czech: násilný — likely to use physical force
• Danish: voldelig — likely to use physical force
• Dutch: gewelddadig — likely to use physical force
• Finnish: väkivaltainen — likely to use physical force
• French: violent — likely to use physical force
• Galician: violento — likely to use physical force
• Georgian: სასტიკი (sasṭiḳi) — likely to use physical force
• Georgian: მძვინვარე (mʒvinvare) — likely to use physical force
• German: gewaltbereit — likely to use physical force
• Greek: βίαιος (víaios) — likely to use physical force
• Hindi: हिंसक (hinsak) — likely to use physical force
• Hungarian: erőszakos — likely to use physical force
• Irish: foréigneach — likely to use physical force
• Irish: borb — likely to use physical force
• Japanese: 暴力的 (bōryokuteki) — likely to use physical force
• Māori: kaikoka — likely to use physical force
• Māori: whakarekereke — likely to use physical force
• Middle English: violent — likely to use physical force
• Old English: stræc — likely to use physical force
• Polish: agresywny — likely to use physical force
• Portuguese: violento — likely to use physical force
• Quechua: saqra — likely to use physical force
• Russian: жесто́кий (žestókij) — likely to use physical force
• Scottish Gaelic: ainneartach — likely to use physical force
• Serbo-Croatian: на́силан — likely to use physical force
• Serbo-Croatian: násilan — likely to use physical force
• Slovene: nasilen — likely to use physical force
• Spanish: violento — likely to use physical force
• Swedish: våldsam — likely to use physical force
• Ottoman Turkish: خشین (haşin) — likely to use physical force
• Welsh: treisgar — likely to use physical force
• Bulgarian: буен (buen) — intensely vivid
• Bulgarian: страстен (strasten) — intensely vivid
• Czech: výrazný — intensely vivid
• Danish: kraftig — intensely vivid
• Danish: heftig — intensely vivid
• Finnish: raju — intensely vivid
• Finnish: intensiivinen — intensely vivid
• French: vif — intensely vivid
• German: grell — intensely vivid
• Greek: έντονος (éntonos) — intensely vivid
• Greek: δυνατός (dynatós) — intensely vivid
• Hungarian: rikító — intensely vivid
• Irish: scéiniúil — intensely vivid
• Japanese: 激しい (hageshii) — intensely vivid
• Kabuverdianu: agresivu — intensely vivid
• Kabuverdianu: agresive — intensely vivid
• Polish: jaskrawy — intensely vivid
• Portuguese: violento — intensely vivid