belligero
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin belligerum, form of belliger (“waging war; warlike”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /belˈli.d͡ʒe.ro/
- Rhymes: -idʒero
- Hyphenation: bel‧lì‧ge‧ro
Adjective
belligero (feminine belligera, masculine plural belligeri, feminine plural belligere)
- (literary) belligerent, bellicose
- Synonym: bellicoso
Related terms
Further reading
- belligero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /belˈli.ɡe.roː/, [bɛlˈlʲɪɡɛroː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /belˈli.d͡ʒe.ro/, [belˈliːd͡ʒero]
Verb
belligerō (present infinitive belligerāre, perfect active belligerāvī, supine belligerātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
Descendants
- French: belligérer
References
- “belligero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “belligero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- belligero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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