Belgium
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin Belgium, from the name of the tribe of Belgae.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Belgium (usually uncountable, plural Belgiums)
- A country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France. Official name: Kingdom of Belgium. Capital and largest city: Brussels.
Usage notes
[edit]When describing the country's monarch, he or she should not be called "King (or Queen) of Belgium", but "King (or Queen) of the Belgians".
Synonyms
[edit]- Kingdom of Belgium (official name)
Meronyms
[edit]- Wallonia
- Flanders
- Brussels-Capital Region
- Brussels (capital city)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]country in Europe
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See also
[edit]- (countries of Europe) countries of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia (Czech Republic), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
Hungarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Belgium
- Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Belgium | — |
accusative | Belgiumot | — |
dative | Belgiumnak | — |
instrumental | Belgiummal | — |
causal-final | Belgiumért | — |
translative | Belgiummá | — |
terminative | Belgiumig | — |
essive-formal | Belgiumként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Belgiumban | — |
superessive | Belgiumon | — |
adessive | Belgiumnál | — |
illative | Belgiumba | — |
sublative | Belgiumra | — |
allative | Belgiumhoz | — |
elative | Belgiumból | — |
delative | Belgiumról | — |
ablative | Belgiumtól | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Belgiumé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Belgiuméi | — |
Possessive forms of Belgium | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Belgiumom | — |
2nd person sing. | Belgiumod | — |
3rd person sing. | Belgiuma | — |
1st person plural | Belgiumunk | — |
2nd person plural | Belgiumotok | — |
3rd person plural | Belgiumuk | — |
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- (countries of Europe) Európa országai; Albánia, Andorra, Ausztria, Azerbajdzsán, Belgium, Bosznia-Hercegovina, Bulgária, Ciprus, Csehország, Dánia, Egyesült Királyság, Észak-Macedónia, Észtország, Fehéroroszország, Finnország, Franciaország, Görögország, Grúzia, Hollandia, Horvátország, Izland, Írország, Kazahsztán, Lengyelország, Lettország, Liechtenstein, Litvánia, Luxemburg, Magyarország, Málta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegró, Németország, Norvégia, Olaszország, Oroszország, Örményország, Portugália, Románia, San Marino, Spanyolország, Svédország, Svájc, Szerbia, Szlovákia, Szlovénia, Törökország, Ukrajna, Vatikán (Category: hu:Countries in Europe)
Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈbel.ɡi.um/, [ˈbɛɫ̪ɡiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbel.d͡ʒi.um/, [ˈbɛl̠ʲd͡ʒium]
Proper noun
[edit]Belgium n sg (genitive Belgiī or Belgī); second declension
- Synonym of Belgica: Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Belgium |
genitive | Belgiī Belgī1 |
dative | Belgiō |
accusative | Belgium |
ablative | Belgiō |
vocative | Belgium |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
[edit]- → English: Belgium
- → Bengali: বেলজিয়াম (beljiẏam)
- → Bishnupriya Manipuri: বেলজিয়াম (bēlajiẏām)
- → Burmese: ဘယ်လ်ဂျီယမ် (bhailgyiyam)
- → Dhivehi: ބެލްޖިއަމް (beljiam̊)
- → Dzongkha: བེལ་ཇིཡམ་ (bel jiym)
- → Ewe: Belgium
- → Gujarati: બેલ્જિયમ (beljiyam)
- → Hawaiian: Pelekiuma
- → Hindi: बेल्जियम (beljiyam)
- → Ilocano: Belgium
- → Kamba: Belgium
- → Kapampangan: Belgium
- → Luhya: Belgium
- → Malay: Belgium
- → Malayalam: ബെൽജിയം (beljiyaṁ)
- → Maori: Peratiamu
- → Marathi: बेल्जियम (beljiyam)
- → Meru: Belgium
- → Nauruan: Belgium
- → Nepali: बेल्जियम (beljiyam)
- → Sanskrit: बेल्जियम (beljiyama)
- → Tamil: பெல்ஜியம் (peljiyam)
- → Telugu: బెల్జియం (beljiyaṁ)
- → Thai: เบลเยียม (beel-yîiam)
- → Tok Pisin: Beljiam
- → Urdu: بلجئیم (beljiyam)
- → Yoruba: Belgium
- → Esperanto: Belgio
- Friulian: Belgjo
- → Greek: Βέλγιο (Vélgio)
- → Hungarian: Belgium
- → Interlingua: Belgio
- Italian: Belgio
- Ligurian: Belgiò
- → Scots: Belgium
- Sicilian: Belgiu
- → Silesian: Belgijo
- Venetan: Belgio
Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English Belgium.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Bélgium (Jawi spelling بيلجيوم or بيلݢيوم)
- Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)
- Synonym: (Indonesian) Belgia
See also
[edit]- (countries of Europe) negara-negara di Eropah; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belanda, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia dan Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Itali, Jerman, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia Utara, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, Perancis, Poland, Portugal, Republik Czech, Romania, Rusia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sepanyol, Sweden, Switzerland, Turki, Ukraina, United Kingdom, Vatican
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰelǵʰ-
- English terms borrowed from Latin
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- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Belgium
- en:Countries in Europe
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- English exonyms
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/um
- Rhymes:Hungarian/um/3 syllables
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- hu:Belgium
- hu:Countries in Europe
- hu:Countries
- Hungarian exonyms
- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
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- Latin neuter nouns
- la:Belgium
- la:Countries in Europe
- la:Countries
- Malay terms borrowed from English
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- Malay 2-syllable words
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- ms:Belgium
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