Belgique
See also: belgique
French
Etymology
Originally an adjective, borrowed from Latin Belgicus; morphologically, from Belge + -ique. Noun use arose by ellipsis of province belgique.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛl.ʒik/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ik
Proper noun
Belgique f
- Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France; official name: Royaume de Belgique)
- Synonym: (verlan) Gelbique
- (historical, obsolete) the Netherlands
- Synonym: Pays-Bas
- (historical, obsolete) the Low Countries
Related terms
Descendants
- → Persian: بلژیک (belžik)
- → Ottoman Turkish: بلچیقه (belçika)
- → Central Kurdish: بەلجیکا (belcîka)
- → Arabic: بِلْجِيكَا (biljīkā)
See also
- Albanie
- Allemagne
- Andorre
- Arménie
- Autriche
- Azerbaïdjan
- Belgique
- Biélorussie
- Bosnie-Herzégovine
- Bulgarie
- Chypre
- Cité du Vatican
- Croatie
- Danemark
- Espagne
- Estonie
- Finlande
- France
- Géorgie
- Grèce
- Hongrie
- Irlande
- Islande
- Italie
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo ~ Cossovo
- Lettonie
- Liechtenstein
- Lituanie
- Luxembourg
- Macédoine du Nord
- Malte
- Moldavie
- Monaco
- Monténégro
- Norvège
- Pays-Bas
- Pologne
- Portugal
- République tchèque
- Roumanie
- Royaume-Uni
- Russie
- Saint-Marin
- Serbie
- Slovaquie
- Slovénie
- Suède
- Suisse
- Turquie
- Ukraine
Norman
Etymology
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Proper noun
Belgique f
- Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)
- (historical, obsolete) the Netherlands, a
- (historical, obsolete) the Low Countries