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)

  1. (literary) belligerent, bellicose
    Synonym: bellicoso

Further reading

  • belligero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From belliger +‎ .

Pronunciation

Verb

belligerō (present infinitive belligerāre, perfect active belligerāvī, supine belligerātum); first conjugation

  1. to wage war

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.