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From Roger Bacon, the 13th century Franciscan who pioneered the scientific method, to George Lemaitre, the 20th century Belgian priest who first developed a mathematical foundation for the 'Big Bang,' people of faith have played a key role in advancing scientific understanding.
Kenneth R. Miller

Meaning of "Belgian" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BELGIAN

Belgian  [ˈbɛldʒən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BELGIAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Belgian can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BELGIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Belgian

Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal monarchy in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters as well as those of several other major international organisations such as NATO. Belgium covers an area of 30,528 square kilometres, and it has a population of about 11 million people. Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin Europe, Belgium is home to two main linguistic groups: the Dutch-speaking, mostly Flemish community, and the French-speaking, mostly Walloon population. Additionally, there is a small group of German-speakers who are officially recognized. Belgium's two largest regions are the Dutch-speaking region of Flanders in the north and the French-speaking southern region of Wallonia. The Brussels-Capital Region, officially bilingual, is a mostly French-speaking enclave within the Flemish Region. A German-speaking Community exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political conflicts are reflected in its political history and complex system of government.

Definition of Belgian in the English dictionary

The definition of Belgian in the dictionary is of, relating to, or characteristic of Belgium or the Belgians. Other definition of Belgian is of or relating to the Walloon French or the Flemish languages.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BELGIAN


antigen
ˈæntɪdʒən
Bajan
ˈbeɪdʒən
bhajan
ˈbʌdʒən
Cajun
ˈkeɪdʒən
carcinogen
kɑːˈsɪnədʒən
collagen
ˈkɒlədʒən
contagion
kənˈteɪdʒən
dungeon
ˈdʌndʒən
estrogen
ˈɛstrədʒən
glycogen
ˈɡlaɪkəʊdʒən
hydrogen
ˈhaɪdrɪdʒən
legion
ˈliːdʒən
nitrogen
ˈnaɪtrədʒən
Norwegian
nɔːˈwiːdʒən
oxygen
ˈɒksɪdʒən
region
ˈriːdʒən
religion
rɪˈlɪdʒən
sturgeon
ˈstɜːdʒən
surgeon
ˈsɜːdʒən
Trojan
ˈtrəʊdʒən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BELGIAN

Belfast
Belfort
belfried
belfries
belfry
Belg.
belga
Belgae
belgard
Belgaum
Belgian Congo
Belgian hare
Belgian shepherd dog
Belgic
belgicism
Belgium
Belgorod-Dnestrovski
Belgrade
Belgravia
Belial

WORDS THAT END LIKE BELGIAN

Brobdingnagian
callipygian
Carolingian
collegian
geologian
Georgian
Glaswegian
Jungian
Lagrangian
magian
malacopterygian
Merovingian
natural theologian
pelagian
Phrygian
Stygian
Swedenborgian
theologian
Thuringian
Varangian

Synonyms and antonyms of Belgian in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Belgian» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BELGIAN

Find out the translation of Belgian to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Belgian from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Belgian» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

比利时的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

belga
570 millions of speakers

English

Belgian
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बेल्जियाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بَلْجِيكِيّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бельгийский
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

belgo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বেলজিয়মদেশীয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

belge
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Belgium
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

belgisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ベルギーの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

벨기에의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Belgia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuộc nước/người Bỉ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெல்ஜிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेल्जियन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Belçikalı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

belga
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

belgijski
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бельгійський
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

belgian
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βελγικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Belgiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

belgisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

belgisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Belgian

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BELGIAN»

The term «Belgian» is very widely used and occupies the 15.328 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of Belgian
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BELGIAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Belgian» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Belgian» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Belgian

EXAMPLES

9 QUOTES WITH «BELGIAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Belgian.
1
Francis Alys
Can that make any sense - a Belgian artist living in Mexico and working in Afghanistan?
2
J. G. Ballard
My room is dominated by the huge painting, which is a copy of 'The Violation' by the Belgian surrealist Paul Delvaux. The original was destroyed during the Blitz in 1940, and I commissioned an artist I know, Brigid Marlin, to make a copy from a photograph. I never stop looking at this painting and its mysterious and beautiful women.
3
Emma Donoghue
The way to my heart is through Belgian milk chocolate.
4
Cecile de France
I'm happy to have a physical part in 'High Tension,' in 'Hereafter,' and in a lot of French movies and Belgian movies. But its not by chance directors choose me for physical parts. I like to do that. I like to tell a story also with the body. It's important, because you can tell a lot of things.
5
Cecile de France
I'm very Belgian, and I will die Belgian. I just have my house in the north of France because I began my career in Paris, even though I don't live there anymore.
6
Shane Leslie
A very considerable body of the German people live in America and propose to fight that Government. Bourke in his great speech last week welcoming the Belgian mission to Boston worked out the President's meaning with care.
7
Kelly Miller
Germany expected that at the most a day or so would see Belgian resistance broken and the dash on Paris begun. It was not safe to start such a forward rush with Belgium unconquered.
8
Kenneth R. Miller
From Roger Bacon, the 13th century Franciscan who pioneered the scientific method, to George Lemaitre, the 20th century Belgian priest who first developed a mathematical foundation for the 'Big Bang,' people of faith have played a key role in advancing scientific understanding.
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Tristram Stuart
Every week, I heave open a supermarket skip and find therein a more exotic shopping list of items than I could possibly have invented - Belgian chocolates, ripe bananas, almond croissants, stone-ground raisin bread - often so much it would have fed a hundred people.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BELGIAN»

Discover the use of Belgian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Belgian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Belgian Ale
Pierre Rajotte traveled the globe in search of the ultimate brew and found that Belgian ale is the pinnacle of artistic brewing complexity.
Pierre Rajotte, 1992
2
The Belgian Essays
The journeys proved to be pivotal in both their writing careers. Under the tutelage of their brilliant teacher Constantin Heger, the young authors penned the twenty-eight essays (devoirs) collected for the first time in this volume.
‎1996
3
Uniforms of the Belgian Army - 1880-90: Uniformi ...
UNIFORMS of the Belgian Army - 1880-90 This finest book devoted to the Belgian army toward the end of the XIX century has been printed in Bruxelles from the publishing Kiessling in 1893.
Luca Stefano Cristini, 2014
4
Belgian Cuisine
A complete Collection of Belgian Cuisine at the Beginning of the last Century.
Various Various, 2009
5
Introduction to Belgian Law
The book is written for a diversified, primarily non-Belgian readership including practising lawyers, business people, government officials, researchers, and students interested in a reliable overview of Belgian law and institution.
Hubert Bocken, Walter de Bondt, 2001
6
Recalling the Belgian Congo: Conversations and Introspection
Marie-Bénédicte Dembourteaches at the University of Sussex, School of Legal Studies.
Marie-Bénédicte Dembour, 2000
7
Belgian Yearbook Corporate Finance 2004
The Belgian Yearbook of Corporate Finance presents the reader an overview of the corporate finance business in Belgium.
Rudy Aernoudt, J. Behiels, P. J. Engelen, 2003
8
Dutch-Belgian Troops of the Napoleonic Wars
Denne bog fremstiller de hollandsk-belgiske tropper og deres virke under Napoleonskrigene.
‎1980
9
Dining nobility: from the Burgundian dukes to the Belgian ...
This stunning work provides insights into both the culinary proclivities and table manors of these epic gourmands, answering such questions as What was the daily menu of the dukes of Burgundy?
Paul Janssens, Siger Zeischka, 2008
10
Split Screen: Belgian Cinema and Cultural Identity
Explores the historical evolution of Belgian cinema as well as its contemporary situation within the evolving contexts of global media and European unity.
Philip Mosley, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BELGIAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Belgian is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Haven for Belgian beer lovers closing as it looks to relocate to …
The Globe, a European gastropub that sells Belgian beers, is closing July 27 as its owner plans to reopen inside a converted church to better ... «OCRegister, Jul 15»
2
Celtic close on Belgian keeper
In a statement on their website, the Belgian club confirmed they had agreed a fee for the 29-year-old, who has been at the club since 2012 after ... «SkySports, Jul 15»
3
Jan Vertonghen welcomes Toby Alderweireld to Tottenham as …
In a cartoon published by the newspaper on Monday, Spurs' growing number of Belgian players was highlighted - with Alderweireld, ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
4
Valencia sign Belgian teen Bakkali through 2020
Valencia have reached an agreement with Belgian international Zakaria Bakkali through June 30th, 2020, the club said on Monday. «ESPN FC, Jul 15»
5
Tottenham Should Consider Selling Belgian Midfielder Mousa …
He told Belgian outlet Sporza (via HITC.com) that he aspires to play for Bayern Munich, and he may well be talented enough to do so, but his ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
6
World NewsBelgian finmin on Varoufakis exit: not unhappy
Among those who will not be lamenting the departure of Yanis Varoufakis as Greek finance minister is Johan Van Overtveldt, the Belgian ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
7
Jelle Vossen: Why the Belgian was never top of Boro's summer …
Rewind 12 months and a tongue-in-cheek Twitter campaign launched by passionate Boro fans took over a lead slot on Belgian news channel ... «Gazette Live, Jul 15»
8
Liverpool poised to sign Belgian ace
Liverpool look to add another striker to their ranks after a disappointing season in front of goal last term, the Reds are set to sign Belgian and ... «Western Morning News, Jul 15»
9
Belgian WW1 memorial book comes to Durham Cathedral
A MEMORIAL book containing the names of over 174,000 people from the UK and Ireland who lost their lives in Belgium during the First World ... «The Northern Echo, Jul 15»
10
24-Year-Old Belgian Woman Reignites Right to Die Debate
The debate over just who has the “right to die” has been reignited thanks to a shocking case coming out of Belgium. It involves a 24-year-old ... «Care2.com, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Belgian [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/belgian>. Apr 2024 ».
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