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PRONUNCIATION OF BELGICISM

belgicism  [ˈbɛldʒɪsɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BELGICISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Belgicism is a noun.
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.

WHAT DOES BELGICISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Belgicism

A belgicism is a word, expression, or turn of phrase that is uniquely Belgian French. Even though the French spoken in Belgium is closer to the French spoken in France than the French spoken by Québécois, there are a considerable number of words and phrases that have disappeared from common usage in other Francophone nations that remain common in everyday Belgian speech. Certain words used in Belgium that are not used in Standard French are also found in northern France and in Switzerland, for example chicon and septante In these cases, these words are sometimes not classified as being solely belgicisms.

Definition of belgicism in the English dictionary

The definition of belgicism in the dictionary is word or expression used by Belgians when speaking French or Dutch.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BELGICISM


agnosticism
æɡˈnɒstɪsɪzəm
Anglo-Catholicism
ˈæŋɡləʊkəˈθɒlɪsɪzəm
anti-Catholicism
ˌæntɪkəˈθɒlɪsɪzəm
antiracism
ˌæntɪˈreɪsɪzəm
apocalypticism
əˌpɒkəˈlɪptɪsɪzəm
archaicism
ɑːˈkeɪɪsɪzəm
astaticism
eɪˈstætɪsɪzəm
athleticism
æθˈlɛtɪsɪzəm
chromaticism
krəˈmætɪsɪzəm
didacticism
dɪˈdæktɪsɪzəm
ecumenicism
ˌiːkjʊˈmɛnɪsɪzəm
esotericism
ˌɛsəʊˈtɛrɪsɪzəm
exoticism
ɪɡˈzɒtɪsɪzəm
metempiricism
ˌmetɪmˈpɪrɪsɪzəm
peripateticism
ˌpɛrɪpəˈtɛtɪsɪzəm
polysyllabicism
ˌpɒlɪsɪˈlæbɪsɪzəm
psychoticism
saɪˈkɒtɪsɪzəm
racism
ˈreɪsɪzəm
scepticism
ˈskɛptɪsɪzəm
skepticism
ˈskɛptɪsɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BELGICISM

belga
Belgae
belgard
Belgaum
Belgian
Belgian Congo
Belgian hare
Belgian shepherd dog
Belgic
Belgium
Belgorod-Dnestrovski
Belgrade
Belgravia
Belial
belie
belief
belief system
beliefless
belier

WORDS THAT END LIKE BELGICISM

aestheticism
Catholicism
classicism
criticism
cynicism
eclecticism
eroticism
fanaticism
fascism
historicism
literary criticism
lyricism
mosaicism
mysticism
neoclassicism
neuroticism
romanticism
scholasticism
self-criticism
textual criticism
witticism

Synonyms and antonyms of belgicism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «belgicism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BELGICISM

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

Translator English - Chinese

belgicism
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

belgicism
570 millions of speakers

English

belgicism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

belgicism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

belgicism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

belgicism
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

belgicism
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

belgicism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Belgicisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Belgikisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

belgicism
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

belgicism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

belgicism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Belgicism
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

belgicism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

belgicism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेलगिसिझम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

belgicism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

belgicism
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

belgicism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

belgicism
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

belgicism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

belgicism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

belgicism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

belgicism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

belgicism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of belgicism

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BELGICISM»

The term «belgicism» is used very little and occupies the 190.523 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of belgicism
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about belgicism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BELGICISM»

Discover the use of belgicism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to belgicism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Flemish Movement: A Documentary History 1780-1990
Flemish 'Belgicism', as a new national concept, remains outside the Flemish Movement proper. It has its origin in the events of 1830 and in the notion of the Belgian national home, built on the bilingualism of Flanders. Flemish nationalism goes ...
Theo J. Hermans, Louis Vos, Lode Wils, 1992
2
The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the ...
If, therefore, my pen hath sometimes been guilty of a Belgicism, I beg excuse of my reader. And since my absence hath hindered me from correcting the printer's mistakes, either in omissions or other errors, such faults I do not think myself ...
William Sewel, 1856
3
The history of the rise, increase and progress of the ...
If therefore my pen hath sometimes been guilty of a Belgicism, Ibeg excuse of my reader. And since my absence hath hindered me from' correcting theprinter's mistakes, either in 'omissions 1 or other errors, 'such faults I do not think myself ...
William Sewel, 1834
4
The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress, of the ...
If therefore my pen sometimes hath been guilty of a Belgicism, I beg excuse of my reader. And since my absence hath hindered me from correctiug the printer's mistakes, either in omiffions or other errors, such faults I do not think myself ...
5
The Earliest Stage of Language Planning: The "first ...
"Belgicism", i. e. opponents and partisans of the resplit of the Dutch language territory after the Belgian "Revolution", which caused the collapse of the Verenigd Koninkrijk der Nederlanden [United Kingdom of the Netherlands], 1814—1830): ...
Joshua A. Fishman, 1993
6
Writing and Rewriting National Theatre Histories
Of course this had nothing to do with nostalgic neo-Belgicism but rather with a sincere need to meet theatre makers from other cultures, and the closest culture — so near, yet so unknown to us Belgians — is that of the other community, be it  ...
S.E. Wilmer, 2009
7
The Ideology of the Extreme Right
In his first official visit to Belgium, invited by the French speaking mayor (Nols) of the Brussels area Schaarbeek, Le Pen argued for the foundation of a Front National Beige and supported a form of Belgian nationalism (or 'Belgicism').
Cas Mudde, 2002
8
Friends Library: Consisting Principally of Journals and ...
If therefore my pen sometimes hath been guilty of a belgicism, I beg excuse of my reader. And since my absence hath hindered me from correcting the printer's mistakes, either in omissions or other errors, such faults I do not think myself ...
William Allen, 1833
9
The history of the rise, increase and progress of the ... ...
If therefore my pen sometimes hath been guilty of a belgicism, I beg excuse of my reader. And since my absence hath hindered me from correcting the printer's mistakes, either in omissions or other errors, such faults I do not think myself ...
Willem Sewel, 1833
10
The Sorrows of Belgium: Liberation and Political ...
Neither the nineteenth-century celebration of the nation-state nor the monarchist Belgicism of the inter-war years was well adapted to the circumstances of the post-war era. Instead, the evocation of a fraternal Belgianness provided a patriotism ...
Martin Conway, 2012

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