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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Belligerent \Bel*lig"er*ent\, n.
     A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person
     engaged in warfare.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Belligerent \Bel*lig"er*ent\, a. [L. bellum war + gerens,
     -entis, waging, p. pr. of gerere to wage: cf. F.
     bellig['e]rant. See Bellicose, Jest.]
     1. Waging war; carrying on war. ``Belligerent powers.'' --E.
        Everett.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to
        belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Belligerent \Bel*lig"er*ent\, a. [L. bellum war + gerens,
     -entis, waging, p. pr. of gerere to wage: cf. F.
     bellig['e]rant. See Bellicose, Jest.]
     1. Waging war; carrying on war. ``Belligerent powers.'' --E.
        Everett.
  
     2. Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to
        belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Belligerent \Bel*lig"er*ent\, n.
     A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person
     engaged in warfare.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  belligerent
       adj 1: characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight;
              "aggressive acts against another country"; "a
              belligerent tone" [syn: aggressive]
       2: engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations"; "a
          fighting war" [syn: fighting, militant, war-ridden,
          warring]
       n : someone who fights (or is fighting) [syn: combatant, battler,
            fighter, scrapper]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  belligerent
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 εμπόλεμος
     2 επιτιθέμενος, εχθρικός, επιθετικός, φιλοπόλεμος
     Αγγλικά n.
     για συγκεκριμένο έθνος ή συγκεκριμένη χώρα που εμπλέκεται σε σύρραξη

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  belligerent
     Dutch a.
     #English, engaged in warfare
     Dutch n.
     A #English, armed party in warfare
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la belligerō  3 p pres actv subj)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  bel·ligerent
     Catalan n.
     belligerent (gl: party to a war)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  belligerent
     a.
     1 Engaged in warfare, warring.
     2 Eager to go to war, warlike.
     3 Of or pertaining to war.
     4 (lb en by extension) aggressive hostile, eager to fight.
     5 act#Verb violently towards others.
     6 uncooperative.
     n.
     A state or other armed participant in warfare

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  belligerent
     Dutch a.
     #English, engaged in warfare
     Dutch n.
     A #English, armed party in warfare
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la belligerō  3 p pres actv subj)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  bel·ligerent
     Catalan n.
     belligerent (gl: party to a war)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  belligerent
     Dutch a.
     #English, engaged in warfare
     Dutch n.
     A #English, armed party in warfare
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la belligerō  3 p pres actv subj)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  bel·ligerent
     Catalan n.
     belligerent (gl: party to a war)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  belligerent
     Englanti a.
     1 sodanhaluinen, sotaisa
     2 riidanhaluinen, hyökkäävä
     Englanti n.
     sotaakäyvä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  belligerent
     Engelska a.
     stridslysten

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Belligerent /bɪlˈɪdʒəɹənt/
  عدوانيّ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  belligerent //bəˈlɪdʒ.(ə).ɹənt// //bəˈlɪd͡ʒ.ə.ɹənt// 
  1. во́йнствен 2.
  eager to go to war
   3.
  hostile, eager to fight
  2. вою́ващ
  engaged in warfare
  3. вое́нен
  of or pertaining to war

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  belligerent //bəˈlɪdʒ.(ə).ɹənt// //bəˈlɪd͡ʒ.ə.ɹənt// 
  воюваща страна
  state or other armed participant in warfare

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  belligerent /bɪlˈɪdʒəɹənt/ 
  útočný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  belligerent /bɪlˈɪdʒəɹənt/ 
  bojovný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  belligerent /bɪlˈɪdʒəɹənt/
  Kombattant , kriegführender Staat , Kriegsteilnehmer  [pol.]
     Synonym: belligerent country
  
   see: belligerents, belligerent countries
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  belligerent /bɪlˈɪdʒəɹənt/
  kämpferisch, streitlustig, kampflustig, kriegswillig 
     Synonym: combative
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  belligerent /bɪlˈɪdʒəɹənt/
  kriegführend , Krieg führend, am Krieg beteiligt  [pol.]
   see: nonbelligerent
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  belligerent /bɪlˈɪdʒəɹənt/
  
  εριστικός, φιλοπόλεμος, επιθετικός

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  belligerent //bəˈlɪdʒ.(ə).ɹənt// //bəˈlɪd͡ʒ.ə.ɹənt// 
  1. riitaa haastava, väkivaltainen
  acting violently
  2. sotaintoinen, sotaisa
  eager to go to war
  3. sotaakäyvä
  engaged in warfare
  4. hyökkäävä, riidanhaluinen, riitaisa
  hostile, eager to fight
  5. sota, sota-
  of or pertaining to war

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  belligerent //bəˈlɪdʒ.(ə).ɹənt// //bəˈlɪd͡ʒ.ə.ɹənt// 
  sodan osapuoli
  state or other armed participant in warfare

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  belligerent /bɪlˈɪdʒəɹənt/ 
  1. युद्धकारी
        "He is quite belligerent."

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  belligerent /bɪlˈɪdʒəɹənt/ 
  1. योद्धा
        "Maharana Pratap was a great belligerent."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  belligerent /bɪlˈɪdʒəɹənt/
  ratni, ratoboran, zaraćena strana

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  belligerent /bɪlˈɪdʒəɹənt/
  1. ellenséges
  2. hadviselô

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  belligerent //bəˈlɪdʒ.(ə).ɹənt// //bəˈlɪd͡ʒ.ə.ɹənt// 
  交戦団体, 交戦国
  state or other armed participant in warfare

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  belligerent /bɪˈlɪʤərənt/ 
    wojowniczy (towards - wobec)

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  belligerent //bəˈlɪdʒ.(ə).ɹənt// //bəˈlɪd͡ʒ.ə.ɹənt// 
  1. krigslysten
  eager to go to war
  2. krigförande
  engaged in warfare
  3. stridslysten
  hostile, eager to fight
  4. krig
  of or pertaining to war

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  belligerent /bɪlˈɪdʒəɹənt/
  1. münakaşacı, kavgacı, dövüşken
  2. cenkçi, harbe meyilli
  3. muharip, harbe girmiş
  4. harbe ait
  5. harpte taraflardan birini teşkil eden devlet veya millet
  6. bu devlet ordusunun mensubu.

From Nederlands-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-bul ]

  belligerent /bˌɛliɣɪːrˈɛnt/ 
  вою́ващ
  1. oorlogvoerend, oorlogszuchtig, strijdlustig

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/bəˈɫɪdʒɝənt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  148 Moby Thesaurus words for "belligerent":
     acrid, aggressive, antagonist, antagonistic, antipathetic, ardent,
     argumental, argumentative, attacking, battler, battling, bellicose,
     belted knight, bickerer, bickering, bitter, blade, bloodthirsty,
     bloody, bloody-minded, bravo, brawler, bully, bullyboy,
     cat-and-dog, cat-and-doggish, caustic, chauvinist, chauvinistic,
     clashing, colliding, combatant, combative, competitor, conflicting,
     contender, contentious, contestant, controversial, despiteful,
     disputant, disputatious, divisive, duelist, enemy, enforcer,
     eristic, factional, factious, fencer, ferocious, feuder, fierce,
     fighter, fighting, fighting cock, foilsman, full of fight,
     full of hate, gamecock, gladiator, goon, gorilla, hatchet man,
     hateful, hawk, hawkish, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, hostile, hot,
     inimical, invading, irascible, irritable, jingo, jingoish,
     jingoist, jingoistic, jouster, knight, litigious, malevolent,
     malicious, malignant, martial, militant, militaristic, military,
     offensive, partisan, plug-ugly, polarizing, polemic, pugnacious,
     quarreler, quarrelsome, rancorous, repugnant, rioter, rival, rough,
     rowdy, ruffian, saber-rattling, sabreur, sanguinary, sanguineous,
     savage, scrapper, scrappy, scuffler, set against, shrewish,
     soldierlike, soldierly, sore, spiteful, squabbler, strong arm,
     strong-arm man, strong-armer, struggler, swashbuckler, sword,
     swordplayer, swordsman, tempered, thug, tilter, tough,
     trigger-happy, truculent, tussler, unfriendly, unpacific,
     unpeaceable, unpeaceful, venomous, virulent, vitriolic, warlike,
     warmonger, warmongering, warring, wrangler, wrangling
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 好战的,交战的,交战国的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 好战的,交战的,交战国的

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