belge
French, adjective
belge is spelled B-E-L-G-E (5 letters) and appears 36 times per million words in written French, the 2,270th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Belge is a French adjective meaning “Belgian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Belge is a different word: “Belgian person, resident or native of Belgium; used of both genders”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à la Belgique, à ses habitants, à sa culture”.
What does belge mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Belgian
- 2
from Belgium
noun
- 1
femininemasculineBelgian person, resident or native of Belgium; used of both genders
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitant ou habitante de la Gaule belgique. 2. Personne qui habite la Belgique ou en est originaire. 3. Personne à l’accent caractéristique, naïve et stupide.
adjective: 1. Relatif à la Belgique, à ses habitants, à sa culture. 2. Relatif aux Belges, populations qui occupaient la Gaule septentrionale au moins depuis le IIIᵉ siècle.
noun: 1. Sandwich dont la seule garniture sont des pommes de terre frites, généralement agrémenté d’une sauce.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of belge
- belges plural
- Belges plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to belge
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is belge in French?
belge appears 36 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).