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belliciste

French, noun/bɛ.li.sist/

belliciste is spelled B-E-L-L-I-C-I-S-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 84,649th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Belliciste is a French feminine noun meaning “warmonger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui est partisan du bellicisme, qui recommande de régler les litiges par la force armée, qui prône la…”.

What does belliciste mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculinewarmonger

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui est partisan du bellicisme, qui recommande de régler les litiges par la force armée, qui prône la guerre.

noun: 1. Celui qui est partisan du bellicisme, qui recommande de régler les litiges par la force armée, qui prône la guerre. 2. Fauteur de guerre.

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 belliciste

  • bellicistes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce belliciste?

  • /bɛ.li.sist/
  • /be.li.sist/
  • \bɛ.li.sist\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to belliciste

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is belliciste in French?

belliciste appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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