belligérant
French, noun/bɛ.li.ʒe.ʁɑ̃/
belligérant is spelled B-E-L-L-I-G-É-R-A-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 107,057th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Belligérant is a French masculine noun meaning “belligerent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nation, état, ou personnes en guerre”.
What does belligérant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
belligerent
noun
- 1
masculinebelligerent
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est en guerre avec un autre, en parlant d’un peuple, d’une nation.
noun: 1. Nation, état, ou personnes en 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 belligérant
- belligérante feminine
- belligérants masculine plural
- belligérantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce belligérant?
- /bɛ.li.ʒe.ʁɑ̃/
- /be.li.ʒe.ʁɑ̃/
- \bɛ.li.ʒe.ʁɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to belligérant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is belligérant in French?
belligérant appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).