/bɛlʒ/
Translation
Belgian
Word origin
From Latin Belga (plural Belgae), the name Julius Caesar gave to the Celtic peoples of the region. English Belgium and Belgian come from the same root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- Belga
- English cognates
- Belgium, Belgian
Grammar
Examples
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Belgian chocolate is famous the world over.
néerlandais.
She has a Belgian passport and a Dutch passport.
frites mayonnaise.
Belgian chips are eaten with mayonnaise.
Like and , doesn't change for gender (un ami belge, une amie belge). It stays lowercase as an adjective while the noun for a person is capitalised: un Belge, une Belge.
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