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/bɛlʒ/

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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

Masc pluralbelges

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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