different between belligerent vs argumentative

English

Etymology

From Latin belligerans (“waging war”), present active participle of belliger? (“I wage war”), from belliger (“waging war, warlike”), from bellum (“war”) + -ger (from ger? (“I lead, wage, carry on”)).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b??l?d?.(?).??nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /b??l?d?.?.??nt/

Adjective

belligerent (comparative more belligerent, superlative most belligerent)

1. Engaged in warfare, warring.
2. Eager to go to war, warlike.
3. Of or pertaining to war.
4. (by extension) Aggressively hostile, eager to fight.
5. Acting violently towards others.
6. Uncooperative.

Synonyms

• (eager to fight): aggressive, antagonistic, bellicose, combative, contentious, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculent

Derived terms

• belligerently
• cobelligerent
• nonbelligerent

Related terms

• bellicose
• belligerence
• belligerency

Translations

Noun

belligerent (plural belligerents)

1. A state or other armed participant in warfare

Translations

See also

• warmonger

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French belligérant, from Latin belliger?ns (“waging war”), present active participle of belliger? (“wage war”), from belliger (“waging war, warlike”), from bellum (“war”) + -ger (from ger? (“wage, carry on”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?.li.???r?nt/
• Hyphenation: bel?li?ge?rent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

belligerent (comparative belligerenter, superlative belligerentst)

1. belligerent, engaged in warfare

Inflection

Synonyms

• oorlogvoerend

Noun

belligerent m (plural belligerenten)

1. A belligerent, armed party in warfare

Latin

Verb

belligerent

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of belliger?

English

Etymology

From Late Middle English argumentatif (“syllogistic, sophistic”), from Old French argumentatif, argumentative (modern French argumentatif (“argumentative”)) and Medieval Latin, Late Latin arg?ment?t?vus, from Latin arg?ment?tor + -?vus (suffix forming adjectives). Arg?ment?tor is the second-person singular future active imperative of arg?mentor (“to prove, reason; to adduce something as an argument or proof; to conclude”), from arg?mentum (“argument for a position; evidence, proof”) (from argu? (“to show; to prove; to assert, declare; to make clear”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?er?- (“white, argent; glittering”)) + -mentum (suffix indicating the result of something)) + -or.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????j??m?nt?t?v/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /????j??m?n(t)?t?v/, [-??v]
• Hyphenation: ar?gu?ment?a?tive

Adjective

argumentative (comparative more argumentative, superlative most argumentative)

1. Of or relating to argumentation; specifically, presenting a logical argument or line of reasoning; argumentive, discursive.

   Synonyms: (archaic) argumentary, discursory
2. Prone to argue or dispute.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:quarrelsome

   Antonyms: nonargumentative, unargumentative

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• argumentative on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• argumentative in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• argumentative in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Adjective

argumentative

1. feminine singular of argumentatif

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

argumentative

1. inflection of argumentativ:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular