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violent
English
Etymology
From Middle English violent, from Old French violent, from Latin violentus, from v?s (“strength”). For the verb, compare French violenter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?va?.?.l?nt/, /?va?.l?nt/
- Rhymes: -a?l?nt
- Hyphenation: vi?o?lent, vio?lent
Adjective
violent (comparative violenter or more violent, superlative violentest or most violent)
- Involving extreme force or motion.
- Involving physical conflict.
- Likely to use physical force.
- Intensely vivid.
- We have already observed, that he was a very good-natured fellow, and he hath himself declared the violent attachment he had to the person and character of Jones […]
- Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural.
- 1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth
- and no violent state by his own Maxim, can be perpetual,
- 1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth
Antonyms
- peaceful
Related terms
- violence
Translations
Verb
violent (third-person singular simple present violents, present participle violenting, simple past and past participle violented)
- (transitive, archaic) To urge with violence.
- a great adversary , stepping in , so violented his Majesty to a trial
Noun
violent (plural violents)
- (obsolete) An assailant.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dr. H. More to this entry?)
Anagrams
- LOVEINT
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin violentus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /vi.o?lent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /bi.u?len/
Adjective
violent (feminine violenta, masculine plural violents, feminine plural violentes)
- violent
Derived terms
- violentament
Related terms
- violència
Further reading
- “violent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “violent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “violent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “violent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology 1
Borrowed into Old French from Latin violentus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vj?.l??/
Adjective
violent (feminine singular violente, masculine plural violents, feminine plural violentes)
- violent
- severe
Etymology 2
Inflected forms.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vj?l/
- Homophones: viole, violes
Verb
violent
- inflection of violer:
- third-person plural present indicative
- third-person plural present subjunctive
Anagrams
- ventilo, voilent
Further reading
- “violent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
violent
- third-person plural present active subjunctive of viol?
Middle English
Alternative forms
- vyolent, wyolent, vilent
Etymology
From Old French violent, from Latin violentus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?vi??l??nt/, /?vi??l??nt/, /vi?l??nt/, /?vi??l?nt/
Adjective
violent (plural and weak singular violente)
- Violent, forcible, injury-causing.
- Potent, mighty, damaging, forceful
- Severe, extreme; excessive in magnitude.
- Tending to cause injuries; likely to cause violence.
- Abrupt; happening without warning or notice.
- (rare) Despotic, authoritarian; ruling unfairly.
Related terms
- violence
- violently
Descendants
- English: violent
References
- “v??olent, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-05-30.
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin violentus.
Adjective
violent m (feminine singular violenta, masculine plural violents, feminine plural violentas)
- violent
Related terms
- violéncia
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin violentus.
Adjective
violent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular violent or violente)
- violent (using violence)
Descendants
- ? Middle English: violent, vyolent, wyolent, vilent
- English: violent
- French: violent
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vju?l??t/
Adjective
violent
- violent
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French violent, Latin violentus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi.o?lent/
Adjective
violent m or n (feminine singular violent?, masculine plural violen?i, feminine and neuter plural violente)
- violent
Declension
Related terms
- violen??
violent From the web:
- what violent means
- what violent dreams mean
- what violent event happened in the senate
- what does violent mean
- what do you mean by violent
energetic
English
Alternative forms
- energetick (obsolete)
Etymology
From New Latin energeticus (16th c.), or its source, Ancient Greek ??????????? (energ?tikós), from ??????? (energé?, “to be active”), from ??????? (energós, “active”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??n??d??t?k/
- (UK) IPA(key): /??n??d??t?k/
- Rhymes: -?t?k
- Hyphenation: en?er?get?ic
Adjective
energetic (comparative more energetic, superlative most energetic)
- (sciences) Possessing or pertaining to energy. [from 19th c.]
- Characterised by force or vigour; full of energy; lively, vigorous. [from 18th c.]
- (obsolete) Having powerful effects; efficacious, potent. [17th–20th c.]
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "energetic" is often applied: person, man, woman, child, life, material, particle, ion, healing, anatomy, etc.
- Where non-English languages use an adjective analogous to "energetic", English often uses "energy" attributively: "energy efficiency" is much more common than "energetic efficiency".
Derived terms
Related terms
- energetical
Translations
Romanian
Etymology
From French énergétique.
Adjective
energetic m or n (feminine singular energetic?, masculine plural energetici, feminine and neuter plural energetice)
- energetic
Declension
energetic From the web:
- what energetic mean
- what energetic barrier prevents glycolysis
- what energetic food
- what energetic means to you
- what's energetic in german
- what energetic in afrikaans
- what energetic material is a nitrate ester
- energetic what do you feel
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