belgiumとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Latin Belgium, variant of Belgica, from Gallia Belgica, from the name of the tribe of Belgae.

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA: /ˈbɛld͡ʒəm/

固有名詞

Belgium (usually uncountable, plural Belgiums)

1. A country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France. Official name: Kingdom of Belgium. Capital and largest city: Brussels.
   • 2025 January 29, Lucy Hooker, “Coca-Cola recalls drinks in UK due to chemical levels”, in BBC News‎:

     The higher levels of chlorate were discovered during routine testing at the company's production facility in Ghent, Belgium, according to an unnamed company spokesperson quoted by the AFP news agency.

2. A place in the United States:
   1. A village in Vermilion County, Illinois.
   2. A township in Polk County, Minnesota.
   3. An unincorporated community in Taylor County, West Virginia.
   4. A town and village in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin.
3. The Low Countries. [17th c.–1830s]
   • 1652, Thomas Nicols, A lapidary, or, The history of pretious stones‎:

     It is found in Egypt, in Belgium, in Bohemia, in Ratisbone, and in divers places of France, Germany, and Italy, and at Anneberge, and about Thebes.

使用する際の注意点

When describing the country's monarch, he or she should not be called "King (or Queen) of Belgium", but "King (or Queen) of the Belgians".

同意語

• Kingdom of Belgium (official name)

Meronyms

• Wallonia
• Flanders
• Brussels-Capital Region
• Brussels (capital city)

派生語

• Belgium block
• Belgium sausage

関連する語

• Belgian

参考

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈbɛɫ.ɡi.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈbɛl̠ʲ.d͡ʒi.um]

固有名詞

Belgium n sg (genitive Belgiī or Belgī); second declension

1. synonym of Belgica: Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)

語形変化

Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

派生した語

• → English: Belgium
  • → Bengali: বেলজিয়াম (beljiẏam)
  • → Bishnupriya Manipuri: বেলজিয়াম (bēlajiẏām)
  • → Burmese: ဘယ်လ်ဂျီယမ် (bhailgyiyam)
  • → Dhivehi: ބެލްޖިއަމް (beljiam̊)
  • → Dzongkha: བེལ་ཇིཡམ་ (bel jiym)
  • → Ewe: Belgium
  • → Gujarati: બેલ્જિયમ (beljiyam)
  • → Hawaiian: Pelekiuma
  • → Hindi: बेल्जियम (beljiyam)
  • → Ilocano: Belgium
  • → Kamba: Belgium
  • → Kapampangan: Belgium
  • → Luhya: Belgium
  • → Malay: Belgium
  • → Malayalam: ബെൽജിയം (beljiyaṁ)
  • → Māori: Peratiamu
  • → Marathi: बेल्जियम (beljiyam)
  • → Meru: Belgium
  • → Nauruan: Belgium
  • → Nepali: बेल्जियम (beljiyam)
  • → Sanskrit: बेल्जियम (beljiyama)
  • → Tamil: பெல்ஜியம் (peljiyam)
  • → Telugu: బెల్జియం (beljiyaṁ)
  • → Thai: เบลเยียม (beel-yîiam)
  • → Tok Pisin: Beljiam
  • → Urdu: بلجئیم (beljiyam)
  • → Yoruba: Belgium
• → Esperanto: Belgio
• Friulian: Belgjo
• → Greek: Βέλγιο (Vélgio)
• → Hungarian: Belgium
• → Interlingua: Belgio
• Italian: Belgio
• Ligurian: Belgiò
• → Scots: Belgium
• Sicilian: Belgiu
• → Silesian: Belgijo
• Venetan: Belgio