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French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin bellicōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛ.li.kø/ ~ /be.li.kø/
Adjective
belliqueux (feminine belliqueuse, masculine plural belliqueux, feminine plural belliqueuses)
- bellicose
- warlike, belligerent
- Antonym: pacifiste
- warmongering
- (relational) war
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