Belgie

See also: België

English

Noun

Belgie (plural Belgies)

  1. (slang) A Belgian.
    • 1980, Barbara Hanrahan, The Frangipani Garden, page 11:
      Jim Reed began talking about the Tommies, the Aussies, the Froggies, the Belgies, the Pork and Cheese.
    • 1984, Pamela Haines, The Diamond Waterfall, page 353:
      Money's coming through any day from the Belgies — it's all in order, paper work, all that — but we need to put up a bit extra just now. Before it comes through.
    • 2014, Leo Kessler, SS Panzer Battalion: Wotan's First Mission:
      If you listen carefully, you can hear the Belgies down below in the underground galleries. Hundreds of them there are.

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Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛlɡɪjɛ]
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Proper noun

Belgie f (related adjective belgický)

  1. Belgium (a country in Western Europe; capital: Brussels)

Declension
Declension of Belgie (sg-only soft feminine)
singular
nominative Belgie
genitive Belgie
dative Belgii
accusative Belgii
vocative Belgie
locative Belgii
instrumental Belgií

Further reading
  • Belgie in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • Belgie in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • Belgie in Internetová jazyková příručka

Dutch

Proper noun

Belgie

  1. Misspelling of België.
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