belga

See also: beļģa

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈbe̞l.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈbɛl.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈbel.ɣa]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Adjective

belga m or f (masculine and feminine plural belgues)

1. Belgian

Noun

belga m or f by sense (plural belgues)

1. Belgian

Related terms

• Bèlgica

Esperanto

belga flago

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbelɡa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -elɡa
• Syllabification: bel‧ga

Adjective

belga (accusative singular belgan, plural belgaj, accusative plural belgajn)

1. Belgian

Hypernyms

• eŭropa (“European”)

Related terms

• belgo (“a Belgian”)
• Belgio (“Belgium”)

Galician

Adjective

belga m or f (plural belgas)

1. Belgian

Noun

belga m or f by sense (plural belgas)

1. Belgian

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛlɡɒ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: bel‧ga
• Rhymes: -ɡɒ

Adjective

belga (not comparable)

1. Belgian (of, from, or relating to Belgium or the Belgian people)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	belga	belgák
accusative	belgát	belgákat
dative	belgának	belgáknak
instrumental	belgával	belgákkal
causal-final	belgáért	belgákért
translative	belgává	belgákká
terminative	belgáig	belgákig
essive-formal	belgaként	belgákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	belgában	belgákban
superessive	belgán	belgákon
adessive	belgánál	belgáknál
illative	belgába	belgákba
sublative	belgára	belgákra
allative	belgához	belgákhoz
elative	belgából	belgákból
delative	belgáról	belgákról
ablative	belgától	belgáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	belgáé	belgáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	belgáéi	belgákéi

Derived terms

• Belga Királyság

Related terms

• Belgium

Noun

belga (plural belgák)

1. Belgian (person)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	belga	belgák
accusative	belgát	belgákat
dative	belgának	belgáknak
instrumental	belgával	belgákkal
causal-final	belgáért	belgákért
translative	belgává	belgákká
terminative	belgáig	belgákig
essive-formal	belgaként	belgákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	belgában	belgákban
superessive	belgán	belgákon
adessive	belgánál	belgáknál
illative	belgába	belgákba
sublative	belgára	belgákra
allative	belgához	belgákhoz
elative	belgából	belgákból
delative	belgáról	belgákról
ablative	belgától	belgáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	belgáé	belgáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	belgáéi	belgákéi

Possessive forms of belga

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	belgám	belgáim
2nd person sing.	belgád	belgáid
3rd person sing.	belgája	belgái
1st person plural	belgánk	belgáink
2nd person plural	belgátok	belgáitok
3rd person plural	belgájuk	belgáik

Further reading

• (Belgian): belga in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• ([regional] of/with faltering speech): belga in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• belga in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛl.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -ɛlɡa
• Hyphenation: bèl‧ga

• Audio:

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Adjective

belga m or f by sense (masculine plural belgi, feminine plural belghe)

1. Belgian (of, from or relating to Belgium)

Noun

belga m or f by sense (masculine plural belgi, feminine plural belghe)

1. Belgian (native or inhabitant of Belgium)

Related terms

• Belgio

Anagrams

• gleba

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin belga.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛw.ɡɐ/ [ˈbɛʊ̯.ɡɐ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛl.ɡɐ/ [ˈbɛɫ.ɣɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛl.ɡɐ/ [ˈbɛɫ.ɣɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛl.ɡɐ/ [ˈbɛɫ.ɡɐ]

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛlɡɐ, (Brazil) -ɛwɡɐ
• Hyphenation: bel‧ga

Adjective

belga m or f (plural belgas)

1. Belgian (of or relating to Belgium)

Derived terms

• pastor belga

Noun

belga m or f by sense (plural belgas)

1. Belgian (person from Belgium)

Related terms

• Bélgica

Further reading

• “belga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “belga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbelɡa/ [ˈbel.ɣ̞a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -elɡa
• Syllabification: bel‧ga

Adjective

belga m or f (masculine and feminine plural belgas)

1. Belgian (from or native to Belgium)

   Synonym: bélgico

2. Belgian (pertaining to Belgium)

Noun

belga m or f by sense (plural belgas)

1. Belgian

Related terms

• Bélgica

Further reading

• “belga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025