beleaguer

WOTD - 25 April 2010    

English

Etymology

From Dutch belegeren.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /bɪˈliː.ɡə/, /bəˈliː.ɡə/
• (US) IPA: /bɪˈli.ɡɚ/
• Rhymes: -iːɡə(r)

Verb

beleaguer (third-person singular simple present beleaguers, present participle beleaguering, simple past and past participle beleaguered)

1. To besiege; to surround with troops.
2. To vex, harass, or beset.

Derived terms

• beleaguerment

Translations

to besiege; to surround with troops

Armenian: պաշարել (hy) (pašarel), շրջապատել (hy) (šrǰapatel) Bulgarian: обсаждам (bg) Czech: obléhat (cs), oblehnout (cs) Dutch: belegeren (nl) Finnish: piirittää (fi) French: investir (fr)

German: belagern (de), umzingeln (de) Norwegian Bokmål: beleire (no) Norwegian Nynorsk: omleire (nn) Romanian: împresura (ro) Russian: осаждать (ru), окружать (ru)

to vex, harass, or beset

Armenian: անհանգստացնել (hy) (anhangstac’nel) Czech: obtěžovat  (cs) Dutch: belagen (nl)

Finnish: kiusata (fi) German: bedrängen (de), belästigen (de), stören (de) Russian: беспокоить (ru), осаждать (ru)