violent

English

Etymology

From Old French violent, from Latin violentus, from vīs (“strength”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈvaɪ(ə)lənt/

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Adjective

violent (comparative more violent, superlative most violent)

1. Involving extreme force or motion.

   A violent wind ripped the branch from the tree.

2. Involving physical conflict.

   We would rather negotiate, but we will use violent means if needed.

3. Likely to use physical force.

   The escaped prisoners are considered extremely violent.

4. Intensely vivid.

   The artist expressed his emotional theme through violent colors.

Antonyms

• peaceful

Related terms

• violence

Translations

involving extreme force or motion

Arabic: عنيف (ar) (`aniif) Armenian: բուռն (hy) (buṙn) Catalan: violent (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 暴力 (cmn) (bàolì), 強烈 (cmn), 强烈 (cmn) (qiángliè) Croatian: násilan (hr), žèstok (hr) Czech: prudký (cs) Danish: voldsom (da) Finnish: raju (fi) French: violent (fr)

German: heftig (de), gewaltig (de), brutal (de), gewalttätig (de) Greek: βίαιος (el) (víaios) m. Hungarian: heves (hu) Irish: foréigneach Japanese: 激しい (ja) (hageshī) Old English: stræc (ang), stearc (ang) Polish: gwałtowny (pl) m. Russian: неистовый (ru) (neístovyj) Spanish: violento (es) Swedish: våldsam (sv)

involving physical conflict

Arabic: عنيف (ar) (`aniif) Catalan: violent (ca) Croatian: násilan (hr) Czech: násilný (cs) Danish: voldelig (da) Finnish: väkivaltainen (fi) French: violent (fr) Greek: βίαιος (el) (víaios) m. Hungarian: erőszakos (hu)

Irish: foréigneach Japanese: 暴力的な (ja) (bōryokuteki na) Old English: grimlic (ang), hæst (ang), swiþlic (ang) Polish: brutalny (pl) m. Russian: насильственный (ru) (nasíl'stvennyj) Scottish Gaelic: ainneartach (gd) Spanish: violento (es) Swedish: våldsam (sv)

likely to use physical force

Arabic: عنيف (ar) (`aniif) Catalan: violent (ca) Croatian: násilan (hr) Czech: násilný (cs) Danish: voldelig (da) Finnish: väkivaltainen (fi) French: violent (fr) m. German: gewaltbereit (de) Greek: βίαιος (el) (víaios) m.

Hungarian: erőszakos (hu) Irish: foréigneach Japanese: 暴力的な (ja) (bōryokuteki na) Polish: agresywny (pl) m. Russian: жестокий (ru) (žestókij) Scottish Gaelic: ainneartach (gd) Spanish: violento (es) Swedish: våldsam (sv)

intensely vivid

Czech: výrazný (cs) Danish: kraftig (da), heftig (da) Finnish: raju (fi), intensiivinen (fi) French: vif (fr) m.

German: grell (de) Hungarian: rikító (hu) Japanese: 激しい (ja) (hageshī) Polish: jaskrawy (pl) m.

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Albanian: dshunshëm Azeri: güclü Serbo-Croatian: žestok Bulgarian: бурен (buren) Dutch: hevig Esperanto: perforta Estonian: vägivaldne French: violent Hebrew: אַלִּים Indonesian: keras Italian: violento Korean: 강력한 (gangryŏghan) Latvian: spēcīgs Norwegian: voldelig

Persian: ﺩﻨﺘ Portuguese: violento Romanian: violent, puternic Serbo-Croatian: жесток (žestok) Slovak: divoký Slovene: nasilen m., nasilna f., nasilno n. Swahili: dhalimu Thai: รุนแรง Turkish: sert Ukrainian: сильний (síľnij) Vietnamese: mạnh mẽ Welsh: chwyrn Yiddish: hizik

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA: /biuˈlen/, /biuˈlent/, /viuˈlen/, /viuˈlent/, SAMPA: /biu"len/, /biu"lent/, /viu"len/, /viu"lent/
• (Western) IPA: /bioˈlen/, /bioˈlent/, /vioˈlen/, /vioˈlent/, SAMPA: /bio"len/, /bio"lent/, /vio"len/, /vio"lent/

Adjective

violent m. (feminine violenta, masculine plural violents, feminine plural violentes)

1. violent

Derived terms

• violència

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French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin violentus.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /vjɔlɑ̃/

Adjective

violent m. (f. violente, m. plural violents, f. plural violentes)

1. violent

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vjɔl/

Verb

violent

1. third-person plural present indicative of violer
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of violer

Anagrams

• ventilo
• voilent

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Latin

Verb

violent

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of violō