violent

English

Etymology

From Old French violent, from Latin violentus, from vīs (“strength”). For the verb, compare French violenter.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈvaɪ(ə)lənt/

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Adjective

violent (comparative violenter or more violent, superlative violentest or 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)

• 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) (hageshii)
• Old English: stræc (ang), stearc (ang)
• Polish: gwałtowny (pl) m
• Russian: неистовый (ru) (neístovyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: násilan (sh), žèstok (sh)
• Spanish: violento (es)
• Swedish: våldsam (sv)

involving physical conflict

• Arabic: عنيف (ar) (`aniif)
• Catalan: violent (ca)
• 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 (ja) (bōryokuteki)
• Old English: grimlic (ang), hæst (ang), swiþlic (ang)
• Polish: brutalny (pl) m
• Russian: насильственный (ru) (nasíl'stvennyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: ainneartach (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: násilan (sh)
• Spanish: violento (es)
• Swedish: våldsam (sv)

likely to use physical force

• Arabic: عنيف (ar) (`aniif)
• Catalan: violent (ca)
• 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 (ja) (bōryokuteki)
• Polish: agresywny (pl) m
• Russian: жестокий (ru) (žestókij)
• Scottish Gaelic: ainneartach (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: násilan (sh)
• 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) (hageshii)
• 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
• Swahili: dhalimu
• Thai: รุนแรง
• Turkish: sert
• Ukrainian: сильний (síľnij)
• Vietnamese: mạnh mẽ
• Welsh: chwyrn
• Yiddish: hizik

Verb

violent (third-person singular simple present violents, present participle violenting, simple past and past participle violented)

1. (transitive, archaic) To urge with violence.

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Noun

violent (plural violents)

1. (obsolete) An assailant.

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA: /biuˈlen/, /biuˈlent/, /viuˈlen/, /viuˈlent/, X-SAMPA: /biu"len/, /biu"lent/, /viu"len/, /viu"lent/
• (Western) IPA: /bioˈlen/, /bioˈlent/, /vioˈlen/, /vioˈlent/, X-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 into Old French from Latin violentus.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /vjɔlɑ̃/

Adjective

violent m (feminine violente, masculine plural violents, feminine 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

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Old French

Etymology

Latin violentus

Adjective

violent m

1. violent (using violence)

Descendants

• violent (borrowed)
• French: violent