beleaguer

English

WOTD – 25 April 2010

Alternative forms

• beleagure

Etymology

Borrowing from Dutch belegeren, equivalent to be- +‎ lair.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɪˈliː.ɡə/, /bəˈliː.ɡə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /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) ‎(obsaždam)
• Czech: obléhat, oblehnout
• Dutch: belegeren (nl)
• Finnish: piirittää (fi)
• French: investir (fr), assiéger (fr)

• German: belagern (de), umzingeln
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} beleire

  Norwegian Nynorsk: omleire

• Portuguese: sitiar
• Romanian: împresura (ro), încercui (ro), asedia (ro), înconjura (ro)
• Russian: осажда́ть (ru) ‎(osaždátʹ), окружа́ть (ru) ‎(okružátʹ)

to vex, harass, or beset

• Armenian: անհանգստացնել (hy) ‎(anhangstacʿnel)
• Czech: obtěžovat
• Dutch: belagen (nl)
• Finnish: kiusata (fi)

• German: bedrängen (de), belästigen (de), stören (de)
• Romanian: necăji (ro), irita (ro), supăra (ro), sâcâi (ro)
• Russian: беспоко́ить (ru) ‎(bespokóitʹ), осажда́ть (ru) ‎(osaždátʹ)