belt

English Online Dictionary. What means belt‎? What does belt mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle English belt, from Old English belt (“belt, girdle”), from Proto-West Germanic *baltī̆, from Proto-Germanic *baltijaz (“girdle, belt”), from Latin balteus (“belt, sword-belt”), of Etruscan origin. Cognate with Scots belt (“belt”), Dutch belt, German Balz (“belt”), Danish bælte (“belt”), Swedish bälte (“belt, cincture, girdle, zone”) and Icelandic belti (“belt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛlt/
• Rhymes: -ɛlt

Noun

belt (plural belts)

2. (clothing) A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing.
3. A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.

4. A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.

5. Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.

6. A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.

7. (astronomy) A collection of small bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.
8. (astronomy) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
9. (military, nautical) A band of armor along the sides of a warship, protecting the ship's vital spaces.

10. A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.

11. A quick drink of liquor.

12. (usually capitalized) A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).
13. (baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.

14. (weaponry) A device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon.
15. (music) A vocal tone produced by singing with chest voice above the break (or passaggio), in a range typically sung in head voice.
16. (geography, geology) A mostly-continuous, often curvilinear structure expressed on the surface or in the subsurface of a terrestrial planet or other solid planemo, such as a mountain belt, a fold and thrust belt, or an ore belt.

Synonyms

• (band worn around waist): girdle, waistband, sash, strap
• (band used as safety restraint): restraint, safety belt, seat belt
• (powerful blow): blow, punch, sock, wallop
• (quick drink of liquor): dram, nip

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Verb

belt (third-person singular simple present belts, present participle belting, simple past and past participle belted)

1. (transitive) To encircle.

2. (transitive) To fasten a belt on.

3. (transitive) To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood.
4. (transitive) To hit with a belt.

5. (transitive, informal, normally belt out) To scream or sing in a loud manner.
6. (transitive) To drink quickly, often in gulps.

7. (transitive, colloquial) To hit someone or something.
8. (transitive, baseball) To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.

9. (intransitive) To move very fast.

Synonyms

• (to encircle): circle, girdle, surround
• (to fasten a belt): buckle, fasten, strap
• (to hit with a belt): strap, whip
• (to drink quickly): gulp, pound, slurp
• (to hit someone or something): bash, clobber, smack, wallop
• (to move quickly): book, speed, whiz, zoom

Derived terms

• belted l
• belt down
• belt out
• belt up
• beltloop

Translations

Anagrams

• blet

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from English belt.

Pronunciation

Noun

belt (plural belde)

1. A belt (garment).

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛlt/
• Hyphenation: belt
• Rhymes: -ɛlt

Etymology 1

A variant of bult.

Noun

belt m or f (plural belten, diminutive beltje n)

1. (archaic) a heap, hill
2. a dumpsite, notably for waste products

Derived terms

• asbelt
• afvalbelt
• beltmolen
• gifbelt
• vuilnisbelt
• zandbelt

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English belt.

Noun

belt m (plural belten, diminutive beltje n)

1. (Suriname) (clothing) A belt

Synonyms

• riem, broeksriem, gordel

Descendants

• → Caribbean Javanese: bèlt

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

belt

1. inflection of bellen:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. (archaic) plural imperative

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic بَلَد (balad).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛlt/

Noun

belt f (plural bliet)

1. city, town

   Synonym: (obsolete) mdina

Related terms

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *baltī̆, from Proto-Germanic *baltijaz. Cognate with Old High German balz, Old Norse belti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /belt/, [beɫt]

Noun

belt m (nominative plural beltas)

1. A belt.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

Descendants

• Middle English: belt
  • English: belt (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: belt