belt

belt

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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)

  1. 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.
  2. A band used as a restraint for safety purposes, such as a seat belt.
  3. A band that is used in a machine to help transfer motion or power.
  4. Anything that resembles a belt, or that encircles or crosses like a belt; a strip or stripe.
  5. A trophy in the shape of a belt, generally awarded for martial arts.
  6. (astronomy) A collection of small bodies (such as asteroids) which orbit a star.
  7. (astronomy) One of certain girdles or zones on the surface of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, supposed to be of the nature of clouds.
  8. (military, nautical) A band of armor along the sides of a warship, protecting the ship's vital spaces.
  9. A powerful blow, often made with a fist or heavy object.
  10. A quick drink of liquor.
  11. (usually capitalized) A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).
  12. (baseball) The part of the strike zone at the height of the batter's waist.
  13. (weaponry) A device that holds and feeds cartridges into a belt-fed weapon.
  14. (music) A vocal tone produced by singing with chest voice above the break (or passaggio), in a range typically sung in head voice.
  15. (geography, geology) A mostly-continuous, often curvilinear structure expressed on the surface and/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.
    (Perhaps a derivative or cognate of English bellow, West Frisian balte (to howl, shriek)),
  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 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: (archaic) 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

Descendants

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

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