violent

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English violent, from Old French violent, from Latin violentus, from vīs (“strength”). Displaced native Old English stræc. For the verb, compare French violenter. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvaɪ.ə.lənt/, /ˈvaɪ.lənt/ Hyphenation: vi‧o‧l‧ent Rhymes: -aɪlənt === Adjective === violent (comparative violenter or more violent, superlative violentest or most violent) Involving extreme force or motion. Involving physical conflict. Likely to use physical force. Intensely vivid. Produced or effected by force; not spontaneous; unnatural. 1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth and no violent state by his own Maxim, can be perpetual, Acute, extreme, sharp. ==== Antonyms ==== peaceful ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== violence ==== Translations ==== === Verb === violent (third-person singular simple present violents, present participle violenting, simple past and past participle violented) (transitive, archaic) To urge with violence. === Noun === violent (plural violents) (obsolete) An assailant. === Anagrams === LOVEINT == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin violentus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [bi.uˈle̞n] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [vi.oˈlent] IPA(key): (Central) [bi.uˈlen] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [bi.oˈlen] === Adjective === violent (feminine violenta, masculine plural violents, feminine plural violentes) violent ==== Derived terms ==== violentament ==== Related terms ==== violència === Further reading === “violent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “violent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “violent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “violent”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == French == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old French violent, borrowed from Latin violentus. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /vjɔ.lɑ̃/ Homophone: violents ==== Adjective ==== violent (feminine violente, masculine plural violents, feminine plural violentes) violent severe === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /vjɔl/ Homophones: viol, viole, violes, viols ==== Verb ==== violent third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of violer === Further reading === “violent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === ventilo, voilent == Latin == === Verb === violent third-person plural present active subjunctive of violō == Middle English == === Alternative forms === vyolent, wyolent, vilent === Etymology === From Old French violent, from Latin violentus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌviːɔlˈɛnt/, /ˌviːəlˈɛnt/, /viəlˈɛnt/, /ˈviːəlɛnt/ === Adjective === violent (plural and weak singular violente) Violent, forcible, injury-causing. Potent, mighty, damaging, forceful Severe, extreme; excessive in magnitude. Tending to cause injuries; likely to cause violence. Abrupt; happening without warning or notice. (rare) Despotic, authoritarian; ruling unfairly. ==== Related terms ==== violence violently ==== Descendants ==== English: violent ==== References ==== “vī̆olent, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 May 2019. == Occitan == === Etymology === From Latin violentus. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === violent m (feminine singular violenta, masculine plural violents, feminine plural violentas) violent ==== Related terms ==== violéncia == Old French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin violentus. === Adjective === violent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular violent or violente) violent (using violence) ==== Descendants ==== → Middle English: violent, vyolent, wyolent, vilentEnglish: violent French: violent == Piedmontese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vjuˈlɛŋt/ === Adjective === violent violent == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French violent, Latin violentus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vi.oˈlent/ === Adjective === violent m or n (feminine singular violentă, masculine plural violenți, feminine/neuter plural violente) violent ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== violență