"casus belli" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkeɪ.səs ˈbɛl.aɪ/, /- ˈbɛl.i/, /ˈkeɪ.suːs ˈbɛl.aɪ/ [plural], /- ˈbɛl.i/ [plural] Forms: casus belli [plural], casus bellis [plural]
Etymology: From Latin cāsus (“case”) + bellī (“of war”). The English homographic plural casus belli is also taken from Latin, where the plural of this phrase would be cāsūs bellī, with a long vowel ū in the first word, as is typical of the nominative plural of fourth-declension nouns. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|cāsus||case}} Latin cāsus (“case”) Head templates: {{en-noun|casus belli|s|nolinkhead=1}} casus belli (plural casus belli or casus bellis)
  1. An act seen as justifying or causing a war; an act of war. Wikipedia link: casus belli Translations (act causing war): ذَرِيعَةُ الْحَرْبِ (ḏarīʕatu al-ḥarbi) [feminine] (Arabic), կազուս բելլի (kazus belli) (Armenian), Kasus Belli (Bavarian German), ка́зус бэ́лі (kázus béli) [masculine] (Belarusian), 戰爭藉口 (Chinese Mandarin), 战争借口 (zhànzhēng jièkǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 開戰理由 (Chinese Mandarin), 开战理由 (kāizhàn lǐyóu) (Chinese Mandarin), sodan aihe (Finnish), casus belli (Finnish), casus belli [masculine] (French), კაზუს ბელი (ḳazus beli) (Georgian), Casus Belli [masculine] (German), Kriegsgrund [masculine] (German), αφορμή πολέμου (aformí polémou) [feminine] (Greek), casus belli [masculine] (Italian), 開戦理由 (kaisen riyū) (alt: かいせんりゆう) (Japanese), 開戦事由 (kaisen jiyū) (alt: かいせんじゆう) (Japanese), 개전 이유 (gaejeon iyu) (alt: 開戰理由) (Korean), 개전 리유 (gaejeon riyu) (alt: 開戰理由) [North-Korea] (Korean), 전쟁 명분 (jeonjaeng myeongbun) (alt: 戰爭名分) (Korean), cāsus bellī [masculine] (Latin), بهانهٔ جنگ (bahâne-ye jang) (Persian), کیسوس بللی (keysus belli) (Persian), casus belli [neuter] (Polish), casus belli [masculine] (Portuguese), ка́зус бе́лли (kázus bɛ́lli) [masculine] (Russian), เหตุแห่งสงคราม (hèet-hɛ̀ɛng-sǒng-kraam) (Thai), ка́зус бе́ллі (kázus bélli) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

Noun [Italian]

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|it|la|-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin, {{bor+|it|la|-}} Borrowed from Latin Head templates: {{it-noun|m|#}} casus belli m (invariable)
  1. casus belli Wikipedia link: it:casus belli Tags: invariable, masculine
    Sense id: en-casus_belli-it-noun-zyg~f9c5 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Polish]

IPA: /ˈka.zuz ˈbɛl.li/
Rhymes: -ɛlli Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin cāsus bellī. Etymology templates: {{ubor|pl|la|cāsus bellī}} Unadapted borrowing from Latin cāsus bellī Head templates: {{pl-noun|n|indecl=yes}} casus belli n (indeclinable)
  1. (international law) casus belli Tags: indeclinable, neuter Categories (topical): International law, War
    Sense id: en-casus_belli-pl-noun-zyg~f9c5 Categories (other): Polish entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Portuguese]

Forms: casuses bellis [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin cāsus bellī (literally “case of war”). Etymology templates: {{ubor|pt|la|cāsus bellī|lit=case of war}} Unadapted borrowing from Latin cāsus bellī (literally “case of war”) Head templates: {{pt-noun|m|nolinkhead=1}} casus belli m (plural casuses bellis)
  1. casus belli Wikipedia link: pt:casus belli Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-casus_belli-pt-noun-zyg~f9c5 Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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