belch
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belch¹
- /ˈbɛltʃ/ UK
Rhymes with -ɛltʃ
Where it comes from
From Middle English belchen, from Old English bielċan, from Proto-Germanic *balkijaną, *belkaną, probably ultimately of imitative origin.
Related to Dutch balken (“to bray”), Middle Low German belken (“to shout”), Low German bölken (“to shout, bark”), Old English bealċettan (“to utter, send forth”). See also English bolk, boak.
verb belches · belching · belched
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To expel (gas) from the stomach through the mouth; especially, to do so loudly.
'Tis not a year or two shows us a man:
They are all but stomachs, and we all but food;
To eat us hungerly, and when they are full,
They belch us.
Similar: burp
- To eject or emit (something) with spasmodic force or noise. Thick smoke belched through the funnels of the steamship.
noun belches
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An instance of belching; the sound that it makes.
The hotel coffee machine gurgles out an acrid belch.
Similar: burp
- Malt liquor. c. 1699, John Dennis, letter to Mr. Collier Porters would no longer be drunk with Belch
Belch²
Where it comes from
Variant of Balch.
proper noun Belches
- A surname.
Translations
Every language
verb expel gas from the stomach through the mouth
| 한국어 | 트림하다 teurimhada |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | げっぷする geppu suru, うっぷする uppu suru, おくびする okubi suru, 噫気する aiki suru |
| 中文 | 打嗝 dǎgé, 噯氣 /嗳气 ǎiqì, 飽嗝 /饱嗝 bǎogé, 嗝 gé |
| हिन्दी | डकारना ḍakārnā |
| Português | arrotar |
| Français | roter, éructer |
| Deutsch | rülpsen |
| Italiano | ruttare |
| Ελληνικά | ρεύομαι révomai |
| Română | râgâi |
| Русский | рыга́ть rygátʹ, рыгну́ть rygnútʹ, отры́гивать otrýgivatʹ, отрыгну́ть otrygnútʹ, отры́гиваться otrýgivatʹsja, отрыгну́ться otrygnútʹsja |
| Tiếng Việt | ợ |
| العربية | تَجَشَّأَ tajaššaʔa |
verb eject or emit
| Deutsch | emittieren, in die Luft blasen |
|---|
noun sound one makes when belching
| Español | eructo / regüeldo fuerte, fuerte eructo / regüeldo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 트림 teurim |
| 日本語 | げっぷ, 噯気 |
| 中文 | 打嗝 dǎgé, 打嗝聲 /打嗝声 dǎgéshēng, 飽嗝 /饱嗝 bǎogé, 飽嗝聲 /饱嗝声 bǎogéshēng |
| हिन्दी | डकार ḍakār |
| Português | arroto |
| Français | rot |
| Deutsch | Rülpser |
| Italiano | rutto |
| Ελληνικά | ρέψιμο répsimo, ερευγμός erevgmós |
| Русский | отры́жка otrýžka, рыга́ние rygánije |
| العربية | تَجَشُّؤ tajaššuʔ |
Talk about this word "belch." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/belch. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. belch. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/belch "belch." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/belch.Cite this
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title = {belch},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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