Dictionary

Napoleonic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /nəˌpoʊliˈɒnɪk/
• (Southern-England) audio
• nə.pō'.lē.ŏnʹ.ĭk

Etymology

Etymology tree English Napoleon Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Napoleonic From Napoleon + -ic.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte.
   • Napoleonic Wars
   • A half-burned cigar rolled between his mobile lips, he sat on the back of his neck, and yet he had an air Napoleonic; Nietzschean, it might better be said—although it is safe to assert that these moulders of American institutions knew little about that terrible philosopher who had raised his voice against the “slave morals of Christianity.” 1917, Winston Churchill, The Dwelling-Place of Light, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, page 341:
2. (not-comparable) Suffering from Napoleon complex.
3. (not-comparable) Having to do with the Napoleonic Wars.

Forms

Deriveds

Napoleonically

Translations (17)

pl napoleoński (of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte) · fr napoléonien (of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte) · uk наполео́нівський (of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte) · pt napoleônico (of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte) · sv napoleonsk (of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte) · es napoleónico (of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte) · ca napoleònic (of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte) · gl napoleónico (of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte) · ru наполеоновский (of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte) · cs napoleonský (of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte) · it napoleonico (of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte) · nl napoleontisch (of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte) · sv napoleonisk (of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte) · pt napoleónico (of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte) · de napoleonisch (of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte) · be напалео́наўскі (of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte) · hu napóleoni (of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte)