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English
rank|fell|different|care|389|war|short|able|five
Etymology
Anglo-Norman werre from Old Northern French werre, a variant of OF. guerre, from Old Franconian werra, ultimately from Indo-European *werza-, meaning "mixture" or "confusion."
Pronunciation
IPA|/wo�r/, /w��(r)/
SAMPA|/wO:(r)/
audio|en-us-war.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: rhymes:English:-��(r)|-��(r)
Noun
wikipedia|mul=war (card game)
en-noun
- A conflict involving the organized use of arms and physical force between countries or other large-scale armed groups. The warring parties hold territory, which they can win or lose; and each has a leading person or organization which can surrender, or collapse, thus ending the war.
- context|rhetorical A campaign against something. E.g., the war on drugs is a campaign against the use of narcotic drugs; the war on terror is a campaign against terrorist crime.
- context|by analogy|uncountable A particular card game for two players.
Antonyms
peace
Related terms
top2
civil war
cold war
declaration of war
go to war
perpetual war
prisoner of war, P.O.W. or POW
state of war
undeclared war
war between the sexes, etc. Jocular.
war bonnet
war bride
war chest
war child
war crime
war criminal
war cry
war game
war paint or warpaint
mid2
war party
war room
war torn
war zone
warfare
warhead
warlord
warmonger
warpath
warring
warrior
wartime
world war
dynastic war
Translations
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Albanian: luftë f
Arabic: ARchar|Øرب (ħarb) m
Belarusian вайна f
Bosnian: rat m
Breton: brezel m
Catalan: guerra f
Chinese: æ��äº�, æ�°ç� (zhà nzhèng)
Chiricahua: dishbá (I start off to war)
Croatian: rat m
Czech: válka f, vojna f (archaic)
Danish: krig
Dutch: oorlog m
Esperanto: milito
Estonian: sõda
Finnish: sota
French: guerre f
Frisian: oarloch, kriich
German: Krieg m
Greek: ��λεμο� (pólemos) m
Guarani: ñorairõ
Hebrew: ����� (milkhama) m
Hindi: य�द�ध (yuddh) m, ��� (ja.ng) f
Hungarian: háború
Icelandic: strÃð n, styrjöld f
Ido: milito
Indonesian: perang
Interlingua: guerra, bello
Irish: cogadh
Italian: guerra f
Japanese: � (���, ikusa), �� (����, sens�)
Jèrriais: dgèrre f
Korean: ì �ì�� [æ�°ç�] (jeonjaeng)
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Kurdish: ceng f, �err m
Latin: bellum n
Latvian: karš m (sometimes ka�š)
Malay: perang, peperangan
Maltese: gwerra
Nahuatl: yaoyotl
Northern Sami: soahti
Norwegian: krig m
Old English: wig#Old English|wīġ n
Pashto: FAchar|ج�گ (jang)
Persian: FAchar|ج�گ (jang)
Polish: wojna f
Portuguese: guerra f
Romanian: r�zboi n, r�zbel n (archaic)
Russian: война (vojná) f
Scottish Gaelic: cogadh m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �а� m
:Roman: rat m
Sindhi: SDchar|ج��گ� (jangi) f
Slovak: vojna#Slovak|vojna f
Slovene: vojna f
Spanish: guerra f
Swahili: vita (noun 8)
Swedish: krig n (1,3), inbördeskrig (2) n
Tagalog: gera, gyera, digmaan
Tamil: (pór)
Telugu: య�ద�ధ� (yuddhaM) (1,3); ��తర�య�ద�ధ� (aMtaryuddhaM) (2)
Thai: THchar|ส��ราม (s�ng-kraam)
Tupinambá: marana
Turkish: sava�, muharebe (obsolete), harp (obsolete), cenk (obsolete)
Urdu: URchar|�دھ (yuddh) m, URchar|ج�گ (ja.ng) f
Welsh: rhyfel
Yiddish: ����� (milkhome) f, קר�� (krig) f
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See also
battle
Verb
en-verb|war|r|ed
- To engage in conflict with a foe.
#:His emotions war with his intellect, making him conflicted.
Anagrams
raw
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Breton
Preposition
war
- on
Category:Breton prepositions
Dutch
Noun
infl|nl|noun|g=c|plural|warren
- a kind of contraption for luring and catching fish (e.g. by tangling them up in nets)
- confusion, disarray
Derived terms
in de war brengen
verwarren
ontwarren
warrig
warhoofd
warboel
German
Verb form
war
- past of sein, was
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Kurdish
Noun
war
- place
Category:Kurdish language
Old High German
Adjective
w�r
- true
Category:French derivations
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Tocharian B
Noun
infl|txb|noun
- water
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