guerre
common noun
Syllable Decomposition
guerrefrom Frankish werra ("quarrel"), which supplanted, in popular Latin, the classical Latin bellum ("war"), confused with the adjective bellus ("beautiful"), which became very frequent after having itself supplanted the classical pulcher ("beautiful"). Frankish is related to the Latin versus ("opposite"). It is related to the English war, the German ver-wirren ("to confuse").
Definitions
- politique
- militaire
Synonyms
conflithostilité
Antonyms
Plural
guerres
Translations
german:Krieg
english:war
arabic:حرب
chinese:战争
korean:전쟁
danish:krig
spanish:guerra
finnish:sota
greek:πόλεμος
hebrew:מלחמה
italian:guerra
japanese:戦争
dutch:oorlog
polish:wojna
portuguese:guerra
russian:война
swedish:krig
turkish:savaş
See also
bellicosité (cn.) belliqueux (adj.) bellicisme (cn.) guerré (v.) guerrier (cn.) guerroyer (v.) guerres (v.) bellite (cn.) bellite (cn.) belliciste (adj.) belliciste (cn.)