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war /wɔː(r)/
- noun
- (armed conflict) guerre f;
~ broke out la guerre a éclaté;
in the ~ à la guerre;
to go off to the ~ partir à la guerre;
to go to ~ against entrer en guerre contre;
to wage ~ on faire la guerre contre;
to be at ~ with a country être en guerre avec un pays;
a ~ over ou about une guerre pour (land, independence);
une guerre sur (issue);
- fig (competition) guerre f;
price/trade ~ guerre des prix/commerciale;
a ~ of words un conflit verbal;
- fig (to eradicate sth) lutte f;
to wage ~ on ou against mener une lutte contre.
- (armed conflict) guerre f;
- noun modifier [correspondent, crime, dance, effort, film, historian, medal, widow, wound] de guerre;
[cemetery, leader, grave, zone] militaire;
[hero] de la guerre;
~ deaths victimes fpl de la guerre;
he has a good ~ record il a de bons états de service.
- intransitive verb (p prés etc -rr-) to ~ with a country être en guerre contre un pays ( over à cause de).
war : war cabinet ~ cabinet nounconseil m de guerre;
war cry ~ cry noun cri m de guerre also fig.
war cry ~ cry noun cri m de guerre also fig.
war : war game ~ game noun Mil manœuvre f militaire;
Games jeu m de stratégie (militaire);
war games ~ games npl Games (with nonmilitary participants) guerre f simulée;
warhead ~head nounogive f;
war horse ~ horse noun lit cheval m de bataille;
fig (campaigner) vétéran m.
Games jeu m de stratégie (militaire);
war games ~ games npl Games (with nonmilitary participants) guerre f simulée;
warhead ~head nounogive f;
war horse ~ horse noun lit cheval m de bataille;
fig (campaigner) vétéran m.
'war' found in these Oxford entries:
English:
aftermath
- American Civil War
- begin
- belligerent
- civil
- class
- climax
- Cold War
- come
- comfort
- coming
- declare
- develop
- effort
- enter
- escalate
- escalation
- fight
- footing
- full-blown
- go
- great
- guerrilla
- Gulf War
- Gulf War syndrome
- gung ho
- hatred
- home front
- hover
- just
- Korean
- legacy
- like
- loom
- lose
- man-of-war
- midst
- obscene
- offing
- on
- outbreak
- over
- peace
- phoney war
- POW
- prepare
- prevent
- price
- propaganda
- prosecution
French:
aller
- antiguerre
- art
- basculer
- bataille
- blessé
- chasse
- cheval
- conseil
- cortège
- crime
- Crimée
- criminel
- danse
- déclaration
- déclarer
- der
- dommage
- drôle
- enfer
- Exode rural
- fait
- grand
- guerre
- guerrier
- guerroyer
- harki
- lutte
- malheur
- marqué
- mener
- mondial
- monument
- mutilé
- nerf
- partir
- pendant
- poilu
- postérieur
- pour
- prendre
- proie
- psychose
- pupille
- ravage
- revenir
- sortir
- tel
- torchon
- trente
war: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2012
| Principal Translations/Principales traductions | |||
| war | n | (an armed conflict) | guerre nf |
| The war was opposed by many people in the country. | |||
| Beaucoup de gens étaient opposés à la guerre dans ce pays. | |||
| war | vi | figurative (wage war) | se faire la guerre⇒ v pron |
| The trades unions and management have been warring over pay for many months. | |||
| Les syndicats et la direction se sont fait la guerre pendant plusieurs mois au niveau des salaires. | |||
| Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires | |||
| war | n | (state of armed conflict, not peace) | guerre nf |
| The country has been in a state of war for thirty years. | |||
| Le pays est en état de guerre depuis trente ans. | |||
| war | n | (period of armed conflict) | guerre nf |
| The war lasted for five years. | |||
| La guerre dura pendant cinq années. | |||
| war | n | figurative (bitter hostility) | conflit nm |
| The war between the two at work made life difficult for the rest of us. | |||
| Le conflit entre ces deux-là au travail rendit la vie difficile pour nous autres. | |||
| war | n | figurative (political campaign) | campagne nf |
| The left-wing parties are staging a bitter war against the right wing in the election. | |||
| Les partis gauchistes mènent une campagne féroce contre la droite pendant cette élection. | |||
| war | vi | figurative (be in conflict) | se faire la guerre⇒ v pron |
| He and she warred over many subjects. | |||
| Ils se faisaient souvent la guerre sur des sujets variés. | |||
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war: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2012
| Compound Forms/Formes composées | |||
| act of war | n | (action that provokes a war) | acte de guerre nm |
| The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was an act of war, provoking the US to enter WWII. | |||
| after the war | après la guerre | ||
| all-out war | n | (full-scale war) | guerre totale nf |
| The drug cartels along the US-Mexico border have declared an all-out war against law enforcement. | |||
| art of war | n | (military strategy) | art de la guerre nm |
| General Patton was an avid student of the art of war. | |||
| Le Général Patton était un étudiant assidu de l'art de la guerre. | |||
| at war | adj | (engaged in armed conflict) | en guerre adj |
| We are at war. | |||
| Nous sommes en guerre. | |||
| at war with | prep | (fighting against) | en guerre contre |
| Vegans are at war with meat eaters. | |||
| at war with | prep | figurative (conflicts with) fig | en guerre avec prép |
| Les Martin sont en guerre avec leurs voisins pour un litige de terrain. | |||
| en conflit avec prép | |||
| Les ex-époux sont en perpétuel conflit à propos du partage des biens. | |||
| fig | à couteaux tirés loc adv | ||
| Les héritiers sont à couteaux tirés, chacun estimant avoir été spolié. | |||
| atomic war | guerre atomique | ||
| banner of war | oriflamme nf | ||
| before the civil war | d'avant la guerre de Sécession | ||
| before the war | avant la guerre | ||
| civil war | n | (internal war in a country) | guerre civile nf |
| La guerre civile éclata deux ans plus tard. | |||
| class war | lutte des classes | ||
| conventional war | n | (war fought using traditional weapons) | guerre conventionnelle nf |
| council of war | conseil de guerre | ||
| declaration of war | n | (formal announcement of war) | déclaration de guerre nf |
| declare war | v | literally (state intention to make war against sb) | déclarer la guerre v |
| La France a déclaré la guerre à l'Angleterre. | |||
| declare war | v | figurative (take strong steps against sth) fig | déclarer la guerre loc v |
| J'ai déclaré la guerre aux mauvaises herbes qui envahissent la jardin. | |||
| fig | se lancer (dans la lutte) contre vpr + prép | ||
| fig | s'attaquer v pron | ||
| Demain, je m'attaque aux kilos en trop. | |||
| gang war | n | (conflict between urban gangs) | guerre des gangs, guerre entre gangs nf |
| Certain urban areas are not safe due to one gang war after another. | |||
| Ce quartier est dévasté par une guerre des gangs incessante. | |||
| go to war | v | (engage in warfare) | entrer en guerre loc v |
| Les États-Unis sont entrés en guerre le 6 avril 1917. | |||
| go to war | v | (leave for battlefront) personne | partir à la guerre loc v |
| Robert est parti à la guerre alors qu'il n'avait que 17 ans. | |||
| god of war | n | (mythology: Mars, Ares, Odin, etc. ) | dieu de la guerre nm |
| Mars was the Roman god of war. | |||
| Mars était le dieu de la guerre romain. | |||
| holy war | n | (crusade, religious war) | guerre sainte nf |
| hot war | guerre chaude | ||
| limited war | guerre limitée | ||
| make love not war | interj | (pacifist slogan of the 1960s) | faites l'amour, pas la guerre expr |
| 'Make love not war' was the best-known slogan of the hippy movement. | |||
| Faites l'amour pas la guerre est le slogan le plus connu de la période hippy. | |||
| make war | faire la guerre v | ||
| make war on | faire la guerre contre v | ||
| man-o'-war | navire de guerre nm | ||
| man-of-war | navire de guerre nm | ||
| men-of-war | hommes de guerre nmpl | ||
| open war | guerre ouverte | ||
| phony war | drôle de guerre nf | ||
| post-war | adj | (following a major conflict) | d'après-guerre adj |
| Post-war Japan experienced tremendous economic growth. | |||
| de l'après-guerre adj | |||
| post-war years | après-guerre nm | ||
| pre-war years | avant-guerre nm | ||
| preventive war | n | (war waged to prevent greater conflict) | guerre préventive nf |
| price war | guerre des prix | ||
| prisoner of war | prisonnier de guerre nm | ||
| prisoner-of-war camp | camp de prisonniers de guerre nm | ||
| religious war | n | (conflict between religions) | guerre de religion nf |
| The crusades were part of a religious war between Christians and Muslims. | |||
| revolutionary war | guerre révolutionnaire | ||
| sloop-of-war | militaire | corvette nf | |
| spoils of war | npl | (loot: sth plundered in a conflict) | butin de guerre nm |
| dépouilles de la guerre nfpl | |||
| state of war | n | (hostilities between nations) justice internationale | état de guerre nm |
| Isrealis and Palistinians have been in a near constant state of war for years. | |||
| Ce pays vit dans un état de guerre permanent. | |||
| the war to end all wars | guerre de 14-18 | la der des ders nf | |
| theater of war | US | théâtre de la guerre nm | |
| total war | guerre totale | ||
| Trojan war | n | (war between Greeks and Trojans) | guerre de Troie nf |
| The Trojan war is a fictitious battle that occurs in the epic poem "The Iliad" by the ancient Greek poet Homer. | |||
| L'Iliade de Homère raconte la guerre de Troie. | |||
| tug of war | n | literal (game: 2 teams pulling on a rope) | tir à la corde nm |
| It is better to have heavy people on your team rather than light people when playing tug of war. | |||
| tug of war | n | figurative (struggle) | lutte acharnée nf |
| Gene is undergoing a real tug of war in his struggle to quit smoking. | |||
| They will not get anything done until they cease this tug of war and start pulling in the same direction. | |||
| tug-of-war | tir à la corde nm | ||
| turf war | n | (dispute over territory) | dispute territoriale nf |
| lutte pour un territoire nf | |||
| undeclared war | guerre non déclarée | ||
| wage war | v | literal (launch an attack, engage in warfare) | faire la guerre à loc v |
| Britain waged war on France. | |||
| wage war | v | figurative (launch a sustained attack) | partir en guerre⇒ vi |
| Mr. Cameron waged war on Mr. Brown's new economic policies. | |||
| Le maire de la commune part en guerre contre la pollution. | |||
| war baby | enfant de la guerre | ||
| war bond | bon de la défense nationale nm | ||
| war bond | titre d'emprunt de guerre | ||
| war bond | emprunt de guerre nm | ||
| war book | livre de guerre | ||
| war bow | arc de guerre nm | ||
| war bride | mariée de la guerre | ||
| war cabinet | n | (government wartime committee) | cabinet de guerre nm |
| The president consulted with his war cabinet before ordering an invasion. | |||
| war casualty | n | (sb injured during armed conflict) | blessé de guerre nm |
| war casualty | n | (sb killed during armed conflict) | victime de guerre nf |
| perte humaine nf | |||
| war chest | n | figurative (money to finance a war) | trésor de guerre nm |
| Note: Used figuratively to finance any project more often than for a war | |||
| We need to double our war chest if we hope to get her elected. | |||
| war clouds | npl | figurative (sign of trouble ahead) | signes annonciateurs de guerre nmpl |
| At the end of the 1930s, war clouds were gathering throughout Europe. | |||
| fig | menace de guerre nf | ||
| On percevait dans l'air une menace de guerre imminente (or: que la guerre menaçait). | |||
| war college | école militaire | ||
| war correspondent | n | (journalist who reports from war zones) | correspondant de guerre nm |
| She started her career in journalism as a war correspondent. | |||
| Elle commença sa carrière de journaliste comme correspondante de guerre. | |||
| war crime | n | (unacceptable wartime act) | crime de guerre nm |
| Ethnic cleansing, or the slaughter of one ethnic group during war, is considered a war crime. | |||
| Non, monsieur, désherber les plantes des voisins ne constitue quand même pas un crime de guerre ! | |||
| war crimes | npl | (unacceptable wartime acts) | crimes de guerre nmpl |
| He is awaiting trial in The Hague for his war crimes. | |||
| Les crimes de guerre sont jugés au tribunal de La Haye. | |||
| war criminal | criminel de guerre | ||
| war cry | n | literal (sth shouted in battle to rally soldiers) | cri de guerre nm |
| The Hungarian wariors used to shout the "Huj, Huj, Hajrá!!" war cry. | |||
| Montjoie Saint-Denis était le cri de guerre des rois de France. | |||
| war cry | n | figurative (slogan used to rally support) fig | cri de guerre nm |
| No new taxes! became the politicians' war cry prior to the election. | |||
| cri de ralliement nm | |||
| war dance | danse guerrière | ||
| war dog | chien de guerre | ||
| war economy | n | (allocation of resources in wartime) | économie de guerre nf |
| Many historians agree that the end of the economic depression of the 1930s came as a result of the war economy. | |||
| Lorsque l'économie tout court bat de l'aile, trop de nations se rabattent sur l'économie de guerre. | |||
| war effort | n | (work done for one's country during war) | effort de guerre nm |
| war footing | pied de guerre | ||
| war game | jeu de guerre, manœuvre | ||
| war gods | les dieux de la guerre | ||
| war horse | cheval de guerre | ||
| war machine | machine de guerre | ||
| war medal | n | (military decoration for heroism in war) France | médaille militaire nf |
| The most prestigious war medal in the United States is the Congressional Medal of Honor. | |||
| France | Croix de guerre | ||
| Cet ancien combattant avait été décoré de la Croix de guerre. | |||
| war memorial | n | (monument to dead soldiers) | monument aux morts nm |
| The war memorials in Washington, D.C. attract many tourists each year. | |||
| Chaque village belge a son monument aux morts. | |||
| war of attrition | guerre d'usure | ||
| war of independence | guerre d'indépendance | ||
| war of nerves | n | (psychological conflict) | guerre des nerfs nf |
| Personne ne bouge, c'est la guerre des nerfs. | |||
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Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "war".
'fog of war'
"war itself"
A bidding War Over Guidant and a Budding fight Over China
a case for the war
a harsh war of nerves
a lead-up to war
a survivor of the second World War
A war between England and France
a war of seventy years ago
A war on politics and religion
After the war that precedent was built on
air war
All is fair in love and war.
All references to a civil war were washed away in the aftermath of the conflict
all the people who died in the war
All's fair in love and war
anti war
anti-war poem
anti-war position
appropriations for the war
As the war broke out...
Association of the Liberation War Veterans
at war with the world
basic war story
be it in contemporary times or during the war
because of World War II
break out (war)
brief but bloody war over border dispute
brink of war
Brood war
Suite...
"war itself"
A bidding War Over Guidant and a Budding fight Over China
a case for the war
a harsh war of nerves
a lead-up to war
a survivor of the second World War
A war between England and France
a war of seventy years ago
A war on politics and religion
After the war that precedent was built on
air war
All is fair in love and war.
All references to a civil war were washed away in the aftermath of the conflict
all the people who died in the war
All's fair in love and war
anti war
anti-war poem
anti-war position
appropriations for the war
As the war broke out...
Association of the Liberation War Veterans
at war with the world
basic war story
be it in contemporary times or during the war
because of World War II
break out (war)
brief but bloody war over border dispute
brink of war
Brood war
Suite...
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