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war
English
Alternative forms
- warre (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English werre, from Late Old English werre, wyrre (“armed conflict”) from Old Northern French werre (compare Old French guerre, whence modern French guerre), from Medieval Latin werra, from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”).
Akin to Old High German werra (“confusion, strife, quarrel”) (German verwirren (“to confuse”)), Old Saxon werran (“to confuse, perplex”), Dutch war (“confusion, disarray”), West Frisian war (“defense, self-defense, struggle", also "confusion”),Old English wyrsa, wiersa (“worse”), Old Norse verri (“worse”) (originally "confounded, mixed up"). There may be a connection with worse, wurst.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /w??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /w??/
- Homophones: wore, wor (some dialects)
- Rhymes: -??(?)
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /w??/
Noun
war (countable and uncountable, plural wars)
- (uncountable) Organized, large-scale, armed conflict between countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually involving the engagement of military forces.
- 1917, Henry Ford, chapter 17, in My Life and Work:
- Nobody can deny that war is a profitable business for those who like that kind of money. War is an orgy of money, just as it is an orgy of blood.
- 1944 June 27, Herbert Hoover, speech in Chicago, Illinois, to the 23rd Republican National Convention; quoted in Linda Carol Harms Case, Bold Beliefs in Camouflage: A–Z Briefings: A Valuable Resource Highlighting an Extraordinary Collection of Prayers, Military Quotations, Scripture Verses, Bible Stories, Hymns, and Testimonies, Relevant to Core Values and Keywords Used by Chaplains, Leaders, Veterans, and Other Members of the American Armed Forces, Victoria, B.C.; Neche, N.D.: FriesenPress, January 2013, ISBN 978-1-77097-632-0, page 203:
- Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die. It is youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war.
- 2007, Carlos Ramirez-Faria, Concise Encyclopaedia of World History:
- Germany declared war on France, who reciprocated, on August 3 [1939], and England declared war on Germany on August 4, when Belgium was already under invasion.
- 1917, Henry Ford, chapter 17, in My Life and Work:
- (countable) A particular conflict of this kind.
- 1865, Herman Melville, "The Surrender at Appomattox":
- All human tribes glad token see
- In the close of the wars of Grant and Lee.
- 1999, Bill Clinton at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C, November 8 1999:
- A second challenge will be to implement, with our allies, a plan of stability in the Balkans, so that the region's bitter ethnic problems can no longer be exploited by dictators and Americans do not have to cross the Atlantic again to fight in another war.
- 1865, Herman Melville, "The Surrender at Appomattox":
- (countable, by extension) Any conflict, or anything resembling a conflict.
- (figuratively) A campaign against something.
- The "war on drugs" is a campaign against the use of narcotic drugs.
- The "war on terror" is a campaign against terrorist crime.
- In the US, conservatives rail against the "war on Christmas".
- (business, countable) A bout of fierce competition in trade.
- I reaped the benefit of the car dealerships' price war, getting my car for far less than it's worth.
- The cellular phone companies were engaged in a freebie war, each offering various services thrown in when one purchased a plan.
- (figuratively) A campaign against something.
- (obsolete, uncountable) Instruments of war.
- (obsolete) Armed forces.
- (uncountable) A particular card game for two players, notable for having its outcome predetermined by how the cards are dealt.
Antonyms
- peace
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- battle
Verb
war (third-person singular simple present wars, present participle warring, simple past and past participle warred)
- (intransitive) To engage in conflict (may be followed by "with" to specify the foe).
- 1595, Samuel Daniel, The First Four Books of the Civil Wars
- To war the Scot, and borders to defend.
- 1882, George Bernard Shaw, Cashel Byron's Profession, ch. 14:
- This vein of reflection, warring with his inner knowledge that he had been driven by fear and hatred . . ., produced an exhausting whirl in his thoughts.
- 1595, Samuel Daniel, The First Four Books of the Civil Wars
- To carry on, as a contest; to wage.
Translations
Anagrams
- RAW, RWA, Rwa, WRA, raw
Breton
Preposition
war
- on, over
Inflection
Derived terms
- diwar
- diwar-benn
Chuukese
Verb
war
- to arrive
Dusner
Noun
war
- (fresh) water
References
- D. C. Kamholz, Austronesians in Papua (2014, Berkeley)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch werre, warre (“confusion, disarray, conflict”), from Old Dutch *werra, from Proto-West Germanic *werru (“confusion; quarrel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??r/
- Rhymes: -?r
Noun
war f (plural warren, diminutive warretje n)
- confusion, disarray
- 2016, Josien Wolthuizen & Hanneloes Pen, "Man doodgestoken in fietsenwinkel Nieuw-West", in Het Parool, March 15 2016.
- Volgens een bovenbuurvrouw kwamen hulpdiensten rond 12 uur 's middags naar de fietsenwinkel. "Ik had geen idee wat er aan de hand was. Maar de zoon van de eigenaar kwam eraan en was helemaal in de war. (...)"
- 2016, Josien Wolthuizen & Hanneloes Pen, "Man doodgestoken in fietsenwinkel Nieuw-West", in Het Parool, March 15 2016.
- tangle, mess
- 2016, "Wist je dat papierklemmen je leven veel gemakkelijker kunnen maken?", in Het Laatste Nieuws, January 29 2016.
- Van statief voor je smartphone tot instrument om oortjes uit de war te houden, tot zelfs een portefeuille. De mogelijkheden met papierklemmen zijn eindeloos, maar de Japanner Venlee geeft je alvast 15 lifehacks.
- 2016, "Wist je dat papierklemmen je leven veel gemakkelijker kunnen maken?", in Het Laatste Nieuws, January 29 2016.
- an elevated area on the floor of a body of water, a kind of contraption for luring and catching fish, where nets and fykes could be installed
- 1949, G. Karsten. ‘Eenvorme, Informe, Yefforme’, De Speelwagen 10, no. 4: 307.
- Welnu, deze stoepen of warren bevonden zich aan de walkant en niet midden in het water.
- 1667, Handtvesten, privilegien, willekeuren ende ordonnantien der Stadt Enchuysen, p. 345.
- De Schutters van de respective Steden, werden geauctoriseert, alle de Fuycken, buyten de benoemde Warren in de Wateringh staende, te mogen visiteren, of de selve keur mogen houden ofte niet, (...)
- 1949, G. Karsten. ‘Eenvorme, Informe, Yefforme’, De Speelwagen 10, no. 4: 307.
Quotations
Derived terms
- in de war brengen
- verwarren
- ontwarren
- warrig
- warhoofd
- warboel
Related terms
- wirwar
Dutch Low Saxon
Alternative forms
- (Low Prussian) wahr
Etymology
From Low German wahr, from Middle Low German wâr, from Old Saxon w?r. Cognate to German wahr.
Adjective
war
- (in some dialects) true
Elfdalian
Etymology
From Old Norse hvar, from Proto-Germanic *hwar. Cognate with Swedish var.
Adverb
war
- where, in what place
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va???/
- Homophone: wahr
Verb
war
- first-person singular preterite of sein
- 1788, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont
- Ich hätte ihn heiraten können, und glaube, ich war nie in ihn verliebt.
- I could have married him; yet I believe I was never really in love with him.
- Ich hätte ihn heiraten können, und glaube, ich war nie in ihn verliebt.
- 1788, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont
- third-person singular preterite of sein
- 1788, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont
- Gott tröst' ihn! Das war ein Herr!
- God bless him! He was a king indeed!
- Gott tröst' ihn! Das war ein Herr!
- 1788, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont
Luxembourgish
Verb
war
- first-person singular preterite indicative of sinn
- third-person singular preterite indicative of sinn
Mpur
Noun
war
- water
References
- A Sketch of Mpur, in Languages of the Eastern Bird's Head (2002)
Northern Kurdish
Etymology 1
Noun
war m
- place
- camp, camping ground
Etymology 2
Noun
war m
- respect, regard
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *w?r, from Proto-Germanic *w?raz, whence also Old English w?r, Old Norse værr.
Adjective
w?r
- true
Descendants
- Middle High German: w?r
- Cimbrian: baar
- German: wahr
- Hunsrik: woher
- Luxembourgish: wouer
- Yiddish: ?????? (vor)
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *w?r, from Proto-Germanic *w?raz, from Proto-Indo-European *weh?ros.
Adjective
w?r
- true
Declension
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /var/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *var?.
Noun
war m inan
- (obsolete) boiling water or other liquid
- (obsolete) extreme heat
Declension
Related terms
- (verb) warzy?
Etymology 2
Noun
war m inan
- var, volt-ampere reactive (unit of electrical power)
Declension
Further reading
- war in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- war in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Scots
Etymology 1
From Middle English were, weren, from Old English w?re, w?ron, w?ren, from Proto-Germanic *w?z-, from Proto-Indo-European *h?wes-.
Verb
war
- first/second/third-person plural simple past indicative of be; were
Etymology 2
From Middle English werre, from Old Northern French, ultimately a Frankish loan.
Noun
war (plural wars)
- war
Alternative forms
- wer, weir
References
- “was” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Somali
Noun
war ?
- news
Tocharian B
Etymology
From Proto-Tocharian *wär, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr? (“water”) through a regular (endocentric) thematicization *udrom. Compare Tocharian A wär.
Noun
war ?
- water
See also
- ?p
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duel
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin duellum (“fight between two men”), under influence from Latin duo, from Old Latin duellum (whence Latin bellum (“war”)), from Proto-Indo-European *d?u-, *d?u- *d?- (“to injure, destroy, burn”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?dju??l/
- (General American) enPR: d(y)o?o??l, IPA(key): /?d(j)u?l/
- Homophone: dual
- Rhymes: -u??l, -??l
- Hyphenation: du?el
Noun
duel (plural duels)
(Can we add an example for this sense?)
- Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.
- Historically, the wager of battle (judicial combat)
- Any struggle between two contending persons, groups or ideas.
Translations
Verb
duel (third-person singular simple present duels, present participle (US) dueling or (UK) duelling, simple past and past participle (US) dueled or (UK) duelled)
- To engage in a battle.
Related terms
- duellist
- duello
- truel
Translations
See also
dual
Anagrams
- ULed, leud, lude, lued
Catalan
Etymology
From Medieval Latin duellum (“fight between two men”), under influence from Latin duo, from Old Latin duellum (whence Latin bellum (“war”)), from Proto-Indo-European *d?u-, *deu- (“to injure, destroy, burn”).
Noun
duel m (plural duels)
- duel
Derived terms
- duelista
Further reading
- “duel” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “duel” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “duel” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “duel” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish
Etymology
From Latin duellum (“war”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /du?l/, [d?u??l?]
Noun
duel c (singular definite duellen, plural indefinite dueller)
- duel
Inflection
Synonyms
- tvekamp
Derived terms
- duellere
Further reading
- duel on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
Alternative forms
- duwel (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French duel, from Latin duellum (“duel; war”), archaic form of bellum (“war”). In Mediaeval Latin the meaning shifted from “war” to “duel” because of folk etymology associating it with duo (“two”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dy?(?)?l/
- Hyphenation: du?el
- Rhymes: -?l
Noun
duel n (plural duels, diminutive duelletje n)
- A duel.
Synonyms
- tweegevecht
- tweekamp
Derived terms
- duelleren
- duellist
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin du?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??l/
- Rhymes: -??l
Adjective
duel (feminine singular duelle, masculine plural duels, feminine plural duelles)
- dual (having two components)
Related terms
- dualité
Noun
duel m (plural duels)
- duel (battle)
- (grammar) dual
Further reading
- “duel” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Alternative forms
- dol
Etymology
Probably from Late Latin dolus, from Latin dolor (“pain”), or from Vulgar Latin *dolium, from Latin cordolium (“sorrow of the heart”), from dolor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /du??l/
Noun
duel m (oblique plural dueus or duex or duels, nominative singular dueus or duex or duels, nominative plural duel)
- sadness; grief; sorrow
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Son plor et son duel demenant
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
Descendants
- French: deuil
- Norman: deu
Romanian
Etymology
From French duel, from Latin duellum.
Noun
duel n (plural dueluri)
- duel
Declension
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