world war

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1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Noun
  - 1.2.1 Related terms
  - 1.2.2 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

A calque of German Weltkrieg.

[edit] Noun

Singular
world war

Plural
world wars

world war (plural world wars)

A war involving the major nations of the world.

[edit] Related terms

[edit] Translations

a war involving the major nations of the world

Arabic: الحرب العالمية ar(ar) (al-Harb al-3alamíyya) f.
Chinese:

Mandarin: 世界大戰 cmn(cmn), 世界大战 cmn(cmn) (shìjiè dàzhàn)
Czech: světová válka f.
Dutch: wereldoorlog nl(nl) m.
Esperanto: mondmilito eo(eo)
Finnish: maailmansota fi(fi)
French: guerre mondiale fr(fr) f.
German: Weltkrieg de(de) m.
Greek: Παγκόσμιος Πόλεμος el(el)

Hungarian: világháború hu(hu)
Icelandic: heimsstyrjöld f.
Japanese: 世界大戦 ja(ja) (せかいだいせん, sekai daisen)
Khmer: សង្គ្រាមលោក km(km)
Macedonian: светска војна mk(mk) (svétska vójna) f.
Portuguese: guerra mundial pt(pt) m.
Russian: мировая война ru(ru) (mirovája vojná) f.
Spanish: guerra mundial es(es) f.
Swedish: världskrig sv(sv) n.

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