guerre

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From Middle French guerre "war" from Old French guerre "armed conflict between individuals or states, enmity, strife between individuals" (compare Old Northern French werre) from Late Latin *werra, *guerra, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *werra "riot, disturbance, quarrel" from Proto-Germanic *werzō, *werzá- (confusion, disarray), 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", Old English wyrsa, wiersa "worse". More at worse, wurst.

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guerre f. (plural guerres)

  1. war

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guerre f.

  1. Plural form of guerra.

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guerre f. (plural guerres)

  1. war (large-scale combat)

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guerre f. (oblique plural guerres, nominative singular guerre, nominative plural guerres)

  1. Alternative form of guere.
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