guerre

French

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡɛʁ/, X-SAMPA: /gER/

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• Homophones: guerres, guère
• Hyphenation: guerre

Noun

guerre f. (plural guerres)

1. war

Synonyms

• conflit
• hostilités

Antonyms

• non-violence
• paix

Derived terms

• guerre mondiale
• guerrier
• homme de guerre
• nom de guerre

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Italian

Noun

guerre f.

1. Plural form of guerra.

Anagrams

• urgere

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Middle French

Noun

guerre f. (plural guerres)

1. war (large-scale combat)

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Old French

Noun

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

1. Alternative form of guere.