warfare

English

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From 1425–75 late Middle English werefare.

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Noun

warfare (usually uncountable; plural warfares)

1. The waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy
2. Military operations of some particular kind e.g. guerrilla warfare

Derived terms

Terms derived from warfare

antiwarfare asymmetric warfare biological warfare chemical warfare class warfare

conventional warfare cyberwarfare e-warfare electronic warfare germ warfare guerrilla warfare

information warfare open warfare psychological warfare siege warfare spiritual warfare trench warfare warfarer

Related terms

• war

Translations

The waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy

• Dutch: krijgsvoering (nl) f, oorlogvoering (nl) f, strijd (nl) m
• French: guerre (fr) f

• German: Kriegsführung (de) f
• Maori: matawhāura (mi)
• Russian: ведение войны (ru) (vedénije vojný) f 

Military operations of some particular kind

• Dutch: krijgsvoering (nl) f, oorlogvoering (nl) f, strijd (nl) m
• French: guerre (fr) f, combat (fr) m

• German: Kriegsführung (de) f
• Russian: приёмы ведения войны (prijómy vedénija vojný) m pl

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• Arabic: صِراع (ar) (Siraa3) m, حَرْب (ar) (Harb) m, نِضال (ar) (niDaal) m, قِتال (ar) (qitaal) m
• Basque: gerra (eu), guda (eu)
• Bulgarian: война (bg) f (vojna)
• Estonian: sõda (et)
• Finnish: sodankäynti (fi), sota (fi)
• Greek: εχθροπραξία (ekthropraksía) f
• Icelandic: hernaður m
• Italian: guerra (it) f

• Japanese: 戦い (ja) (tatakai), 戦争 (ja) (sensō)
• Korean: 전쟁 (ko)
• Latin: mīlitia (la) f
• Mandarin Chinese: 戰爭, 战争
• Norwegian: krigføring c
• Polish: wojna (pl) f
• Portuguese: guerra (pt) f
• Spanish: guerra (es) f
• Swedish: krigföring c
• Turkish: kital (tr)

Verb

warfare (third-person singular simple present warfares, present participle warfaring, simple past and past participle warfared)

1. To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars.

• warfare in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913