Pronunciation IPA: /wɔː(r)/ SAMPA: /wO:(r)/ Noun war (plural: wars) War is any conflict involving the organized use of arms and physical force between countries or other large scale armed groups Antonyms peace Related terms warfare warhead warlord warmonger warpath warring warrior war bonnet war bride war chest war crime war criminal war cry war game war paint war party war room war torn war zone civil war cold war go to war prisoner of war, P.O.W, POW world war Translations Arabic : حرب Breton: brezel m Catalan : Guerra f Chinese : 战争 (zhan4zheng1) Dutch : oorlog m Esperanto : milito Finnish: sota French : guerre f Frisian : oarloch, kriich German : Krieg m Greek : πόλεμος m Guarani: ñorairõ Hebrew : מלחמה Indonesian: perang Interlingua: guerra, bello Italian: guerra f Japanese : 戦 (せん, sen), 戦争 (せんそう, sensō), 闘 (とう, tô) Korean : 전쟁 戰爭 (jeonjaeng) Latin: bellum n Polish: wojna f Portuguese: guerra f Romanian: război n, răzbel n (archaic) Russian: война (voyna) Spanish: guerra f Swedish: krig Tupinambá: marana
