guerre
See also: gùerre
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French guerre, from Old French guerre, from Early Medieval Latin werra, borrowed from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”). Compare English war.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editguerre f (plural guerres)
- war
- Synonyms: conflit, hostilités
- Antonyms: non-violence, paix
- Le droit de la guerre est une expression pour désigner les lois, en général coutumières, sur lesquelles s’entendent les peuples ennemis lorsqu’ils sont en guerre.
- The law of war is an expression describing the laws, generally customary, that enemy peoples that are at war agree to.
Derived terms
edit- à la guerre comme à la guerre
- art de la guerre
- char de guerre
- chef de guerre
- cri de guerre
- crime de guerre
- criminel de guerre
- de bonne guerre
- de guerre lasse
- déclaration de guerre
- déterrer la hache de guerre
- droit de la guerre
- drôle de guerre
- effort de guerre
- enterrer la hache de guerre
- film de guerre
- guerre civile
- guerre commerciale
- guerre de Cent Ans
- guerre de religion
- guerre de Sécession
- guerre des nerfs
- guerre d’Algérie
- guerre d’attrition
- guerre d’usure
- Guerre froide
- guerre mondiale
- guerre sainte
- guerre sale
- guerre totale
- homme de guerre
- marine de guerre
- navire de guerre
- nom de guerre
- prisonnier de guerre
- prisonnière de guerre
- sur le pied de guerre
- trésor de guerre
Descendants
editFurther reading
editItalian
editNoun
editguerre f
Anagrams
editMiddle French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old French guerre.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editguerre f (plural guerres)
- war (large-scale combat)
Descendants
editOld French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology 1
editFrom Early Medieval Latin werra, borrowed from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editguerre oblique singular, f (oblique plural guerres, nominative singular guerre, nominative plural guerres)
- war (large-scale conflict)
Descendants
edit- Bourguignon: guârre, gârre, gârre
- Middle French: guerre (see there for further descendants)
- Norman: gùerre, dgèrre (Jersey), djère, guère (Guernsey), gyer (Sark)
- Picard: guère, dgère (Nord and Pas-de-Calais), djérre (Somme and Oise)
- Walloon: guere, guêre, guére, guère
- → Old English: werre, wyrre
Etymology 2
editSee gaire.
Adverb
editguerre
- Alternative form of gaire
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