guerre

See also: gùerre

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French guerre, from Old French guerre, from Early Medieval Latin werra, borrowed from Frankish *werru (confusion; quarrel). Compare English war.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɛʁ/
  • (file)
  • Homophones: guerres, guère
  • Hyphenation: guerre

Noun

guerre f (plural guerres)

  1. 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

Descendants

  • Wolof: xare, geer

Further reading

Italian

Noun

guerre f

  1. plural of guerra

Anagrams

Middle French

Alternative forms

  • gerre

Etymology

From Old French guerre.

Noun

guerre f (plural guerres)

  1. war (large-scale combat)

Descendants

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Early Medieval Latin werra, borrowed from Frankish *werru (confusion; quarrel).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡwɛrə/, /ˈw-/

Noun

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

  1. war (large-scale conflict)
Descendants

Etymology 2

See gaire.

Adverb

guerre

  1. Alternative form of gaire
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