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English-French Dictionary: war

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NOUN	a war \| wars
NOUN	war \| -
VERB	to war \| warred \| warred warring \| wars
SYNO	state of war \| war \| war \| warfare
state of war \| war war \| warfare © Princeton University

to war [also fig.]: se faire la guerre [aussi fig.]
war: guerre {f}mil.
ante-war: d'avant-guerre {adj}
pre-war: d'avant-guerre {adj}
war-torn: déchiré par la guerre {adj} {past-p}
to conduct war: mener la guerremil.pol.
to provoke war: allumer la guerremil.pol.
to wage war: guerroyermil.
faire la guerremil.pol.
mener la guerremil.pol.
atomic war: guerre {f} atomique
Black War [conflicts in Tasmania between British colonists and Aboriginal Tasmanians from the mid-1820s to 1832]: guerre {f} noirehist.mil.pol.
Cévennes War [1702-1710] [also: War of the Camisards] [uprising of Protestant peasants during the reign of Louis XIV]: guerre {f} des Cévennes [1702-1710] [aussi : guerre des Camisards]hist.mil.pol.
civil war: guerre {f} civilemil.
Coconut War [1980] [independence of the Republic of Vanuatu]: guerre {f} de la noix de coco [1980]hist.mil.pol.
Cold War [1947-1991]: guerre {f} froide [1947-1991]hist.pol.
Crimean War [1853-1856] [ Russia lost to an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia]: guerre {f} de Crimée [1853-1856]hist.mil.pol.
culture war: guerre {f} culturellepol.sociol.
Dutch–Portuguese War [1601 - 1661] [the Dutch gained an overseas empire at the cost of the Portuguese]: guerre {f} néerlando-portugaise [1601 - 1661]hist.mil.naut.
economic war: guerre {f} économiqueécon.pol.
exterminatory war: guerre {f} d'exterminationmil.
foreign war [war abroad]: guerre {f} étrangèremil.pol.
guerrilla war: guerre {f} de guerillamil.
holy war: guerre {f} saintemil.relig.
internecine war: guerre {f} de destruction réciproquemil.pol.
Korean War [1950 - 1953]: guerre {f} de Corée [1950 - 1953]hist.mil.pol.
Mexican–American War [1846-1848] [also: Mexican War]: guerre {f} américano-mexicaine [1846-1848]hist.mil.pol.
nuclear war: guerre {f} nucléairemil.nucl.
phoney war [coll.]: drôle de guerre {f}hist.mil.
proxy war: guerre {f} par procurationmil.pol.
Pyrrhic War [280–275 BC] [between the Roman Republic and Pyrrhus, the king of Epiru]: guerre {f} de Pyrrhus [280 - 275 av. J.-C.]hist.mil.pol.
Rif War [1921-1927] [armed conflict between the colonialists of Spain and the Berber tribes of the mountainous Rif region of northern Morocco]: guerre {f} du Rif [1921-1927]hist.mil.pol.
Schmalkaldic War [1546 - 1547]: guerre {f} de Smalkalde [1546 - 1547]hist.mil.relig.
Torstenson War [1643 - 1645] [between Sweden and Denmark–Norway, during the 30 Years' War]: guerre {f} de Torstenson [1643 - 1645] [aussi : controverse d'Hannibal ou guerre d'Hannibal]hist.mil.pol.
Vietnam War: guerre {f} du Viêt Namhist.mil.pol.
war correspondent: correspondant {m} de guerrejourn.occup.
war crime: crime {m} de guerre
war criminal: criminel {m} de guerredr.mil.
war cry: cri {m} de guerre
war damage: dommages {m.pl} de guerre
war dance: danse {f} guerrièredansemil.
war fever: fièvre {f} de guerrepol.
war film [Br.]: film {m} de guerrefilm
war game: wargame {m}jeuxmil.
war hammer [for use by foot-soldiers against mounted men-at-arms]: marteau {m} d'armesarmeshist.mil.
marteau {m} de guerrearmeshist.mil.
war hero: héros {m} de guerremil.
war horse [also warhorse]: destrier {m}équi.hist.mil.
war indemnity: indemnité {f} de guerrefin.mil.pol.
war injury: blessure {f} de guerreméd.mil.
war memorial: monument {m} aux morts
monument {m} commémoratif de guerre
war monger: va-t-en-guerre {m}pol.
war movie [Am.]: film {m} de guerrefilm
war plane: avion {m} de combataviat.mil.
war studies: polémologie {f}
war theater [Am.]: zone {f} de combatsmil.
war theatre [Br.]: zone {f} de combatsmil.
war wound: blessure {f} de guerreméd.mil.
war zone: zone {f} de guerremil.
zone {f} de combatsmil.
war-monger: va-t-en-guerre {m}pol.
war-weariness: lassitude {f} de la guerresociol.
war's end: fin {f} de la guerremil.pol.
Winter War [1939-1940] [also: First Soviet-Finnish War]: guerre {f} d'Hiver [1939-1940] [aussi : guerre soviéto-finlandaise ou guerre russo-finlandaise]hist.mil.pol.
world war: guerre {f} mondiale
to declare war on sb./sth. [also fig.]: déclarer la guerre à qn./qc. [aussi fig.]pol.
to go to war [soldier]: partir à la guerremil.
to start a war: déclencher une guerrehist.mil.pol.
to wage war against sth.: faire la guerre à qc.mil.pol.
(First) Opium War [1839-1842] [also: Anglo-Sino War ]: première guerre {f} de l'opium [1839-1842]hist.mil.pol.
act of war: acte {m} de guerrepol.
American Civil War [1861 - 1865]: guerre {f} de Sécession [1861 - 1865] [aussi : guerre civile américaine]hist.mil.pol.
Anglo-Nepalese War [1814-1816] [also: Gorkha War]: guerre {f} anglo-népalaise [1814-1816] [aussi : guerre des Gurkhas]hist.mil.
Anglo-Scottish war [1650-1652] [also: Third Civil War]: guerre {f} anglo-écossaise de 1650-1652 [aussi : troisième guerre civile]hist.mil.pol.
art of war: art {m} de la guerremil.pol.
Austro-Turkish War [1714-1718]: guerre {f} vénéto-austro-ottomane [1714-1718] [aussi : troisième guerre austro-ottomane ou septième guerre vénéto-ottomane]hist.mil.pol.
banner of war: oriflamme {f}
Caesar's civil war [49 - 45 BC]: guerre {f} civile de César [49 – 45 av. J.-C.] [aussi : guerre civile romaine de 49 av. J.-C. ou guerre civile entre César et Pompée]hist.mil.pol.
council of war: conseil {m} de guerremil.pol.
Eighty Years' War [1568-1648] [also: Dutch Revolt] [armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between groups of rebels and the Spanish government]: guerre {f} de Quatre-Vingts Ans [1568-1648] [aussi : révolte des Pays-Bas]hist.mil.pol.
Finnish Civil War [1917-1918]: guerre {f} civile finlandaise [1917-1918]hist.mil.pol.
First Balkan War [1912 - 1913] [Balkan League forced the Ottoman Empire out of Europe]: première guerre {f} balkanique [1912 - 1913]hist.mil.pol.
First Boer War [1880-1881] [also: First Anglo–Boer War, the Transvaal War or the Transvaal Rebellion]: première guerre {f} des Boers [1880-1881] [aussi : première guerre anglo-boer ou guerre du Transvaal]hist.mil.pol.
First Jewish–Roman War [66-74] [also: Great Jewish Revolt]: première guerre {f} judéo-romaine [66-74] [aussi : Grande Révolte]hist.mil.pol.
fog of war: brouillard {m} de la guerremil.
fortunes {pl} of war: sort {m} des armes
Franco-Prussian War [1870-1871] [also: Franco-German War or War of 1870]: guerre {f} franco-allemande de 1870-1871 [aussi : guerre franco-prussienne, guerre de 1870 ou guerre de septante]hist.mil.pol.
Franco-Spanish War [1635 - 1659] [a conflict related to the 30 Years' War]: guerre {f} franco-espagnole [1635 - 1659]hist.mil.pol.
game of war: jeu {m} de la guerremil.pol.
Great Northern War [1700 - 1721] [Russia and allies against Sweden]: grande guerre {f} du Nord [1700 - 1721]hist.mil.pol.
Great Turkish War [1683-1689] [also: War of the Holy League]: grande {f} guerre turque [1683-1689] [aussi : guerre de la Sainte Ligue ou cinquième guerre austro-turque]hist.mil.pol.
Hundred Years' War: guerre {f} de Cent Anshist.
Italo-Turkish War [1911-1912] [also: War of Libya]: guerre {f} italo-turque [1911-1912]hist.mil.pol.
Minister of War: ministre {m} de la guerremil.occup.pol.
Nine Years' War [1688-1697] [also: War of the Grand Alliance or War of the League of Augsburg]: guerre {f} de la Ligue d'Augsbourg [1688-1697] [aussi: guerre de Neuf Ans, guerre de la Succession palatine ou guerre de la Grande Alliance]hist.mil.pol.
Old Zürich War [1440 - 1446] [war of succession within the Old Swiss Confederacy]: ancienne guerre {f} de Zurich [1440 - 1446]hist.mil.pol.
post-war era: après-guerre {m}
post-war period: après-guerre {m}
post-war years {pl}: après-guerre {m}

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