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cyberwarfare

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Warfare taking place on the Internet, as by disrupting critical online services.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)bor. English cybernetic English cyber- English warfare English cyberwarfare From cyber- + warfare.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: կիբեռպատերազմ (kibeṙpaterazm) — warfare taking place on the Internet
  • Azerbaijani: kibermüharibə — warfare taking place on the Internet
  • Belarusian: кібервайна́ (kibjervajná) — warfare taking place on the Internet
  • Bulgarian: кибервойна́ (kibervojná) — warfare taking place on the Internet
  • Chinese Mandarin: 網絡戰 /网络战 (wǎngluòzhàn) — warfare taking place on the Internet
  • Dutch: cyberoorlog — warfare taking place on the Internet
  • Finnish: kybersodankäynti — warfare taking place on the Internet
  • French: guerre informatique — warfare taking place on the Internet
  • French: cyberguerre — warfare taking place on the Internet
  • Georgian: კიბერომი (ḳiberomi) — warfare taking place on the Internet
  • German: Cyberkrieg — warfare taking place on the Internet
  • Greek: κυβερνοπόλεμος (kyvernopólemos) — warfare taking place on the Internet
  • Hindi: सायबर युद्ध (sāybar yuddh) — warfare taking place on the Internet
  • Japanese: サイバー戦争 (saibā sensō) — warfare taking place on the Internet
  • Kazakh: киберсоғыс (kibersoğys) — warfare taking place on the Internet
  • Korean: 사이버 전쟁 (saibeo jeonjaeng) — warfare taking place on the Internet
  • Latvian: kiberkarš — warfare taking place on the Internet
  • Lithuanian: kiberkaras — warfare taking place on the Internet
  • Macedonian: киберво́јна (kibervójna) — warfare taking place on the Internet
  • Persian: جنگ سایبری (jang-e sâyberi) — warfare taking place on the Internet
  • Portuguese: guerra cibernética — warfare taking place on the Internet
  • Portuguese: ciberguerra — warfare taking place on the Internet
  • Russian: кибервойна́ (kibervojná) — warfare taking place on the Internet
  • Spanish: guerra informática — warfare taking place on the Internet
  • Spanish: ciberguerra — warfare taking place on the Internet
  • Turkish: siber savaş — warfare taking place on the Internet
  • Ukrainian: кібервійна́ (kibervijná) — warfare taking place on the Internet