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A formal announcement by a country or other body with military capability that it is in a state of war with another such entity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
oorlogsverklaring
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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Basque:
gerra-deklarazio
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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Belarusian:
аб'яўленне вайны
(abʺjawljennje vajny)
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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Belarusian:
абвяшчэнне вайны
(abvjaščennje vajny)
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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Belarusian:
абвешчанне вайны
(abvješčannje vajny)
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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Catalan:
declaració de guerra
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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Chinese Mandarin:
宣戰 /宣战
(xuānzhàn)
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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Danish:
krigserklæring
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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Dutch:
oorlogsverklaring
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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Estonian:
sõjakuulutus
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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Finnish:
sodanjulistus
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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French:
déclaration de guerre
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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Galician:
declaración de guerra
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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German:
Kriegserklärung
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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Greek:
κήρυξη πολέμου
(kíryxi polémou)
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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Hebrew:
הכרזת מלחמה
(hakhrazát milhamá)
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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Hungarian:
hadüzenet
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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Icelandic:
stríðsyfirlýsing
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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Italian:
dichiarazione di guerra
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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Japanese:
宣戦布告
(sensen fukoku)
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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Lithuanian:
karo paskelbimas
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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Norwegian Bokmål:
krigserklæring
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
krigserklæring
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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Polish:
wypowiedzenie wojny
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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Portuguese:
declaração de guerra
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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Romanian:
declarație de război
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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Russian:
объявле́ние войны́
(obʺjavlénije vojný)
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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Spanish:
declaración de guerra
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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Swedish:
krigsförklaring
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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Turkish:
harp ilâni
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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Ukrainian:
оголо́шення війни́
(oholóšennja vijný)
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity
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Volapük:
krigisag
— a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity