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military exercise

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A large-scale activity involving military forces from multiple countries or commands, designed to demonstrate the level of alliance between those forces and their ability to coordinate, as a signal to potential military adversaries.

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56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: stërvitje ushtarake — war game
  • Arabic: مُنَاوَرَة عَسْكَرِيَّة (munāwara ʕaskariyya) — war game
  • Armenian: զորավարժություն (zoravaržutʻyun) — war game
  • Azerbaijani: hərbi təlim — war game
  • Azerbaijani: hərbi məşq — war game
  • Belarusian: вайско́выя вучэ́нні (vajskóvyja vučénni) — war game
  • Belarusian: вайско́выя вучэ́ньні (vajskóvyja vučénʹni) — war game
  • Bulgarian: вое́нни уче́ния (voénni učénija) — war game
  • Chinese Mandarin: 軍事演習 /军事演习 (jūnshì yǎnxí) — war game
  • Chinese Mandarin: 軍演 /军演 (jūnyǎn) — war game
  • Czech: vojenské cvičení — war game
  • Danish: militærøvelse — war game
  • Dutch: militaire oefening — war game
  • Finnish: sotaharjoitus — war game
  • French: grandes manœuvres — war game
  • French: exercices militaires — war game
  • Georgian: სამხედრო წვრთნა (samxedro c̣vrtna) — war game
  • German: Kriegsübung — war game
  • German: Manöver — war game
  • German: Militärübung — war game
  • Hebrew: תַּרְגִּיל צְבָאִי (targíl ts'va'í) — war game
  • Hindi: सैन्य अभ्यास (sainya abhyās) — war game
  • Hungarian: hadgyakorlat — war game
  • Italian: esercitazione militare — war game
  • Japanese: 軍事演習 (gunji enshū) — war game
  • Kazakh: әскери жаттығу (äskeri jattyğu) — war game
  • Korean: 군사연습 (gunsayeonseup) — war game
  • Kyrgyz: аскердик машыгуулар (askerdik maşıguular) — war game
  • Kyrgyz: аскер машыгуусу (asker maşıguusu) — war game
  • Macedonian: воена вежба (voena vežba) — war game
  • Norwegian Bokmål: militærøvelse — war game
  • Norwegian Bokmål: militærøving — war game
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: militærøving — war game
  • Iranian Persian: رَزْمایِش (razmâyeš) — war game
  • Iranian Persian: مانُوْرِ نِظامی (mânowr-e nezâmi) — war game
  • Polish: ćwiczenia wojskowe — war game
  • Romanian: exercițiu militar — war game
  • Russian: вое́нные уче́ния (vojénnyje učénija) — war game
  • Serbo-Croatian: војна вежба — war game
  • Serbo-Croatian: војна вјежба — war game
  • Serbo-Croatian: vojna vežba — war game
  • Serbo-Croatian: vojna vježba — war game
  • Slovak: vojenské cvičenia — war game
  • Slovene: vojaške vaje — war game
  • Spanish: ejercicio militar — war game
  • Spanish: maniobra militar — war game
  • Swedish: militärövning — war game
  • Tajik: машқи ҳарбӣ (mašq-i harbi) — war game
  • Tajik: машкҳои ҳарбӣ (maškho-yi harbi) — war game
  • Turkish: askerî tatbikat — war game
  • Ukrainian: військове́ навча́ння (vijsʹkové navčánnja) — war game
  • Ukrainian: військо́ве навча́ння (vijsʹkóve navčánnja) — war game
  • Urdu: فَوجی مَشْقیں (faujī maśqẽ) — war game
  • Uzbek: harbiy mashgʻulotlar — war game
  • Uzbek: harbiy mashq — war game
  • Vietnamese: diễn tập quân sự — war game