Phrase guide

nuclear war

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A war fought using nuclear (fission and/or fusion) weapons.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Across languages

Translations

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: luftë bërthamore — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Arabic: حَرْب نَوَوِيَّة (ḥarb nawawiyya) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Arabic: حَرْب ذَرِّيَّة (ḥarb ḏarriyya) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Armenian: միջուկային պատերազմ (miǰukayin paterazm) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Azerbaijani: nüvə müharibəsi — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Belarusian: я́дзерная вайна́ (jádzjernaja vajná) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Belarusian: а́тамная вайна́ (átamnaja vajná) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Bengali: পারমাণবিক যুদ্ধ (parmanobik juddho) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Bulgarian: я́дрена война́ (jádrena vojná) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Bulgarian: а́томна война́ (átomna vojná) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Chinese Mandarin: 核戰爭 /核战争 (hézhànzhēng) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Chinese Mandarin: 核子戰爭 /核子战争 (hézǐ zhànzhēng) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Chinese Mandarin: 核戰 /核战 (hézhàn) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Czech: jaderná válka — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Danish: atomkrig — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Dutch: kernoorlog — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Dutch: atoomoorlog — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Estonian: tuumasõda — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Finnish: ydinsota — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • French: guerre nucléaire — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • French: guerre atomique — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Georgian: ბირთვული ომი (birtvuli omi) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • German: Atomkrieg — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • German: Nuklearkrieg — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • German: thermonuklearer Krieg — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Gujarati: અણુયુદ્ધ (aṇuyuddh) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Hebrew: מִלְחָמָה גַּרְעִינִית — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Hindi: परमाणु युद्ध (parmāṇu yuddh) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Hindi: नाभिकीय युद्ध (nābhikīya yuddh) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Hindi: अणुयुद्ध (aṇuyuddh) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Hungarian: atomháború — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Icelandic: kjarnorkustríð — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Indonesian: perang nuklir — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Italian: guerra nucleare — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Japanese: 核戦争 (kakusensō) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Karelian: ydinsoda — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Karelian: üdinsoda — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Kazakh: ядролық соғыс (ädrolyq soğys) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Korean: 핵전쟁 (haekjeonjaeng) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Kyrgyz: ядролук согуш (yadroluk soguş) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Latvian: kodolkarš — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Lithuanian: branduolinis karas — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Macedonian: нуклеа́рна војна (nukleárna vojna) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Malay: perang nuklear — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Mongolian: цөмийн дайн (cömiin dajn) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Norwegian Bokmål: atomkrig — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: atomkrig — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Iranian Persian: جَنْگِ هَسْتِهای (jang-e haste-i) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Polish: wojna atomowa — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Polish: wojna jądrowa — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Polish: wojna nuklearna — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Portuguese: guerra nuclear — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Portuguese: atómica — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Portuguese: atômica — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Romanian: război nuclear — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Russian: я́дерная война́ (jádernaja vojná) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Russian: а́томная война́ (átomnaja vojná) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Serbo-Croatian: нуклеарни рат — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Serbo-Croatian: nuklearni rat — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Slovak: jadrová vojna — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Slovene: jedrska vojna — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Spanish: guerra nuclear — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Swedish: kärnvapenkrig — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Tagalog: digmaang nuklear — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Tajik: чанги ядроӣ (čang-i yadroyi) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Thai: สงครามนิวเคลียร์ (sǒng-kraam-niu-kliia) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Turkish: nükleer savaş — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Turkmen: ýadro urşy — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Ukrainian: я́дерна війна́ (jáderna vijná) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Ukrainian: а́томна війна́ (átomna vijná) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Urdu: جَوہَری جَن٘گ (jauharī jaṅg) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Uyghur: يادرو ئۇرۇشى (yadro urushi) — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Uzbek: yadro urushi — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Vietnamese: chiến tranh hạt nhân — war fought using nuclear weapons
  • Yiddish: יאָדער־מלחמה (yóder-milkhóme) — war fought using nuclear weapons