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post-war

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to a period of time immediately following the end of a war; where there is a cessation of conflict.

After the most recent or significant war in a culture's history.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

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adj

Meaning 2

Pertaining to a period of time immediately following the end of a war; where there is a cessation of conflict.

After the end of World War II in 1945.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English war English post-war From post- + war.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: паслявае́нны (pasljavajénny) — pertaining to a period following the end of a war
  • Catalan: postguerra — pertaining to a period following the end of a war
  • Chinese Mandarin: 戰後的 /战后的 (zhànhòude) — pertaining to a period following the end of a war
  • Czech: poválečný — pertaining to a period following the end of a war
  • Dutch: naoorlogs — pertaining to a period following the end of a war
  • Finnish: sodanjälkeinen — pertaining to a period following the end of a war
  • French: après-guerre — pertaining to a period following the end of a war
  • Georgian: ომისშემდგომი (omisšemdgomi) — pertaining to a period following the end of a war
  • German: Nachkriegs- — pertaining to a period following the end of a war
  • German: nachkrieglich — pertaining to a period following the end of a war
  • Hindi: युद्धोत्तर (yuddhottar) — pertaining to a period following the end of a war
  • Hungarian: háború utáni — pertaining to a period following the end of a war
  • Indonesian: pascaperang — pertaining to a period following the end of a war
  • Indonesian: purnayuda — pertaining to a period following the end of a war
  • Italian: postbellico — pertaining to a period following the end of a war
  • Italian: dopoguerra — pertaining to a period following the end of a war
  • Japanese: 戦後の — pertaining to a period following the end of a war
  • Latvian: pēckara — pertaining to a period following the end of a war
  • Polish: powojenny — pertaining to a period following the end of a war
  • Portuguese: pós-bélico — pertaining to a period following the end of a war
  • Russian: послевое́нный (poslevojénnyj) — pertaining to a period following the end of a war
  • Serbo-Croatian: poratni — pertaining to a period following the end of a war
  • Slovak: povojnový — pertaining to a period following the end of a war
  • Swedish: efterkrigs- — pertaining to a period following the end of a war
  • Tagalog: pagka-digma — pertaining to a period following the end of a war
  • Ukrainian: післявоє́нний (pisljavojénnyj) — pertaining to a period following the end of a war
  • Ukrainian: повоє́нний (povojénnyj) — pertaining to a period following the end of a war
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