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wartime

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈwɔː(ɹ)taɪm/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A period during which a war is in progress in a particular place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: attributive, countable, often, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a period of time during which there is armed conflict

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: time period, period of time, period

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English war Proto-Indo-European *deh2-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh2y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh2i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time English wartime From war + time.

Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kohë lufte — period of a war
  • Arabic: زَمَن الْحَرْب (zaman al-ḥarb) — period of a war
  • Arabic: وَقْت الْحَرْب (waqt al-ḥarb) — period of a war
  • Armenian: պատերազմի ժամանակ (paterazmi žamanak) — period of a war
  • Azerbaijani: müharibə vaxtı — period of a war
  • Belarusian: вае́нны час (vajénny čas) — period of a war
  • Belarusian: час вайны́ (čas vajný) — period of a war
  • Bulgarian: вое́нно вре́ме (voénno vréme) — period of a war
  • Bulgarian: вре́ме на война́ (vréme na vojná) — period of a war
  • Burmese: သတ္ထန္တရကပ် (sathtanta.ra.kap) — period of a war
  • Chinese Mandarin: 戰時 /战时 (zhànshí) — period of a war
  • Crimean Tatar: cenk devri — period of a war
  • Czech: válečná doba — period of a war
  • Danish: krigstid — period of a war
  • Dutch: oorlogstijd — period of a war
  • Estonian: sõjaaeg — period of a war
  • Finnish: sota-aika — period of a war
  • French: temps de guerre — period of a war
  • Georgian: ომის დრო (omis dro) — period of a war
  • Georgian: ომიანობა (omianoba) — period of a war
  • German: Kriegszeit — period of a war
  • Hindi: युद्ध-काल (yuddh-kāl) — period of a war
  • Italian: tempo di guerra — period of a war
  • Japanese: 戦時 (senji) — period of a war
  • Kazakh: соғыс уақыты (soğys uaqyty) — period of a war
  • Korean: 전시 (jeonsi) — period of a war
  • Northern Kurdish: dema şer — period of a war
  • Latvian: kara laiks — period of a war
  • Lithuanian: karo metas — period of a war
  • Macedonian: воено време (voeno vreme) — period of a war
  • Norwegian Bokmål: krigstid — period of a war
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: krigstid — period of a war
  • Okinawan: 戦世 (ikusayū) — period of a war
  • Persian: زمان جنگ (zamân-e jang) — period of a war
  • Polish: czas wojny — period of a war
  • Portuguese: tempo de guerra — period of a war
  • Romanian: vreme de război — period of a war
  • Russian: вое́нное вре́мя (vojénnoje vrémja) — period of a war
  • Russian: вре́мя войны́ (vrémja vojný) — period of a war
  • Serbo-Croatian: ратно време — period of a war
  • Serbo-Croatian: ратно вријеме — period of a war
  • Serbo-Croatian: ratno vreme — period of a war
  • Serbo-Croatian: ratno vrijeme — period of a war
  • Slovak: vojnový čas — period of a war
  • Slovak: čas vojny — period of a war
  • Slovene: vojni čas — period of a war
  • Spanish: tiempo de guerra — period of a war
  • Spanish: tiempos bélicos — period of a war
  • Spanish: tiempo guerrero — period of a war
  • Spanish: tiempos belicosos — period of a war
  • Spanish: tiempo pugnaz — period of a war
  • Swedish: krigstid — period of a war
  • Swedish: ofredstid — period of a war
  • Tajik: замони ҷанг (zamon-i jang) — period of a war
  • Thai: ยามสงคราม (yaam-sǒng-kraam) — period of a war
  • Turkish: savaş zamanı — period of a war
  • Ukrainian: воє́нний час (vojénnyj čas) — period of a war
  • Ukrainian: час війни́ (čas vijný) — period of a war
  • Vietnamese: thời chiến — period of a war
Real reading context

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