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