Proper Name guide

World War I

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

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Meaning 1

The war from 1914 to 1918 between the Entente Powers of the British Empire, Russian Empire, France, Italy, the United States and other allied nations, against the Central Powers represented by the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 14-18, European War, First World War, Great War, (The) War in Europe, war to end all wars, World War

Antonyms: none provided

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Meaning 2

a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: World War 1, Great War, First World War, War to End War

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: world war

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Eerste Wêreldoorlog — war
  • Arabic: اَلْحَرْبُ العَالَمِيَّةُ الْأُولَى (al-ḥarbu l-ʕālamiyyatu l-ʔūlā) — war
  • Armenian: առաջին համաշխարհային պատերազմ (aṙaǰin hamašxarhayin paterazm) — war
  • Asturian: Primera Guerra Mundial — war
  • Basque: Lehen Mundu Gerra — war
  • Belarusian: Пе́ршая сусве́тная вайна́ (Pjéršaja susvjétnaja vajná) — war
  • Burmese: ပထမကမ္ဘာစစ် (pa.hta.ma.kambhacac) — war
  • Catalan: Primera Guerra Mundial — war
  • Cebuano: Unang Gubat Kalibotanon — war
  • Chinese Mandarin: 第一次世界大戰 /第一次世界大战 (dìyīcì shìjiè dàzhàn) — war
  • Chinese Mandarin: 一戰 /一战 (yīzhàn) — war
  • Crimean Tatar: Birinci Cian cenki — war
  • Czech: první světová válka — war
  • Danish: første verdenskrig — war
  • Danish: 1. verdenskrig — war
  • Dutch: Eerste Wereldoorlog — war
  • Dutch: Grote Oorlog — war
  • Esperanto: la unua mondmilito — war
  • Estonian: Esimene maailmasõda — war
  • Finnish: ensimmäinen maailmansota — war
  • French: Première Guerre mondiale — war
  • Galician: Primeira Guerra Mundial — war
  • Georgian: პირველი მსოფლიო ომი (ṗirveli msoplio omi) — war
  • German: Erster Weltkrieg — war
  • German: Erst Wältchrieg — war
  • German: Erst Weltchrieg — war
  • Bavarian German: Easchta Wödkriag — war
  • Greek: Α ́ Παγκόσμιος Πόλεμος — war
  • Greek: Πρώτος Παγκόσμιος Πόλεμος (Prótos Pagkósmios Pólemos) — war
  • Hindi: प्रथम विश्वयुद्ध (pratham viśvayuddh) — war
  • Hungarian: első világháború — war
  • Icelandic: Fyrri heimsstyrjöldin — war
  • Ido: Unesma Mondo-Milito — war
  • Ilocano: Umuna a Sangalubongan a Gubat — war
  • Indonesian: Perang Dunia Pertama — war
  • Ingrian: Kunikaan sota — war
  • Interlingua: Prime Guerra Mundial — war
  • Irish: an Chéad Chogadh Domhanda — war
  • Italian: Prima guerra mondiale — war
  • Italian: Grande Guerra — war
  • Japanese: 第一次世界大戦 — war
  • Japanese: 第1次世界大戦 (dai ichiji sekai taisen) — war
  • Kazakh: Бірінші дүниежүзілік соғыс (Bırınşı düniejüzılık soğys) — war
  • Khmer: សង្គ្រាមលោកលើកទី១ (songkreeum saagoloak dee mooay) — war
  • Korean: 제1차 세계 대전 — war
  • Korean: 제일차 세계 대전 (jeilcha segye daejeon) — war
  • Kyrgyz: Биринчи дүйнөлүк согуш (Birinci düynölük soguş) — war
  • Latvian: Pirmais pasaules karš — war
  • Luxembourgish: Éischte Weltkrich — war
  • Macedonian: Прва светска војна (Prva svetska vojna) — war
  • Macedonian: I светска војна (I svetska vojna) — war
  • Malay: Perang Dunia Pertama — war
  • Maltese: L-Ewwel Gwerra Dinjija — war
  • Māori: Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao — war
  • Marathi: पहिले विश्व युद्ध (pahile viśva yuddha) — war
  • Navajo: áłtsé góneʼ yéigo daʼahijoogą́ą́ʼ — war
  • Norman: La Preunmié Dgèrre Mondiale — war
  • Norwegian: første verdenskrig — war
  • Pannonian Rusyn: Перша шветова война (Perša švetova vojna) — war
  • Persian: جنگ جهانی یکم (jang-e jahâni-ye yekom) — war
  • Polish: pierwsza wojna światowa — war
  • Polish: I wojna światowa — war
  • Portuguese: Primeira Guerra Mundial — war
  • Punjabi: ਪਹਿਲਾ ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ਯੁੱਧ (pahilā viśva yuddha) — war
  • Punjabi: ਪਹਿਲੀ ਸੰਸਾਰ ਜੰਗ (pahilī sansār jaṅg) — war
  • Romanian: Primul Război Mondial — war
  • Russian: Пе́рвая мирова́я война́ (Pérvaja mirovája vojná) — war
  • Scottish Gaelic: an Cogadh Mòr — war
  • Spanish: Primera Guerra Mundial — war
  • Swahili: Vita Kuu ya Kwanza ya Dunia — war
  • Swedish: första världskriget — war
  • Tagalog: Unang Digmaang Pandaigdig — war
  • Tamil: முதலாம் உலகப் போர் (mutalām ulakap pōr) — war
  • Tamil: முதல் உலகப் போர் (mutal ulakap pōr) — war
  • Telugu: మొదటి ప్రపంచ యుద్ధము (modaṭi prapañca yuddhamu) — war
  • Thai: สงครามโลกครั้งที่หนึ่ง (sǒng-kraam-lôok-kráng-tîi-nʉ̀ng) — war
  • Turkish: Birinci Dünya Savaşı — war
  • Ukrainian: Пе́рша світова́ війна́ (Pérša svitová vijná) — war
  • Urdu: جَنْگِ عَظِیم اَوَّل (jang-e-azīm avval) — war
  • Uzbek: Биринчи Жаҳон Уруши (Birinchi Jahon Urushi) — war
  • Uzbek: Birinchi Jahon Urushi — war
  • Vietnamese: Chiến tranh thế giới thứ nhất — war
  • Vietnamese: Đại chiến thế giới lần thứ nhất — war
  • Vietnamese: Đệ nhất thế chiến — war
  • Vietnamese: Thế chiến 1 — war
  • Volapük: volakrig balid — war
  • Welsh: y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf — war
  • Yiddish: ערשטע וועלט מלחמה (Ershte Velt Milkhome) — war