Proper Name guide

World War II

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

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  • wûrld wôr to͞o
  • /ˌwɜː(ɹ)ld ˌwɔː(ɹ)ˈtuː/
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Meaning 1

The war from 1939 to 1945 of the Allied forces, including the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, the United States, France, and China, against the Axis Powers, including Germany, Italy, and Japan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Second World War, World War 2, WW2, WWII

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: World War 2, Second World War

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: world war

History

Etymology

From world war + two. The term was used for a hypothetical future war as early as 1819. It was first applied to the war in 1939-45 in an article in Time, dated September 11, 1939.

Across languages

Translations

112 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Tweede Wêreldoorlog — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Albanian: Lufta e Dytë Botërore — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Arabic: الْحَرْبُ الْعَالَمِيَّةُ الثَّانِيَة (al-ḥarbu l-ʕālamiyyatu ṯ-ṯāniya) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Armenian: երկրորդ համաշխարհային պատերազմ (erkrord hamašxarhayin paterazm) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Azerbaijani: İkinci Dünya Müharibəsi — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Basque: Bigarren Mundu Gerra — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Belarusian: Друга́я сусве́тная вайна́ (Druhája susvjétnaja vajná) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Bengali: দ্বিতীয় বিশ্বযুদ্ধ (ditiẏo biśśojuddho) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Bulgarian: вто́ра свето́вна война́ (vtóra svetóvna vojná) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Burmese: ဒုတိယကမ္ဘာစစ် (du.ti.ya.kambhacac) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Catalan: Segona Guerra Mundial — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Cebuano: Ikaduhang Gubat Kalibotanon — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Chechen: Шолгӏа дуьненан тӏом (Šolğa dünenan tʼom) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Chinese Mandarin: 第二次世界大戰 /第二次世界大战 (dì'èrcì shìjiè dàzhàn) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Chinese Mandarin: 二戰 /二战 (èrzhàn) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Crimean Tatar: Ekinci Cian cenki — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Czech: druhá světová válka — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Danish: anden verdenskrig — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Danish: 2. verdenskrig — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Dutch: Tweede Wereldoorlog — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Esperanto: Dua Mondmilito — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Estonian: Teine maailmasõda — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Finnish: toinen maailmansota — war from 1939 to 1945
  • French: Seconde Guerre mondiale — war from 1939 to 1945
  • French: Deuxième Guerre mondiale — war from 1939 to 1945
  • West-Frisian: Twadde Wrâldkriich — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Galician: Segunda Guerra Mundial — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Georgian: მეორე მსოფლიო ომი (meore msoplio omi) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • German: Zweiter Weltkrieg — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Greek: Β ́ Παγκόσμιος Πόλεμος — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Greek: Δεύτερος Παγκόσμιος Πόλεμος (Défteros Pagkósmios Pólemos) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Hebrew: מִלְחֶמֶת הָעוֹלָם הַשְּׁנִיָּה \ מלחמת העולם השנייה — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Hindi: द्वितीय विश्वयुद्ध (dvitīya viśvayuddh) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Hungarian: második világháború — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Icelandic: seinni heimsstyrjöldin — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Icelandic: síðari heimsstyrjöldin — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Icelandic: heimsstyrjöldin síðari — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Ilocano: Maikadua a Sangalubongan a Gubat — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Indonesian: Perang Dunia Kedua — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Interlingua: Secunde Guerra Mundial — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Irish: Dara Cogadh Domhanda — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Italian: Seconda guerra mondiale — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Japanese: 第二次世界大戦 (dainiji sekai taisen) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Kannada: ಎರಡನೇ ಮಹಾಯುದ್ಧ (eraḍanē mahāyuddha) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Kazakh: Екінші дүниежүзілік соғыс (Ekınşı düniejüzılık soğys) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Khmer: សង្គ្រាមលោកលើកទី២ (sɑɑsɑngkriəm look ləək tii pii) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Korean: 제2차 세계 대전 (je2cha segye daejeon) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Korean: 제이차 세계 대전 (jeicha segye daejeon) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Central Kurdish: جەنگی جیھانی دووەم (cengî cîhanî duwem) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Northern Kurdish: Şerê Cîhanî yê Duyem — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Kyrgyz: Экинчи дүйнөлүк согуш (Ekinci düynölük soguş) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Lao: ສົງຄາມໂລກຄັ້ງທີສອງ (song khām lōk khang thī sǭng) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Latin: secundum bellum mundiale — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Latin: secundum bellum mundanum — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Latvian: Otrais pasaules karš — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Lithuanian: Antrasis pasaulinis karas — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Luxembourgish: Zweete Weltkrich — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Macedonian: Втора светска војна (Vtora svetska vojna) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Macedonian: II светска војна (II svetska vojna) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Malay: Perang Dunia Kedua — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Maltese: It-Tieni Gwerra Dinjija — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Māori: Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Marathi: दुसरे विश्व युद्ध (dusre viśva yuddha) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Mongolian: дэлхийн хоёрдугаар дайн (delxiin xojordugaar dajn) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Navajo: naaki góneʼ yéigo daʼahijoogą́ą́ʼ — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Norman: Deuxième Dgèrre Mondiale — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Norwegian Bokmål: andre verdenskrig — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: andre verdskrigen — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Occitan: Dusava Guèrra Mondiala — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Occitan: Dusau Guèrra Mondiau — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Occitan: Segonda Guèrra Mondiala — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Occitan: Segonda Guèrra Mondiau — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Pannonian Rusyn: Друга шветова война (Druha švetova vojna) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Pashto: دويمه نړېواله جګړه — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Dari: جَنْگِ جَهَانِیِ دُوُم (jang-i jahānī-yi duwum) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Iranian Persian: جَنْگِ جَهانیِ دُوُّم (jang-e jahâni-ye dovvom) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Polish: druga wojna światowa — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Polish: II wojna światowa — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Portuguese: Segunda Guerra Mundial — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Romanian: Al Doilea Război Mondial — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Russian: Втора́я мирова́я война́ (Vtorája mirovája vojná) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Scottish Gaelic: Dara Cogadh Mòr — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Serbo-Croatian: Drugi svetski rat — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Serbo-Croatian: Drugi svjetski rat — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Serbo-Croatian: Други светски рат — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Serbo-Croatian: Други свјетски рат — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Slovak: druhá svetová vojna — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Slovene: druga svetovna vojna — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Spanish: Segunda Guerra Mundial — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Swahili: Vita Kuu ya Pili ya Dunia — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Swedish: andra världskriget — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Tagalog: Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Tajik: ҷанги ҷаҳонии дувум (jang-i jahoni-yi duvum) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Tamil: இரண்டாம் உலகப் போர் (iraṇṭām ulakap pōr) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Tatar: икенче дөнья сугышы (ikençe dön-ya suğışı) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Telugu: రెండవ ప్రపంచ యుద్ధము (reṇḍava prapañca yuddhamu) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Thai: สงครามโลกครั้งที่สอง (sǒng-kraam-lôok-kráng-tîi-sɔ̌ɔng) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Tibetan: འཛམ་གླིང་འཁྲུག་ཆེན་གཉིས་པ་ ('dzam gling 'khrug chen gnyis pa) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Turkish: İkinci Dünya Savaşı — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Turkish: 2. Dünya Savaşı — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Turkmen: ikinji jahan urşy — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Ukrainian: Дру́га світова́ війна́ (Drúha svitová vijná) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Urdu: جَن٘گِ عَظِیمِ دُوَم (jaṅg-i 'azīm-i duvam) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Urdu: دُوسْری عالَمی جَن٘گ (dūsrī 'ālamī jaṅg) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Uyghur: ئىككىنچى دۇنيا ئۇرۇشى (ikkinchi dunya urushi) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Uzbek: Ikkinchi Jahon Urushi — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Uzbek: Иккинчи Жаҳон Уруши (Ikkinchi Jahon Urushi) — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Vietnamese: Chiến tranh thế giới thứ hai — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Vietnamese: Đệ nhị thế chiến — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Volapük: volakrig telid — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Welsh: yr Ail Ryfel Byd — war from 1939 to 1945
  • Yiddish: צווייטע וועלט מלחמה (tsveyte velt milkhome) — war from 1939 to 1945