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pre-war en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /pɹiːˈwɔː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /pɹiˈwɔɹ/ (General-American)
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Proto-Indo-European *wers-der. Proto-Germanic *werzaną Proto-West Germanic *werʀan Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Germanic *-ō Proto-West Germanic *-u Frankish *werʀubor. Early Medieval Latin werra Old Northern French guerreder. Old English werre Middle English werre English war English pre-war From pre- + war.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Before a war. ▸ Before the most recent or significant war in a culture's history.
  2. (not-comparable) Before a war. ▸ Before the outbreak of World War I in 1914.
  3. (not-comparable) Before a war. ▸ Before the outbreak of World War II in 1939.
    • The hanging-bowl lampshade in marbled glass was two decades pre-war – the kind that marked out aged people. 1998, Derek Beaven, chapter 9, in Acts of Mutiny, London: Fourth Estate, →ISBN, part 1 (Motion), page 34:
  4. (not-comparable) Before a war. ▸ Before the outbreak of World War II in 1939. ▸ Especially pre-war architecture: buildings (particularly in and around New York) built between 1900 and about 1940.
  5. (not-comparable) Before a war. ▸ Before the outbreak of World War II in 1939. ▸ Between the end of World War I in 1918 and the outbreak of World War II in 1939; interwar, especially Weimar Republic Germany.

Forms

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prewar alternative lexicographic

Antonyms

post-war

Coordinates

interwar

Synonyms

antebellum

Translations (24)

cmn 戰前 /战前 (Before a war) · fr d'avant-guerre (Before a war) · ka ომამდელი (Before a war) · fi sotaa edeltävä (Before a war) · be перадвае́нны (Before a war) · cs předválečný (Before a war) · de vorkrieglich (Before a war) · pl przedwojenny (Before a war) · ru предвое́нный (Before a war) · it antebellico (Before a war) · tl dipa-digma (Before a war) · oc prebellic (Before a war) · sk predvojnový (Before a war) · ru довое́нный (Before a war) · sh predratni (Before a war) · lv pirmskara (Before a war) · uk передвоє́нний (Before a war) · be давае́нны (Before a war) · oc abansguèrra (Before a war) · hu háború előtti (Before a war) · it prebellico (Before a war) · uk довоє́нний (Before a war) · oc antebellic (Before a war) · de Vorkriegs- (Before a war)