wartime en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree 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 Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- 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.
Meanings
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(attributive, countable, often, uncountable) A period during which a war is in progress in a particular place.
But, she says, a wartime ban on recordings using shellac and vinyl kept the Walker version from being released.
2002 April 29, Norman Pearlstine, “A Month Of Mondays If that doesn't give you the blues, nothing will. Norman Pearlstine ranks his favorite versions of the classic "Stormy Monday Blues"--one for every doggone working day of the month.”, in CNN Money, archived from the original on 08 Feb 2022:Significant rail projects have been mothballed before in the face of changed circumstances - in particular, the LNER Woodhead project which was postponed due to wartime conditions and not revived until 1948, as money became available after nationalisation.
2020 December 2, Industry Insider, “The costs on cutting carbon”, in Rail, page 76:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wartimes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| war time | alternative | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
prewartime · nonwartime · wartime footing · wartime house
Translations (59)
cs válečná doba (period of a war) · ru вое́нное вре́мя (period of a war) · ryu 戦世 (period of a war) · uk воє́нний час (period of a war) · sh ратно вријеме (period of a war) · sh ратно време (period of a war) · az müharibə vaxtı (period of a war) · pt tempo de guerra (period of a war) · ru вре́мя войны́ (period of a war) · nb krigstid (period of a war) · ar زَمَن الْحَرْب (period of a war) · hi युद्ध-काल (period of a war) · hy պատերազմի ժամանակ (period of a war) · sl vojni čas (period of a war) · uk час війни́ (period of a war) · lt karo metas (period of a war) · ka ომიანობა (period of a war) · es tiempo de guerra (period of a war) · crh cenk devri (period of a war) · th ยามสงคราม (period of a war) · fr temps de guerre (period of a war) · it tempo di guerra (period of a war) · fa زمان جنگ (period of a war) · es tiempo pugnaz (period of a war) · pl czas wojny (period of a war) · sk čas vojny (period of a war) · tr savaş zamanı (period of a war) · ka ომის დრო (period of a war) · sh ratno vrijeme (period of a war) · my သတ္ထန္တရကပ် (period of a war) · mk воено време (period of a war) · es tiempos belicosos (period of a war) · ja 戦時 (period of a war) · bg вре́ме на война́ (period of a war) · es tiempo guerrero (period of a war) · ko 전시 (period of a war) · cmn 戰時 /战时 (period of a war) · es tiempos bélicos (period of a war) · ro vreme de război (period of a war) · fi sota-aika (period of a war) · et sõjaaeg (period of a war) · sk vojnový čas (period of a war) · vi thời chiến (period of a war) · bg вое́нно вре́ме (period of a war) · kk соғыс уақыты (period of a war) · de Kriegszeit (period of a war) · sq kohë lufte (period of a war) · sv ofredstid (period of a war) · nl oorlogstijd (period of a war) · kmr dema şer (period of a war) · nn krigstid (period of a war) · lv kara laiks (period of a war) · tg замони ҷанг (period of a war) · ar وَقْت الْحَرْب (period of a war) · da krigstid (period of a war) · sh ratno vreme (period of a war) · be вае́нны час (period of a war) · be час вайны́ (period of a war) · sv krigstid (period of a war)