la
feminine
/ɡɛʁ/
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Translation
war
Word origin
From Old French guerre, of Frankish origin, from the Germanic root werra ('confusion, strife'). The same Germanic root, through Old North French, gives English 'war'.
- Origin
- Frankish
- Root
- werra
- English cognates
- war
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Examples
.
The war lasted several years and changed the country.
.
We must do everything to avoid war.
- survecu .
His grandfather survived the war and rarely spoke about it.
civile .
This civil war lasted more than ten years.
- Algérie.
His grandfather fought in the Algerian war.
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