war

war
war
A n
1 (armed conflict) guerre f ; the horrors of war les horreurs de la guerre ; the day war broke out le jour où la guerre a éclaté ; in the war à la guerre ; between the wars (world wars) entre les deux guerres ; a state of war now exists between our two countries nos deux pays sont désormais en état de guerre ; to win/lose a war gagner/perdre une guerre ; to go off to the war partir à la guerre ; to go to war against entrer en guerre contre [country] ; to wage war on faire la guerre contre [country] ; to be at war with a country être en guerre avec un pays ; a war over ou about une guerre pour [land, independence] ; une guerre sur [issue, problem] ;
2 fig (fierce competition) guerre f ; price/trade war guerre des prix/commerciale ; a state of war now exists between the two departments/companies c'est la guerre entre les deux services/sociétés ; a war of words un conflit verbal ;
3 fig (to eradicate sth) lutte f (against contre) ; the war against drug traffickers la lutte contre les narco-trafiquants ; to wage war on ou against mener une lutte contre [poverty, crime].
B modif [debts, correspondent, crime, criminal, effort, film, historian, medal, photographer, widow, wound] de guerre ; [cemetery, leader, grave, zone] militaire ; [hero] de la guerre ; war deaths victimes fpl de la guerre ; he has a good war record il a de bons états de service.
C vi (p prés etc -rr-) to war with a country/one's neighbours être en guerre contre un pays/ses voisins (over à cause de).
Idiom
you look as if you've been in the wars on dirait qu'il t'est arrivé des malheurs.

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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