warfare

English

Etymology

Mid 15^thc., Middle English werefare, from Middle English werre (“war”) +‎ fare (“journey, going”), equivalent to war +‎ fare.

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Noun

warfare (usually uncountable, plural warfares)

The waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy.
- Bible, 1 Sam. xxviii. 1
  The Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel.
Military operations of some particular kind e.g. guerrilla warfare.

Derived terms

Terms derived from warfare

Related terms

war

Translations

the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: krijgsvoering f, oorlogvoering (nl) f, strijd (nl) m
Esperanto: militado
French: guerre (fr) f
Georgian: ომიანობა (omianoba), ომის წარმოება (omis c̣armoeba)
German: Kriegsführung (de) f
Greek: πόλεμος (el) m (pólemos), σύρραξη (el) f (sýrraxi), εχθροπραξίες (el) f pl (echthropraxíes), πάλη (el) f (páli) (metaphorical)

Hungarian: hadviselés (hu)
Khmer: សង្គ្រាម (km) (sɑngkriəm)
Maori: matawhāura, rīriri
Romanian: război (ro) n, luptă (ro) f
Russian: веде́ние войны́ (ru) f (vedénije vojný)
Thai: การสู้รบ
Vietnamese: chiến tranh (vi)

military operations of some particular kind

Dutch: krijgsvoering f, oorlogvoering (nl) f, strijd (nl) m
French: guerre (fr) f, combat (fr) m
German: Kriegsführung (de) f

Maori: matawhāura
Russian: приёмы ведения войны (prijómy vedénija vojný) m pl

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Arabic: صِرَاع‎ m (ṣirāʿ), حَرْب‎ (ar) m (ḥarb), نِضَال‎ m (niḍāl), قِتَال‎ m (qitāl)
Basque: gerra (eu), guda (eu)
Bulgarian: война (bg) f (vojna)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 戰爭 (zh), 战争 (zh)
Estonian: sõda (et)
Finnish: sodankäynti (fi), sota (fi)
Greek: εχθροπραξία (el) f (echthropraxía)
Icelandic: hernaður m
Italian: guerra (it) f

Japanese: 戦い (ja) (tatakai), 戦争 (ja) (sensō)
Korean: 전쟁 (ko) (jeonjaeng)
Latin: mīlitia f
Norwegian: krigføring c
Polish: wojna (pl) f
Portuguese: guerra (pt) f
Spanish: guerra (es) f
Swedish: krigföring (sv) c
Turkish: kital

Verb

warfare (third-person singular simple present warfares, present participle warfaring, simple past and past participle warfared)

To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars.

References

warfare in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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