guerre

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French guerre, from Old French guerre, from Early Medieval Latin werra, borrowed from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”). Compare English war. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɛʁ/ Homophones: guerres, guère Hyphenation: guerre === Noun === guerre f (plural guerres) war Synonyms: conflit, hostilités Antonyms: non-violence, paix ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Wolof: xare, geer === Further reading === “guerre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 “guerre”, in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse “guerre” in Dico en ligne Le Robert. == Italian == === Noun === guerre f plural of guerra === Anagrams === urgere == Middle English == === Noun === guerre alternative form of werre (“war”) == Middle French == === Alternative forms === gerre === Etymology === From Old French guerre. === Pronunciation === === Noun === guerre f (plural guerres) war (large-scale combat) ==== Descendants ==== French: guerre→ Wolof: xare, geer == Old French == === Alternative forms === guere, gere, gerre, were, wiere, werre === Etymology 1 === From Early Medieval Latin werra, borrowed from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɡwɛrə/, /ˈw-/ ==== Noun ==== guerre oblique singular, f (oblique plural guerres, nominative singular guerre, nominative plural guerres) war (large-scale conflict) ===== Descendants ===== Bourguignon: guârre, gârre, gârre Middle French: guerre (see there for further descendants) Norman: gùerre, dgèrre (Jersey), djère, guère (Guernsey), gyer (Sark) Picard: guère, dgère (Nord and Pas-de-Calais), djérre (Somme and Oise) Walloon: guere, guêre, guére, guère → Old English: werre, wyrreMiddle English: werre, guer, guerre, gwerre, ver, verr, verre, waar, wær, war, ware, warr, warre, weer, weire, weore, weorre, wer, were, werr, weyr, where, wherre, wirre, worre, berre (transmission error)English: warScots: wer, weir, war === Etymology 2 === See gaire. ==== Adverb ==== guerre alternative form of gaire