warfare

English

Etymology

From war +‎ fare; perhaps a shortening of Middle English werre-faringe, werfarynge (“waging war, warfare”, literally “going to war”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔɹfɛɹ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔːfɛə/
Audio (General American): (file)
Hyphenation: war‧fare

Noun

warfare (usually uncountable, plural warfares)

The waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 28:1:
  The Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel.
Military operations of some particular kind e.g. guerrilla warfare.

Derived terms

Related terms

war

Translations

the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: вядзенне вайны n (vjadzjennje vajny)
Bulgarian: воюване (bg) n (vojuvane)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 戰爭／战争 (zh) (zhànzhēng)
Danish: krigsførelse c
Dutch: krijgsvoering f, oorlogvoering (nl) f, strijd (nl) m
Esperanto: militado
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: sodankäynti (fi), sota (fi), sotiminen (fi)
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)
Italian: battaglia (it) f, combattimento (it) m
Khmer: សង្គ្រាម (km) (sɑngkriəm)
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: воју́вање n (vojúvanje)
Maori: matawhāura, rīriri
Norwegian:
Bokmål: krigføring m or f
Old English: campdōm m, gūþcræft f
Polish: prowadzenie wojny n, wojna (pl) f
Romanian: război (ro) n, luptă (ro) f
Russian: веде́ние войны́ (ru) n (vedénije vojný)
Slovak: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: conflicto armado m, guerras (es) f pl, estrategia militar f
Thai: การสู้รบ
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: воюва́ння n (vojuvánnja)
Vietnamese: chiến tranh (vi)

military operations of some particular kind

Bulgarian: военна операция f (voenna operacija)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鬥爭／斗争 (zh) (dòuzhēng)
Danish: -krig c, krigsførelse (examples: luftkrig/søkrig)
Dutch: krijgsvoering f, oorlogvoering (nl) f, strijd (nl) m
Finnish: sodankäynti (fi), sota (fi)
French: guerre (fr) f, combat (fr) m
German: Kriegsführung (de) f
Hebrew: לָחְמָה (he) f (lokhma), לָחֲמָה (he) f (lokhama)
Macedonian: во́ени де́јствија n pl (vóeni déjstvija)
Maori: matawhāura
Norwegian:
Bokmål: krigføring m or f
Russian: приёмы ведения войны (prijómy vedénija vojný) m pl
Spanish: guerra (es) f

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Translations to be checked

Arabic: صِرَاع m (ṣirāʕ), حَرْب (ar) m (ḥarb), نِضَال m (niḍāl), قِتَال m (qitāl)
Basque: gerra (eu), guda (eu)
Estonian: sõda (et)
Greek: εχθροπραξία (el) f (echthropraxía)
Icelandic: hernaður m
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
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.