English Explanatory Dictionary

post-war

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to a period of time immediately following the end of a war; where there is a cessation of conflict.
  2. After the most recent or significant war in a culture's history.
  3. After the end of World War II in 1945.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-post-war.wav

Word forms

post-war postwar

Etymology

From post- + war.

Synonyms

postbellum

Antonyms

pre-war antebellum

Translations

Belarusian: паслявае́нны Catalan: postguerra Chinese Mandarin: 戰後的 /战后的 Czech: poválečný Dutch: naoorlogs Finnish: sodanjälkeinen French: après-guerre Georgian: ომისშემდგომი German: Nachkriegs- German: nachkrieglich Hindi: युद्धोत्तर Hungarian: háború utáni Indonesian: pascaperang Indonesian: purnayuda Italian: postbellico Italian: dopoguerra Japanese: 戦後の Latvian: pēckara Polish: powojenny Portuguese: pós-bélico Russian: послевое́нный Serbo-Croatian: poratni Slovak: povojnový Swedish: efterkrigs- Tagalog: pagka-digma Ukrainian: післявоє́нний Ukrainian: повоє́нний
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