English Explanatory Dictionary

postbellum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of the period following a war.
  2. Of the period following the American Civil War, especially used in reference to the South.

Word forms

postbellum post-bellum

Etymology

From Latin post bellum (literally “after the war”).

Synonyms

post-war

Antonyms

antebellum pre-war

Translations

Bulgarian: следвоенен Catalan: postguerra Chinese Mandarin: 戰後的 /战后的 Czech: poválečný Dutch: naoorlogs Estonian: sõjajärgne Finnish: sodanjälkeinen French: d’après-guerre German: Nachkriegszeit Greek: μεταπολεμικός Italian: postbellico Japanese: 戦後の Korean: 전후의 Polish: powojenny Portuguese: pós-guerra Portuguese: após-guerra Romanian: postbelic Russian: послевое́нный Spanish: de posguerra Swedish: efterkrigs- Turkish: savaş sonrası
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