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prewar

  (prē'wôr') pronunciation
adj.

Existing or occurring before a war.


 
 
WordNet: prewar
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: existing or belonging to a time before a war
  Antonym: postwar (meaning #1)


 
Wikipedia: pre-war

The term pre-war is often used for the period before the outbreak of World War II, i.e. before 1939 or 1940. However, the term is usually applied to the most recent or significant war in a culture's history. See also: Post-war

For a discussion of this time period see:

In real estate the term refers to buildings from the (late) 1930s in the Functionalist or Art Deco styles.

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Translations: Pre-war

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - før krigen, førkrigs-

Français (French)
adj. - avant-guerre, pré-guerre

Deutsch (German)
adj. - Vorkriegs-

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - προπολεμικός

Italiano (Italian)
prebellico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - pré-guerra

Русский (Russian)
предвоенный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - de preguerra

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - förkrigs-

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
在战前的

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 在戰前的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 전전의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 戦前の

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שהיה קיים, שקרה, או שנבנה לפני המלחמה (בעיקר לפני מלחה"ע ה-2)‬


 
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