Meanings
plural wartimes · alternative war time
- attributivecountableoftenuncountableA period during which a war is in progress in a particular place.
But, she says, a wartime ban on recordings using shellac and vinyl kept the Walker version from being released.
2002 April 29, Norman Pearlstine, “A Month Of Mondays If that doesn't give you the blues, nothing will. Norman Pearlstine ranks his favorite versions of the classic "Stormy Monday Blues"--one for every doggone working day of the month.”, in CNN Money, archived from the original on 08 Feb 20221 more example
Significant rail projects have been mothballed before in the face of changed circumstances - in particular, the LNER Woodhead project which was postponed due to wartime conditions and not revived until 1948, as money became available after nationalisation.
2020 December 2, Industry Insider, “The costs on cutting carbon”, in Rail, page 76
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*wers-
- Proto-Germanic*werzaną
- Proto-West Germanic*werʀan
- Frankish*werʀ
- Early Medieval Latinwerra
- Old Northern Frenchguerre
- Old Englishwerre
- Middle Englishwerre
- Englishwar
- Proto-Indo-European*deh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*deh₂y-
- Proto-Indo-European*dih₂-mon-
- Proto-Germanic*tīmô
- Proto-West Germanic*tīmō
- Old Englishtīma
- Middle Englishtyme
- Englishtime
- Englishwartime
Translations
Arabic زَمَن الْحَرْب, وَقْت الْحَرْب
- زَمَن الْحَرْب (zaman al-ḥarb)period of a war
- وَقْت الْحَرْب (waqt al-ḥarb)period of a war
Bulgarian вое́нно вре́ме, вре́ме на война́
- вое́нно вре́ме (voénno vréme)period of a war
- вре́ме на война́ (vréme na vojná)period of a war
Chinese Mandarin 戰時 /战时
- 戰時 /战时 (zhànshí)period of a war
Czech válečná doba
- válečná dobaperiod of a war
Danish krigstid
- krigstidperiod of a war
Dutch oorlogstijd
- oorlogstijdperiod of a war
Estonian sõjaaeg
- sõjaaegperiod of a war
Finnish sota-aika
- sota-aikaperiod of a war
French temps de guerre
- temps de guerreperiod of a war
German Kriegszeit
- Kriegszeitperiod of a war
Hindi युद्ध-काल
- युद्ध-काल (yuddh-kāl)period of a war
Italian tempo di guerra
- tempo di guerraperiod of a war
Japanese 戦時
- 戦時 (senji)period of a war
Korean 전시
- 전시 (jeonsi)period of a war
Latvian kara laiks
- kara laiksperiod of a war
Lithuanian karo metas
- karo metasperiod of a war
Norwegian Bokmål krigstid
- krigstidperiod of a war
Persian زمان جنگ
- زمان جنگ (zamân-e jang)period of a war
Polish czas wojny
- czas wojnyperiod of a war
Portuguese tempo de guerra
- tempo de guerraperiod of a war
Romanian vreme de război
- vreme de războiperiod of a war
Russian вое́нное вре́мя, вре́мя войны́
- вое́нное вре́мя (vojénnoje vrémja)period of a war
- вре́мя войны́ (vrémja vojný)period of a war
Slovak vojnový čas, čas vojny
- vojnový časperiod of a war
- čas vojnyperiod of a war
Spanish tiempo de guerra, tiempos bélicos
- tiempo de guerraperiod of a war
- tiempos bélicosperiod of a war
- tiempo guerreroperiod of a war
- tiempos belicososperiod of a war
- tiempo pugnazperiod of a war
Swedish krigstid, ofredstid
- krigstidperiod of a war
- ofredstidperiod of a war
Thai ยามสงคราม
- ยามสงคราม (yaam-sǒng-kraam)period of a war
Turkish savaş zamanı
- savaş zamanıperiod of a war
Ukrainian воє́нний час, час війни́
- воє́нний час (vojénnyj čas)period of a war
- час війни́ (čas vijný)period of a war
Vietnamese thời chiến
- thời chiếnperiod of a war
Cite this entry
wartime. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wartime
“wartime.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wartime. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wartime,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wartime.
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