"post-war" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: post- + war Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|post|war}} post- + war Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} post-war (not comparable)
  1. Pertaining to a period of time immediately following the end of a war; where there is a cessation of conflict.
    After the most recent or significant war in a culture's history.
    Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-post-war-en-adj-p6hQJcOV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with post- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with post-: 50 50
  2. Pertaining to a period of time immediately following the end of a war; where there is a cessation of conflict.
    After the end of World War II in 1945.
    Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-post-war-en-adj-t95wkdz2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with post- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with post-: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: postbellum, postwar Coordinate_terms: interwar Translations (pertaining to a period following the end of a war): паслявае́нны (pasljavajénny) (Belarusian), postguerra (Catalan), 戰後的 (Chinese Mandarin), 战后的 (Chinese Mandarin), poválečný (Czech), naoorlogs (Dutch), sodanjälkeinen (Finnish), après-guerre (French), Nachkriegs- (German), nachkrieglich (German), háború utáni (Hungarian), postbellico (Italian), 戦後の (Japanese), pēckara (Latvian), powojenny [masculine] (Polish), pós-bélico (Portuguese), послевое́нный (poslevojénnyj) (Russian), poratni (Serbo-Croatian), povojnový (Slovak), efterkrigs- (Swedish), pagka-digma (Tagalog), післявоє́нний (pisljavojénnyj) (Ukrainian), повоє́нний (povojénnyj) (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'pertaining to a period following the end of a war': 50 50

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