"world war" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: world wars [plural]
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  1. A war involving the major nations of the world. Wikipedia link: World War Categories (topical): War Synonyms: world-war Derived forms: World War Zero, World War I, World War II, World War III, World War IV Translations (a war involving the major nations of the world): luftë botërore [feminine] (Albanian), الْحَرْب الْعَالَمِيَّة (al-ḥarb al-ʕālamiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), համաշխարհային պատերազմ (hamašxarhayin paterazm) (Armenian), dünya müharibəsi (Azerbaijani), Wödkriag (Bavarian), сусве́тная вайна́ (susvjétnaja vajná) [feminine] (Belarusian), свето́вна война́ (svetóvna vojná) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ကမ္ဘာစစ် (kambhacac) (Burmese), 世界大戰 (Chinese Mandarin), 世界大战 (shìjiè dàzhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), тӗнче вӑрҫи (tĕnč̬e vărś̬i) (Chuvash), cian cenki (Crimean Tatar), světová válka [feminine] (Czech), verdenskrig [common-gender] (Danish), wereldoorlog [masculine] (Dutch), wereldbrand [masculine] (Dutch), wereldkrijg [masculine] (Dutch), mondmilito (Esperanto), ilmasõda (Estonian), maailmasõda (Estonian), maailmansota (Finnish), guerre mondiale [feminine] (French), guerra mundial [feminine] (Galician), მსოფლიო ომი (msoplio omi) (Georgian), Weltkrieg [masculine] (German), παγκόσμιος πόλεμος (pagkósmios pólemos) [masculine] (Greek), מלחמת העולם \ מִלְחֶמֶת עוֹלָם (milkhemet 'olam) [feminine] (Hebrew), विश्वयुद्ध (viśvayuddh) [masculine] (Hindi), महासमर (mahāsmar) [masculine] (Hindi), महायुद्ध (mahāyuddh) [masculine] (Hindi), महाबेधक (mahābedhak) [masculine] (Hindi), világháború (Hungarian), Weltkriegh [masculine] (Hunsrik), heimsstyrjöld [feminine] (Icelandic), veraldarstríð [neuter] (Icelandic), 世界大戦 (sekai taisen) (alt: せかいたいせん) (Japanese), សង្គ្រាមលោក (sɑɑsɑngkriəm look) (Khmer), 세계 대전 (segye daejeon) (alt: 世界大戰) (Korean), bellum mundānum [neuter] (Latin), pasaules karš [masculine] (Latvian), pasaulinis karas [masculine] (Lithuanian), Weltkrich [masculine] (Luxembourgish), светска војна (svetska vojna) [feminine] (Macedonian), caggey dowanagh [masculine] (Manx), дуныя согысы (dunıya sogısı) (Nogai), verdenskrig [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), verdskrig [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), wol wo (Pijin), wojna światowa [feminine] (Polish), guerra mundial [masculine] (Portuguese), război mondial [neuter] (Romanian), мирова́я война́ (mirovája vojná) [feminine] (Russian), светски рат [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), свјетски рат [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), svetski rat [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), svjetski rat [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), svetová vojna [feminine] (Slovak), svetovna vojna [feminine] (Slovene), guerra mundial [feminine] (Spanish), grontapufeti (Sranan Tongo), världskrig [neuter] (Swedish), digmaang pandaigdig (Tagalog), ప్రపంచ యుద్ధము (prapañca yuddhamu) (Telugu), สงครามโลก (sǒng-kraam-lôok) (Thai), dünya savaşı (Turkish), світова́ війна́ (svitová vijná) [feminine] (Ukrainian), jahon urushi (Uzbek), chiến tranh thế giới (Vietnamese), thế chiến (Vietnamese), wełtkrig [masculine] (Vilamovian), volakrig (Volapük), volaklig (note: obsolete spelling) (Volapük), wrâldkriich (West Frisian), wrâldoarloch (West Frisian), וועלט־מלחמה (velt-milkhome) [feminine] (Yiddish)
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        {
          "word": "World War Zero"
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        {
          "word": "World War I"
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        {
          "word": "World War II"
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        {
          "word": "World War III"
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          "word": "World War IV"
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          "ref": "1894, George Griffith, The Angel of the Revolution, page 69:",
          "text": "Their lips met in one long silent kiss, and a moment later he had gone to strike the first blow in the coming world-war, and to bring the beginning of sorrows on the Tyrant of the North.",
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          "ref": "1921, Aldous Huxley, chapter 9, in Crome Yellow, London: Chatto & Windus:",
          "text": "[…] Armageddon, that world war with which the Second Coming is to be so closely associated.",
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        "A war involving the major nations of the world."
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          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "luftë botërore"
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "al-ḥarb al-ʕālamiyya",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "الْحَرْب الْعَالَمِيَّة"
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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "hamašxarhayin paterazm",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "word": "համաշխարհային պատերազմ"
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "word": "dünya müharibəsi"
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          "code": "bar",
          "lang": "Bavarian",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "word": "Wödkriag"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "susvjétnaja vajná",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "сусве́тная вайна́"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "svetóvna vojná",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "свето́вна война́"
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          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "kambhacac",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "word": "ကမ္ဘာစစ်"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "word": "世界大戰"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shìjiè dàzhàn",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "word": "世界大战"
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          "code": "cv",
          "lang": "Chuvash",
          "roman": "tĕnč̬e vărś̬i",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "word": "тӗнче вӑрҫи"
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          "code": "crh",
          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "světová válka"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
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          "word": "verdenskrig"
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          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
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          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "word": "mondmilito"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "word": "ilmasõda"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "guerre mondiale"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "guerra mundial"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "msoplio omi",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "word": "მსოფლიო ომი"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "Weltkrieg"
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        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "pagkósmios pólemos",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "παγκόσμιος πόλεμος"
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        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "milkhemet 'olam",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "מלחמת העולם \\ מִלְחֶמֶת עוֹלָם"
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        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "viśvayuddh",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "विश्वयुद्ध"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "mahāsmar",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "महासमर"
        },
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "mahāyuddh",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "महायुद्ध"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "mahābedhak",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "महाबेधक"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "word": "világháború"
        },
        {
          "code": "hrx",
          "lang": "Hunsrik",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Weltkriegh"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "heimsstyrjöld"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "veraldarstríð"
        },
        {
          "alt": "せかいたいせん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sekai taisen",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "word": "世界大戦"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "sɑɑsɑngkriəm look",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "word": "សង្គ្រាមលោក"
        },
        {
          "alt": "世界大戰",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "segye daejeon",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "word": "세계 대전"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "bellum mundānum"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pasaules karš"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pasaulinis karas"
        },
        {
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Weltkrich"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "svetska vojna",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "светска војна"
        },
        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "caggey dowanagh"
        },
        {
          "code": "nog",
          "lang": "Nogai",
          "roman": "dunıya sogısı",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "word": "дуныя согысы"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "verdenskrig"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "verdskrig"
        },
        {
          "code": "pis",
          "lang": "Pijin",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "word": "wol wo"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "wojna światowa"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "guerra mundial"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "război mondial"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mirovája vojná",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "мирова́я война́"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "светски рат"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "свјетски рат"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "svetski rat"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "svjetski rat"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "svetová vojna"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "svetovna vojna"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "guerra mundial"
        },
        {
          "code": "srn",
          "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "word": "grontapufeti"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "världskrig"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "word": "digmaang pandaigdig"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "prapañca yuddhamu",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "word": "ప్రపంచ యుద్ధము"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sǒng-kraam-lôok",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "word": "สงครามโลก"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "word": "dünya savaşı"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "svitová vijná",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "світова́ війна́"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "word": "jahon urushi"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "word": "chiến tranh thế giới"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "word": "thế chiến"
        },
        {
          "code": "wym",
          "lang": "Vilamovian",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "wełtkrig"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "word": "volakrig"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "note": "obsolete spelling",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "word": "volaklig"
        },
        {
          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "word": "wrâldkriich"
        },
        {
          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "word": "wrâldoarloch"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "velt-milkhome",
          "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "וועלט־מלחמה"
        }
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        "World War"
      ]
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      "word": "World War Zero"
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    {
      "word": "World War I"
    },
    {
      "word": "World War II"
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    {
      "word": "World War III"
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    {
      "word": "World War IV"
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        "Terms with Crimean Tatar translations",
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        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
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        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
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        "Terms with Norwegian translations",
        "Terms with Pijin translations",
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        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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          "ref": "1921, Aldous Huxley, chapter 9, in Crome Yellow, London: Chatto & Windus:",
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      "code": "sq",
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      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "al-ḥarb al-ʕālamiyya",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "الْحَرْب الْعَالَمِيَّة"
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      "roman": "hamašxarhayin paterazm",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "word": "dünya müharibəsi"
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      "code": "bar",
      "lang": "Bavarian",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "word": "Wödkriag"
    },
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "susvjétnaja vajná",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сусве́тная вайна́"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svetóvna vojná",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "свето́вна война́"
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    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "kambhacac",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "word": "ကမ္ဘာစစ်"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "word": "世界大戰"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shìjiè dàzhàn",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "word": "世界大战"
    },
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      "code": "cv",
      "lang": "Chuvash",
      "roman": "tĕnč̬e vărś̬i",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "word": "тӗнче вӑрҫи"
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      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "word": "cian cenki"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "světová válka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "verdenskrig"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wereldoorlog"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "wereldbrand"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "wereldkrijg"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "word": "mondmilito"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "word": "ilmasõda"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "word": "maailmasõda"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "word": "maailmansota"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guerre mondiale"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guerra mundial"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "msoplio omi",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "word": "მსოფლიო ომი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Weltkrieg"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pagkósmios pólemos",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "παγκόσμιος πόλεμος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "milkhemet 'olam",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מלחמת העולם \\ מִלְחֶמֶת עוֹלָם"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "viśvayuddh",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "विश्वयुद्ध"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mahāsmar",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "महासमर"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mahāyuddh",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "महायुद्ध"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mahābedhak",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "महाबेधक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "word": "világháború"
    },
    {
      "code": "hrx",
      "lang": "Hunsrik",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Weltkriegh"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "heimsstyrjöld"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "veraldarstríð"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せかいたいせん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sekai taisen",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "word": "世界大戦"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "sɑɑsɑngkriəm look",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "word": "សង្គ្រាមលោក"
    },
    {
      "alt": "世界大戰",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "segye daejeon",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "word": "세계 대전"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bellum mundānum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pasaules karš"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pasaulinis karas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Weltkrich"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "svetska vojna",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "светска војна"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caggey dowanagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "nog",
      "lang": "Nogai",
      "roman": "dunıya sogısı",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "word": "дуныя согысы"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "verdenskrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "verdskrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "pis",
      "lang": "Pijin",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "word": "wol wo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wojna światowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guerra mundial"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "război mondial"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mirovája vojná",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мирова́я война́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "светски рат"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "свјетски рат"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "svetski rat"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "svjetski rat"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "svetová vojna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "svetovna vojna"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guerra mundial"
    },
    {
      "code": "srn",
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "word": "grontapufeti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "världskrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "word": "digmaang pandaigdig"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "prapañca yuddhamu",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "word": "ప్రపంచ యుద్ధము"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sǒng-kraam-lôok",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "word": "สงครามโลก"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "word": "dünya savaşı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "svitová vijná",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "світова́ війна́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "word": "jahon urushi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "word": "chiến tranh thế giới"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "word": "thế chiến"
    },
    {
      "code": "wym",
      "lang": "Vilamovian",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wełtkrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "word": "volakrig"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "note": "obsolete spelling",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "word": "volaklig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "word": "wrâldkriich"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "word": "wrâldoarloch"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "velt-milkhome",
      "sense": "a war involving the major nations of the world",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "וועלט־מלחמה"
    }
  ],
  "word": "world war"
}

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