 | French | English  | |
| – | |
 | se faire la guerre [aussi fig.] | to war [also fig.] | |
| Nouns |
| mil. guerre {f} | 16 war1 | |
| 2 Words: Others |
| déchiré par la guerre {adj} {past-p} | war-torn | |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
| mil. pol. allumer la guerre | to provoke war | |
| mil. guerroyer | to wage war | |
| mil. pol. faire la guerre | to wage war | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| guerre {f} atomique | atomic war | |
| mil. guerre {f} civile | civil war | |
| hist. pol. guerre {f} froide [1947-1991] | Cold War [1947-1991] | |
| mil. pol. guerre {f} étrangère | foreign war [war abroad] | |
| mil. guerre {f} de guerilla | guerrilla war | |
| mil. relig. guerre {f} sainte | holy war | |
| hist. mil. drôle de guerre {noun} | phoney war [coll.] | |
| crime {m} de guerre | war crime | |
| dr. mil. criminel {m} de guerre | war criminal | |
| cri {m} de guerre | war cry | |
| pol. fièvre {f} de guerre | war fever | |
| armes hist. mil. marteau {m} d'armes | war hammer [for use by foot-soldiers against mounted men-at-arms] | |
| armes hist. mil. marteau {m} de guerre | war hammer [for use by foot-soldiers against mounted men-at-arms] | |
| équi. hist. mil. destrier {m} | war horse [also warhorse] | |
| fin. mil. pol. indemnité {f} de guerre | war indemnity | |
| monument {m} aux morts | war memorial | |
| monument {m} commémoratif de guerre | war memorial | |
| pol. va-t-en-guerre {m} | war monger | |
| polémologie {f} | war studies | |
| pol. va-t-en-guerre {m} | war-monger | |
| mil. pol. fin {f} de la guerre | war's end | |
| guerre {f} mondiale | world war | |
| 3 Words: Verbs |
| pol. déclarer la guerre à qn./qc. [aussi fig.] | to declare war on sb./sth. [also fig.] | |
| hist. mil. pol. déclencher une guerre | to start a war | |
| 3 Words: Nouns |
| pol. acte {m} de guerre | act of war | |
| mil. pol. art {m} de la guerre | art of war | |
| oriflamme {f} | banner of war | |
| mil. pol. conseil {m} de guerre | council of war | |
| sort {m} des armes | fortunes {pl} of war | |
| mil. pol. jeu {m} de la guerre | game of war | |
| hist. guerre {f} de Cent Ans | Hundred Years' War | |
| mil. occup. pol. ministre {m} de la guerre | Minister of War | |
| mil. pol. prisonnier {m} de guerre | prisoner of war <POW> | |
| mil. pol. prisonnière {f} de guerre | prisoner of war <POW> [female] | |
| mil. trophée {m} de guerre | spoils of war | |
| pol. belligérance {f} | state of war | |
| pol. état {f} de guerre | state of war | |
| hist. mil. relig. guerre {f} de Trente Ans [1618-1648] | Thirty Years' War [1618-1648] | |
| mil. pol. guerre {f} d'agression | war of aggression | |
| mil. guerre {f} d'usure [aussi fig.] | war of attrition [also fig.] | |
| 4 Words: Verbs |
| mil. pol. basculer dans la guerre | to be plunged into war | |
| mil. pol. mettre fin à la guerre (contre qn.) | to end the war (against sb.) | |
| mil. pol. mettre un terme à la guerre (contre qn.) | to end the war (against sb.) | |
| hist. mil. pol. entrer en guerre (contre qn.) | to go to war (against sb.) | |
| mil. pol. mener une guerre sans pitié | to wage a bitter war | |
| 4 Words: Nouns |
| mil. pol. fin {f} de la guerre | end of the war | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} d'indépendance espagnole [1808-1814] | Spanish War of Independence [1808-1814] [also: Peninsular War] [military conflict fought by Spain, UK and Portugal against France for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} des Deux-Roses | War of the Roses [series of civil wars in England between 1455 and 1487, when the House of Lancaster and the House of York fought for control of the throne of England] | |
| 5+ Words: Others |
| prov. À la guerre comme à la guerre. | All's fair in love and war. | |
| en amour comme à la guerre {adv} | in love as in war | |
| prov. L'argent est le nerf de la guerre. | Money is the sinews of war. | |
| 5+ Words: Verbs |
| mil. pol. être sur le pied de guerre | to be on a war footing | |
| mil. pol. souhaiter la fin de la guerre | to hope for an end to the war | |
| pol. empêcher le déclenchement d'une guerre | to prevent the outbreak of war | |
| mil. pol. se mettre en campagne | to put oneself on a war footing | |
| se mener une guerre | to wage a war against each other | |
| 5+ Words: Nouns |
| méd. mil. hémorragie {f} due à la guerre | massive loss of life due to the war | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de la Cinquième Coalition [1809] | War of the Fifth Coalition [1809] [conflicts of France, supported by its client states, against Austria in central Europe and UK in Spain. Prussia remained neutral. Austria was heavily defeated] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de la Première Coalition [1792-1797] | War of the First Coalition [1792-1797] [conflicts between France and several European powers (Britain, Holy Roman Empire, Habsburg Monarchy, Spain, Naples, Sardinia, etc)] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de la Quatrième Coalition [1806-1807] | War of the Fourth Coalition [1806-1807] [conflicts of France against Prussia and Russia, and both were heavily defeated] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de la Deuxième Coalition [1798-1802] | War of the Second Coalition [1798-1802] [conflicts between France, supported by Spain, and several European powers (Britain, Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Ottoman Empire, Russia & Tuscany)] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de la Sixième Coalition [1813-1814] | War of the Sixth Coalition [1813-1814] [coalition of Austria, Prussia, Russia, UK, Portugal, Sweden, Spain and some German States defeated France and drove Napoleon into exile on Elba] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de Succession d'Espagne [1701-1714] | War of the Spanish Succession [1701-1714] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de la Troisième Coalition [1803-1806] | War of the Third Coalition [1803-1806] [conflicts between France, supported by Spain and Bavaria, and several European powers (Britain, Holy Roman Empire, Russia, Naples, Tuscany & Sweden)] | |
| Fiction (Literature and Film) |
| film littérat. F Guerre et Paix | War and Peace [novel: Leo Tolstoy, film (1956): King Vidor (Director)] | |
| film littérat. F Guerre et Paix {noun} | War and Peace [novel: Leo Tolstoy (1869), film: King Vidor (1956)] | |
