英和和英

別の表記

• prewar

語源

From pre- +‎ war.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pɹiːˈwɔː/
• (General American) IPA: /pɹiˈwɔɹ/

形容詞

pre-war (not comparable)

1. Before a war.
   1. Before the most recent or significant war in a culture's history.
   2. Before the outbreak of World War I in 1914.
   3. Before the outbreak of World War II in 1939.
      1. Especially pre-war architecture: buildings (particularly in and around New York) built between 1900 and about 1940.
      2. Between the end of World War I in 1918 and the outbreak of World War II in 1939; interwar, especially Weimar Republic Germany.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:prewar.

使用する際の注意点

With reference to the World Wars, pre-war (before the outbreak of World War I in 1914) is contrasted with interwar (between the end of World War I in 1918 and the outbreak of World War II in 1939) and post-war (after the end of World War II in 1945), but is also used to refer to some period prior to the outbreak of World War II.

同意語

• antebellum

反意語

• post-war

等位語

• interwar

Further reading

• “pre-war”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• pre-war, prewar at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.

アナグラム

• rewrap, warper

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pɹiːˈwɔː/
• (General American) IPA: /pɹiˈwɔɹ/

形容詞

prewar (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of pre-war.
   • 2014 September 25, Anthony Faiola, “An Orwellian nightmare for pro-Ukrainians in rebel-held east”, in The Washington Post‎, Nash Holdings, LLC, archived from the original on 14 March 2016, retrieved 25 September 2014:

     In this metropolis that had a prewar population of almost a million, but where the city center now feels like an Orwellian ghost town of propaganda posters and armed patrols, perhaps no one feels more alone than those who still harbor pro-Ukrainian sentiments.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:prewar.

反意語

• postwar

アナグラム

• rewrap, warper