Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wartime

/ˈwɔː(ɹ)taɪm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.59 in modern English

Syllables: wartime
IPA: /ˈwɔː(ɹ)taɪm/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A period during which a war is in progress in a particular place.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"But, she says, a wartime ban on recordings using shellac and vinyl kept the Walker version from being released."
"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."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wers-der. Proto-Germanic *werzaną Proto-West Germanic *werʀan Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Germanic *-ō Proto-West Germanic *-u Frankish *werʀubor. Early Medieval Latin werra Old Northern French guerreder. Old English werre Middle English werre English war Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time English wartime From war + time.

Usage

Inflected Forms

wartimes (plural) war time (alternative)

Derived Forms

nonwartime prewartime

Phrases

wartime footing wartime house

Antonyms

peacetime

Questions

How do you pronounce wartime?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɔː(ɹ)taɪm/.
What does wartime mean?: A period during which a war is in progress in a particular place.
Where does wartime come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wers-der. Proto-Germanic *werzaną Proto-West Germanic *werʀan Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Germanic *-ō Proto-West Germanic *-u Frankish *werʀubor. Early Medieval Latin werra Old Northern French guerreder. Old English werre Middle English werre English war Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time English wartime From war + time.

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