Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

winter war

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.79 in modern English

Syllables
win-ter war
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A war between Finland and the Soviet Union from 1939 to 1940.

Etymology

From winter + war; a calque of Finnish talvisota.

Inflected Forms

the Winter War (canonical)

Questions

What does winter war mean?
A war between Finland and the Soviet Union from 1939 to 1940.
Where does winter war come from?
From winter + war; a calque of Finnish talvisota.

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