Vietnam War in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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Translations for Vietnam War in the English»French Dictionary

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Vietnam [Brit vjɛtˈnam, Am viˌɛtˈnɑm, viˌɛtˈnæm]

I.war [Brit wɔː, Am wɔr] N

1. war (armed conflict):

war
guerre f
the horrors of war
les horreurs de la guerre
the day war broke out
le jour où la guerre a éclaté
in the war
à la guerre
between the wars (world wars)
entre les deux guerres
a state of war now exists between our two countries
nos deux pays sont désormais en état de guerre
to win/lose a war
gagner/perdre une guerre
to go off to the war
partir à la guerre
to go to war against country
entrer en guerre contre
to wage war on country
faire la guerre contre
to be at war with a country
être en guerre avec un pays
a war over or about land, independence
une guerre pour
a war over or about issue, problem
une guerre sur
a war over or about attr debts, correspondent, crime, criminal, effort, film, historian, medal, photographer, widow, wound
de guerre
a war over or about cemetery, leader, grave, zone
militaire
a war over or about hero
de la guerre
war deaths
victimes fpl de la guerre
he has a good war record
il a de bons états de service

II.war <pres part warring; pret, pp warred> [Brit wɔː, Am wɔr] VB intr

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III.war [Brit wɔː, Am wɔr]

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Vietnam War in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for Vietnam War in the English»French Dictionary

war no pl, no indef art:

war
guerre f
to be at war
être en guerre
a state of war
un état de guerre
in time of war
en temps de guerre
the horrors of war
les horreurs de la guerre
war atrocities
les atrocités de la guerre
a war hero
un héros de guerre
war breaks out between sb/sth and sb/sth
la guerre éclate entre qn/qc et qn/qc
to declare war on sb/sth a. fig
déclarer la guerre à qn/qc
to go to war
aller en guerre
to wage war against sb/sth
faire la guerre contre qn/qc
to wage war against sb/sth fig
être en guerre contre qn/qc
a war of attrition
une guerre d'usure
price/trade war
guerre des prix/commerciale
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Her husband lost both legs in the Vietnam War and spent years fighting depression.
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The song also includes references to the hippie movement during the Vietnam War as well as a series of unanswered personal questions.
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There were 128 mines during the 1960s and early 1970s, but the demand for mercury steeply declined after the Vietnam War.
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Both events were firsts since the end of the Vietnam War and were followed up by additional visits in 2004.
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Many universities created on-campus free speech zones during the 1960s and 1970s, during which protests on-campus (especially against the Vietnam War) were common.
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Most, it seems, absorbed the shocks and went on to fight on behalf of labor, civil rights and the peace movement during the Vietnam War.
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After more than two decades of no economic relationship since the end of the Vietnam War, the two governments reestablished economic relationship during the 1990s.
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Some were brought back by service personnel returning from the Vietnam War.
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The war ended before the ship was completed and consequently she did not see wartime service until the Vietnam War.
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Bitter fighting between the two sides continued during the Vietnam War, ending with a communist victory in 1975.
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