civil war

See also: Civil War

English

Etymology

Calque of Latin bellum cīvīle, in English from 1651 in reference to the English Civil War, with possible early use in the 15th and 16th centuries as wer cyuile or ciuill warre.

Noun

civil war (plural civil wars)

A war fought between factions of the inhabitants of a single country, or a similar political entity.

Synonyms

intestine war

Derived terms

Civil War

Translations

war between factions within a single country

Arabic: حَرْب أَهْلِيَّة‎ f (ḥarb ʾahliyya)
Armenian: քաղաքացիական պատերազմ (kʿałakʿacʿiakan paterazm)
Assamese: গৃহযুদ্ধ (grihozuddho)
Asturian: guerra civil f
Belarusian: грамадзя́нская вайна́ f (hramadzjánskaja vajná)
Bengali: গৃহযুদ্ধ (grihjuddh)
Bulgarian: гражда́нска война f (graždánska vojna)
Buryat: эрхэтэнэй дайн (erxetenej dajn)
Catalan: guerra civil f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 內戰 (zh), 内战 (zh) (nèizhàn), 內亂 (zh), 内乱 (zh) (nèiluàn), 國內戰爭, 国内战争 (guónèi zhànzhēng)
Czech: občanská válka f
Danish: borgerkrig (da) c
Dutch: burgeroorlog (nl) m
Egyptian:

(ḏꜣjs)
Erzya: ошалянь тюрема (ošaljanʹ tjurema)
Esperanto: enlanda milito
Estonian: kodusõda
Faroese: borgarakríggj n
Finnish: sisällissota (fi)
French: guerre civile (fr) f, guerre intestine f
Galician: guerra civil f
German: Bürgerkrieg (de) m
Greek: εμφύλιος πόλεμος (el) m (emfýlios pólemos)
Ancient: ἐμφύλιος πόλεμος m (emphúlios pólemos)
Gujarati: આંતરવિગ્રહ (āntarvigrah)
Hawaiian: kaua kūloko
Hebrew: מלחמת אזרחים‎
Hindi: गृहयुद्ध (hi) (gr̥hayud'dh)
Hungarian: polgárháború (hu)
Icelandic: borgarastyrjöld f
Indonesian: perang saudara (id)
Italian: guerra civile (it) f
Japanese: 内戦 (ja) (ないせん, naisen), 内乱 (ないらん, nairan)

Kannada: ಅಂತಃಕಲಹ (kn) (antaḥkalaha)
Korean: 내전 (ko) (naejeon) (內戰 (ko))
Latin: bellum civile n
Malay: perang saudara
Malayalam: ആഭ്യന്തരയുദ്ധം (ābhyantarayuddhaṃ)
Maori: kaiākiri
Marathi: यादवी युद्ध (yādvī yuddh), गृहयुद्ध (gruhyuddh)
Mongolian: иргэний дайн (irgenij dajn)
Newari: गृह हताः (gṛha hatāː)
Norman: dgèrre civile f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: borgerkrig m

Nynorsk: borgarkrig m
Occitan: guèrra civila f
Old English: ingefeoht n
Ossetian: мидхæст (midxæst)
Persian: جنگ داخلی‎ (fa)
Polish: wojna domowa (pl) f
Portuguese: guerra civil (pt) f
Punjabi: ਖ਼ਾਨਾਜੰਗੀ (kḥānājaṅgī)
Romanian: război civil (ro) n
Russian: гражда́нская война́ (ru) f (graždánskaja vojná)
Scottish Gaelic: cogadh sìobhalta m
Slovak: občianska vojna f
Slovene: državljanska vojna (sl) f
Spanish: guerra civil (es) f
Swedish: inbördeskrig (sv) n
Tagalog: bayanhing digmaan
Tamil: உள்நாட்டுப் போர் (uḷnāṭṭup pōr)
Telugu: పౌర యుద్ధం (paura yuddhaṃ)
Thai: สงครามกลางเมือง (sǒng-kraam-glaang-mʉʉang)
Turkish: iç savaş (tr)
Ukrainian: громадя́нська війна́ f (hromadjánsʹka vijná)
Vietnamese: nội chiến (vi) (內戰)

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