interwar

See also: inter-war

English

Alternative forms

• inter-war

Etymology

From inter- +‎ war.

Adjective

interwar (not comparable)

1. During or relating to the period of time between two wars, especially the two World Wars (1919–1939).

   His family emigrated to America in the interwar years.

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• (between the World Wars, prior to World War II): pre-war (in some uses, like pre-war Germany)

Coordinate terms

• pre-war
• post-war

Translations

relating to the time between two wars

• Belarusian: міжвае́нны (mižvajénny)
• Catalan: entreguerres (ca) (only used in the form "d'entreguerres")
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 戰間期／战间期 (zhànjiānqī)

• Czech: meziválečný (cs)
• Danish: mellemkrigs-
• Estonian: sõdadevaheline (et)
• French: de l'entre-deux-guerres (fr)
• German: Zwischenkriegs-, zwischenkrieglich (rare), Zwischenkriegszeit (de) f (noun)
• Greek: μεσοπολεμικός (el) (mesopolemikós)
• Hungarian: két háború közötti
• Italian: periodo interbellico f (noun)
• Japanese: 戦間期 (ja) (せんかんき, senkanki)
• Korean: 전간기(戰間期) (jeon'gan'gi)
• Latvian: starpkaru periods m
• Lithuanian: tarpukaris m
• Polish: międzywojenny (pl)
• Portuguese: entreguerras
• Romanian: interbelic (ro)
• Russian: межвое́нный (ru) (mežvojénnyj)
• Spanish: periodo de entreguerras m (noun)
• Swedish: mellankrigs-
• Ukrainian: міжвоє́нний (mižvojénnyj)