guerre étrangère

\ɡɛ.ʁ‿e.tʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\

/\ɡɛ.ʁ‿e.tʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“guerre étrangère” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Guerre contre un pays étranger.

Corpus desk

Index FR-guerre-etrangere · guerre étrangère · French

guerre étrangère · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "G" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for guerre étrangère
PropertyValue
Headwordguerre étrangère
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡɛ.ʁ‿e.tʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « guerre étrangère » en français

guerre étrangèresiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

guerre étrangère is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡɛ.ʁ‿e.tʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Guerre contre un pays étranger.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for guerre étrangère, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is guerre étrangère, spelled G-U-E-R-R-E- -É-T-R-A-N-G-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Guerre contre un pays étranger.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how guerre étrangère appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. En présence de tous ces dangers, la Convention, exaltée par le péril, ne songe plus qu'au salut public : […]. Elle fera tête à la guerre étrangère à la frontière, à la guerre civile au dedans ; jamais son énergie ne se lassera ; […]

Antonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "guerre étrangère"?
"guerre étrangère" is spelled G-U-E-R-R-E- -É-T-R-A-N-G-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɛ.ʁ‿e.tʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\.
What does "guerre étrangère" mean?
As a noun, "guerre étrangère" means: Guerre contre un pays étranger.
How do you pronounce "guerre étrangère"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guerre étrangère" is \ɡɛ.ʁ‿e.tʁɑ̃.ʒɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "guerre étrangère" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list