guerre mondiale

\ɡɛʁ mɔ̃.djal\

/\ɡɛʁ mɔ̃.djal\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conflit militaire mondial, guerre à l’échelle planétaire comme celle de 1914-1918 (Première Guerre mondiale) et celle de 1939-1945 (Seconde Guerre mondiale ou Deuxième Guerre mondiale).

Corpus desk

Index FR-guerre-mondiale · guerre mondiale · French

guerre mondiale · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 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 mondiale
PropertyValue
Headwordguerre mondiale
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡɛʁ mɔ̃.djal\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « guerre mondiale » en français

guerre mondialen'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

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

Rare enough to double-check

guerre mondiale is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɡɛʁ mɔ̃.djal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Conflit militaire mondial, guerre à l’échelle planétaire comme celle de 1914-1918 (Première Guerre mondiale) et celle de 1939-1945 (Seconde Guerre mondiale ou Deuxième Guerre mondiale).".

guerre mondiale doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is guerre mondiale, spelled G-U-E-R-R-E- -M-O-N-D-I-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conflit militaire mondial, guerre à l’échelle planétaire comme celle de 1914-1918 (Première Guerre mondiale) et celle de 1939-1945 (Seconde Guerre mondiale ou Deuxième Guerre mondiale).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le torrent des approvisionnements diminuait et, avant que la guerre mondiale eût duré quinze jours […], il n’existait plus une ville au monde, en dehors de la Chine, où le gouvernement et les autorités locales n’eussent adopté des mesures de circonstance pour obvier au manque de nourriture et à l’encombrement des gens sans emploi.
  2. Car un blitzkrieg qui au bout de deux ans et neuf mois n'a encore eu comme résultats que la dévastation de vingt pays, une destruction immense et universelle de vies et de richesses, et une guerre mondiale encore en plein développement, j'appelle cela un blitzkrieg qui a raté son coup.

This word in other languages

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 mondiale"?
"guerre mondiale" is spelled G-U-E-R-R-E- -M-O-N-D-I-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɛʁ mɔ̃.djal\.
What does "guerre mondiale" mean?
As a noun, "guerre mondiale" means: Conflit militaire mondial, guerre à l’échelle planétaire comme celle de 1914-1918 (Première Guerre mondiale) et celle de 1939-1945 (Seconde Guerre mondiale ou Deuxième Guerre mondiale).
How do you pronounce "guerre mondiale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "guerre mondiale" is \ɡɛʁ mɔ̃.djal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list