pre-war

Adjective

 * 1) Before a war.
 * 2) Before the most recent or significant war in a culture's history.
 * 3) Before the outbreak of  in 1914.
 * 4) Before the outbreak of  in 1939.
 * 5) Especially : buildings (particularly in and around New York) built between 1900 and about 1940.
 * 6) Between the end of World War I in 1918 and the outbreak of World War II in 1939;, especially  Germany.

Usage notes
With reference to the World Wars, pre-war (before the outbreak of World War I in 1914) is contrasted with (between the end of World War I in 1918 and the outbreak of World War II in 1939) and  (after the end of World War II in 1945), but is also used to refer to some period prior to the outbreak of World War II.

Translations

 * Belarusian: давае́нны, перадвае́нны
 * Czech:
 * French: d'avant-guerre
 * German:, vorkrieglich
 * Hungarian: háború előtti
 * Italian:, antebellico
 * Latvian: pirmskara
 * Occitan: abansguèrra, prebellic, antebellic
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: predvojnový
 * Tagalog: dipa-digma
 * Ukrainian: довоє́нний, передвоє́нний