English
Proper noun
World War III
- A hypothetical world war following, and on an equal or greater scale to, World War II.
Usage notes
During the Cold War this term implied instantaneous world destruction. With the various subsequent conventional wars, that implication is becoming much less common. It is now more often used colloquially to exaggerate personal arguments, such as conflicts within a nuclear family.
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Translations
hypothetical world war (World War III)
- Arabic: اَلْحَرْب اَلْعَالَمِيَّة اَلثَّالِثَة f (al-ḥarb al-ʿālamiyya ṯ-ṯāliṯa)
- Armenian: երրորդ համաշխարհային պատերազմ (errord hamašxarhayin paterazm)
- Catalan: Tercera Guerra Mundial f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 第三次世界大戰, 第三次世界大战 (dìsāncì shìjiè dàzhàn)
- Danish: tredje verdenskrig c
- Dutch: Derde Wereldoorlog (nl) m
- Finnish: kolmas maailmansota
- French: Troisième Guerre mondiale (fr) f
- German: Dritter Weltkrieg m
- Greek: Γ΄ Παγκόσμιος Πόλεμος m (G΄ Pankósmios Pólemos)
- Hungarian: harmadik világháború
- Icelandic: þriðja heimsstyrjöldin f
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- Italian: Terza Guerra Mondiale f
- Japanese: 第三次世界大戦 (daisanji sekai taisen)
- Khmer: សង្គ្រាមលោកលើកទី៣ (songkreeum saagoloak dee bei)
- Korean: 제3차 세계 대전 (jesamcha segye daejeon)
- Macedonian: Трета светска војна f (Tréta svétska vójna)
- Marathi: तिसरे विश्व युद्ध n (tisare viśva yuddha)
- Navajo: tááʼ góneʼ yéigo daʼahijoogą́ą́ʼ
- Norwegian: tredje verdenskrig m
- Portuguese: terceira guerra mundial f
- Russian: тре́тья мирова́я война́ f (trétʹja mirovája vojná)
- Turkish: Üçüncü Dünya Savaşı, 3. Dünya Savaşı
- Volapük: volakrig kilid
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