civil war

Signification

A war fought between factions of the inhabitants of a single country, or a similar political entity.

Étymologie

Calque of Latin bellum cīvīle, in English from 1651 in reference to the English Civil War, with possible early use in the 15th and 16th centuries as wer cyuile or ciuill warre. Displaced native Old English inġewinn.

Phrases

Decades later , political unrest in the kingdoms of Elemen turned into bloody civil war .

Des décennies plus tard, les troubles politiques dans les royaumes d'Ememen se sont transformés en guerre civile sanglante.