Prewar is used to describe things that happened, existed, or were made in the period immediately before a war, especially World War II, 1939-45.
...Poland's prewar leader.
prewar in British English
(ˌpriːˈwɔː, ˈpriːˌwɔː)
adjective
of or occurring in the period before a war, esp before World War I or II
prewar in American English
(ˈpriˈwɔr)
adjective
before a (or the) war
Examples of 'prewar' in a sentence
prewar
The prewar period had been an age of hopeful experimentation in the world of letters.
Garraty, John Arthur The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995)
They seem to represent to us now a stable, prewar world where the English countryside was cut off from the dangers of international conflicts.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In other languages
prewar
British English: prewar ADJECTIVE
Prewar is used to describe things that happened, existed, or were made in the period immediately before a war.
...the country's prewar leader.
American English: prewar
Brazilian Portuguese: pré-guerra
Chinese: 战 > 前的尤指第二次世界大战
European Spanish: antes de la guerra
French: d'avant-guerre
German: Vorkriegs-
Italian: anteguerra
Japanese: 戦前の
Korean: 전쟁 이전의
European Portuguese: pré-guerra
Latin American Spanish: de entreguerras
British English: pre-war ADJECTIVE
Pre-war is used to describe things that happened, existed, or were made in the period immediately before a war, especially the Second World War, 1939-45.