dopoguerra

postwar period

noun doh-poh-GWEHR-rah Rare

Usage Note

Dopoguerra is a compound of dopo (after) + guerra (war) and is invariable — the plural is also dopoguerra. In Italian history it most often refers to the period after World War II (il dopoguerra italiano), which shaped modern Italian society, cinema, and literature. The grammatical gender is masculine despite ending in -a.

Examples

"Il cinema italiano fiorì nel dopoguerra."

Natural Translation

Italian cinema flourished in the postwar period.

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