English Explanatory Dictionary

peace

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.
  2. A feeling of tranquility, free from oppressive and unpleasant thoughts and emotions.
  3. Death.
  4. Harmony in personal relations.
  5. A state free of war, in particular war between different countries.
intj
  1. Shut up!, silence!; be quiet, be silent.
  2. Peace out; goodbye.
verb
  1. To make peace; to put at peace; to be at peace.
  2. To peace out.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A female given name.
  3. A municipal district in north-west Alberta, Canada; in full, the Municipal District of Peace No. 135.
  4. A township in Kanabec County, Minnesota, United States.
noun
  1. Clipping of Peace dollar.

Pronunciation

/ˈpiːs/ [ˈpʰɪi̯s] En-uk-peace.ogg En-us-peace.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-peace.wav

Word forms

peace peaces peacing peaced

Etymology

From Middle English pees, pes, pais, borrowed from Anglo-Norman peis and Old French pais (“peace”), from Latin pāx (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to fasten, stick, place”), related to Latin pacīscor (“agree, stipulate”), Latin pangō (“fasten, fix”); see pact. Doublet of pax. Displaced native Old English sibb and broadly ousted friþ (modern frith).

Synonyms

frith

Antonyms

disruption noise irritation war violence

Related words

pacific pacify pacification pacifism pacifist

Derived words

antipeace at peace at peace with breach of the peace Carthaginian peace dispeace disturb the peace dove of peace Greenpeace guardian of the peace hold one's peace I come in peace industrial peace inner peace in peace Justice of the Peace keep one's peace keep the peace king's peace kiss of peace letters of peace long peace make-peace make peace makepeace no peace for the weary officer of the peace peaceability peaceable peace and quiet peace belt peace be upon her peace be upon him peace be with you peace bond peacebreaker peacebreaking peacebuilder peacebuilding peace camp Peace Capital Peace Corps Peace Dale peace dividend peace dollar peace establishment peace for our time peaceful Peacehaven peace in our time peacekeeper peacekeeping peaceless peacelessness peacelike peace lily peace line peacelover peace-loving peacemaker

Translations

Afrikaans: vrede Amharic: ሰላም Arabic: هُدُوء Arabic: سَلَام Arabic: صُلْح Arabic: سِلْم Armenian: խաղաղություն Asturian: paz Bashkir: тыныслыҡ Central Bikol: katoninongan Bulgarian: мир Burmese: ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး Catalan: pau Chinese Mandarin: 平靜 /平静 Chinese Mandarin: 和平 Ngazidja Comorian: usalama Ngazidja Comorian: amani Czech: klid Czech: pokoj Czech: mír Danish: sindsro Danish: sjælefred Danish: fred Dutch: rust Dutch: vrede met zichzelf Dutch: vrede Dutch: peis Egyptian: Htp:t*p-w-Y1:Z2 Esperanto: paco Extremaduran: pas Faroese: friður Finnish: rauha Finnish: mielenrauha Finnish: rauhallisuus Franco-Provençal: pèx French: paix French: tranquillité Friulian: pâs Galician: paz Georgian: სიმშვიდე Georgian: მშვიდობა German: Ruhe German: Frieden German: Friede Greek: ησυχία Greek: ηρεμία Greek: ειρήνη Hawaiian: maluhia Hawaiian: malu Hawaiian: laʻi Hebrew: שַׁלְוָה Hebrew: שָׁלוֹם Hungarian: békesség Hungarian: nyugalom Hungarian: béke Icelandic: friður Icelandic: friðartími Indonesian: kedamaian Indonesian: ketenangan Indonesian: damai Interlingua: pace Irish: suaimhneas Irish: síocháin Italian: pace Japanese: 平和 Japanese: 平静 Japanese: 平安 Khmer: ធ្យាន Khmer: សន្តិភាព Khmer: សន្តិកាល Korean: 평정 Korean: 평화 Central Kurdish: ئاشتی Northern Kurdish: aştî
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