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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English pece, peas, pees, from Old French pais (“peace”), from Latin pāx (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *paḱ- (“to fasten, stick, place”), related to Latin pacīscor (“agree, stipulate”), Latin pangō (“fasten, fix”); see pact. Displaced native Middle English frith, frede (“peace”) (from Old English friþ, frēod (“peace”)), Middle English sib, sibbe (“peace”) (from Old English sibb (“peace, kinship”)), Middle English grith (“peace, security”) (from Old English griþ and Old Norse grið), Middle English saht, saught (“peace, reconciliation”) (from Old English seht, sæht (“peace, pact, agreement”)).
Pronunciation[edit]
peace (usually uncountable; plural peaces)
- A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony. For instance, a state free from civil disturbance.
- 2001, Carol Stream, Unshaken
- Naomi boasted in nothing but the God of Israel. And she found peace even in the midst of chaos when she went to Him in prayer.
- A state free of oppressive and unpleasant thoughts and emotions.
- The safety equipment will give me some peace of mind.
- Harmony in personal relations.
- A state free of war, in particular war between different countries.
- 1969 March 31, John Lennon, Bagism Press Conference at Sacher Hotel, Vienna
- Now, a lot of cynics have said, “Oh, it’s easy to sit in bed for seven days,” but I’d like some of them to try it, and talk for seven days about peace. All we’re saying is give peace a chance.
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Translations[edit]
tranquility, quiet, harmony
- Afrikaans: kalmte (af), stilte (af), harmonie (af), vreedsaamheid (af), rustigheid (af)
- Albanian: paqe (sq) f
- Amharic: ሰሳም (am) (selam)
- Arabic: سلام (ar) (salām) m, هدوء (ar) (hudūʾ) m, أمن (ar) (amn) m
- Aramaic:
- Syriac: ܫܝܢܐ (šaynāʾ) m
- Armenian: խաղաղություն (hy) (xaġaġut'yun)
- Asturian: paz (ast) f
- Belarusian: мір (be) (mir) m, спакой (be) (spakój) m
- Bulgarian: мир (bg) (mir) m, спокойствие (bg) (spokójstvie) n
- Burmese: ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး (my) (nyein:chan:ye:)
- Catalan: pau (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 和平 (cmn) (hépíng), 平靜 (cmn), 平静 (cmn) (píngjìng), 治安 (cmn) (zhì’ān)
- Min Nan: 和平 (nan) (hô-pîng), 平靜 (nan) (pîng-tsīng), 治安 (nan) (tī-an)
- Czech: pokoj (cs) m
- Danish: fred (da) c, ro (da) c
- Dutch: rust (nl) f
- Egyptian: ḥtpw
- Esperanto: paco (eo)
- Estonian: rahu (et)
- Faroese: friður (fo) m
- Finnish: rauha (fi), hiljaisuus (fi)
- French: paix (fr)
- Galician: paz (gl) f
- German: Ruhe (de) f, Frieden (de) m
- Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌸𐌿𐍃 (friþus) m
- Greek:
- Ancient: εἰρήνη f
- Modern: ειρήνη (el) (eiríni) f
- Hebrew: שָׁלוֹם (he) (shalóm) m
- Hindi: शांति (hi) (śā̃nti) f, अमन (hi) (aman) m
- Hungarian: nyugalom (hu), béke (hu)
- Icelandic: friður (is) m
- Ido: please add this translation if you can
- Igbo: ùdo
- Interlingua: pace (ia)
- Interlingue: please add this translation if you can
- Irish: síth (ga) f
- Italian: pace (it) f
- Japanese: 平和 (ja) (へいわ, heiwa), 平静 (ja) (へいせい, heisei), 平安 (ja) (へいあん, heian)
- Kabyle: Afra
- Khmer: ក្រសាន (km) (krɑsaan), ធ្យាន (km) (tyien)
- Korean: 평안 (ko) (pyeong-an) (平安 (ko)), 평화 (ko) (pyeonghwa) (平和 (ko))
- Kurdish: aştî (ku) f, hastbiyayiş (ku), ئاشتی
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- Ladino:
- Roman: paz f
- Lao: ສັນຕິພາບ (lo) (santiphaap)
- Latgalian: mīrs
- Latin: pax (la) f
- Latvian: miers (lv) m
- Lithuanian: taika (lt)
- Macedonian: мир (mk) (mir) m, спокојство (mk) (spókojstvo) n
- Malay: kedamaian (ms), keamanan (ms)
- Manx: shee (gv)
- Nanticoke: eweenetu
- Navajo: hodéezyéél
- Northern Sami: ráfi
- Norwegian: fred (no) c, stillhet (no) n, ro (no) c
- Old English: f, stilnes (ang) f
- Oriya: ଶାନ୍ତି (or) (śāntī)
- Persian: آرامش (fa) (ârâmeš)
- Polish: spokój (pl) m, pokój (pl) m (obsolete)
- Portuguese: paz (pt) f
- Rohingya: cánti
- Romanian: pace (ro)
- Russian: мир (ru) (mir) m, покой (ru) (pokój) m, спокойствие (ru) (spokójstvije) n
- Sanskrit: शान्ति (sa) (śānti)
- Scottish Gaelic: sìth (gd) f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: мир (sh) m, спокоjствo (sh) n, спокоj (sh) m
- Roman: mir (sh) m, spokojstvo (sh) n, spokoj (sh) m
- Sicilian: paci (scn) f
- Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
- Skolt Sami: rääuh
- Slovak: pokoj (sk) m
- Slovene: mir (sl) m
- Spanish: paz (es) f, sosiego (es) m
- Swahili: amani (sw)
- Swedish: frid (sv) c, lugn (sv) n, ro (sv) c
- Tagalog: kapayapaan (tl)
- Telugu: శాంతి (te) (śāṅti)
- Thai: เงียบ (th) (ngîap)
- Tibetan: ཞི་བདེ (bo) (zhi bde), ཞི་བ (bo) (zhi ba)
- Tok Pisin: gutpela taim (tpi)
- Tswana: lodule (tn)
- Turkish: huzur (tr)
- Ukrainian: спокій (uk) (spokíj) m, мир (uk) (myr) m
- Urdu: امن (ur) (aman) m, سکون (ur) (sukūn, sakū) m
- Vietnamese: hoà bình (vi) (和平 (vi)), thái bình (vi) (太平 (vi))
- Welsh: heddwch (cy), llonydd (cy), llonyddwch (cy)
- Zulu: uxolo (zu)
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state of mind
- Afrikaans: vrede (af)
- Amharic: ሰሳም (selam)
- Arabic: هدوء (ar) (hudūʾ) m
- Armenian: խաղաղություն (hy) (xaġaġut'yun)
- Asturian: paz (ast) f
- Burmese: ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး (my) (nyein:chan:ye:)
- Catalan: pau (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 平靜 (cmn), 平静 (cmn) (píngjìng)
- Czech: klid (cs) m, pokoj (cs)
- Danish: sindsro (da) c, sjælefred (da) c
- Dutch: rust (nl) f, vrede met zichzelf f
- Egyptian: ḥtpw
- Esperanto: paco (eo)
- Finnish: rauha (fi), mielenrauha (fi), rauhallisuus (fi)
- Galician: paz (gl) f
- German: Ruhe (de) f, Frieden (de) m
- Greek:
- Ancient: εἰρήνη f
- Modern: ειρήνη (el) (eiríni) f
- Hebrew: שַׁלְוָה (he) (shalvá) f
- Hungarian: békesség (hu), nyugalom (hu)
- Icelandic: friður (is) m
- Interlingua: pace (ia)
- Irish: suaimhneas (ga) m
- Italian: pace (it) f
- Japanese: 平和 (ja) (へいわ, heiwa), 平静 (ja) (へいせい, heisei), 平安 (ja) (へいあん, heian)
- Khmer: ធ្យាន (km) (tyien)
- Korean: 평정 (ko) (pyeongjeong)
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harmony, lack of conflict in personal relations
state of being free from war
- Abenaki: wlakamigen
- Afar: salaamata
- Afrikaans: vrede (af)
- Akan: asmondwoe
- Albanian: paqe (sq) f
- Amharic: ሰሳም (selam)
- Arabic: سلام (ar) (salām) m
- Aragonese: paz (an)
- Aramaic:
- Syriac: ܫܠܡܐ (š(ə)lāmāʾ) m
- Hebrew: שלמא (š(ə)lāmāʾ) m
- Armenian: խաղաղություն (hy) (xaġaġut'yun)
- Assamese: শান্তি (as) (śānti)
- Asturian: paz (ast) f
- Avestan: āxšti
- Azeri: sülh (az), rahatlıq (az), dinçlik (az), barış (az)
- Basque: bake (eu)
- Belarusian: мір (be) (mir) m
- Bengali: শান্তি (bn) (śānti)
- Bulgarian: мир (bg) (mir) m
- Burmese: ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး (my) (nyein:chan:ye:)
- Catalan: pau (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 和平 (cmn) (hépíng)
- Czech: mír (cs) m
- Danish: fred (da) c
- Dutch: vrede (nl) f, peis (nl) f (archaic)
- Esperanto: paco (eo)
- Estonian: rahu (et)
- Finnish: rauha (fi)
- French: paix (fr) f
- Old French: pais f
- Galician: paz (gl) f
- Georgian: მშვიდობა (ka) (mšvidoba)
- German: Frieden (de) m, Friede (de) m, (phoney, hollow)) Scheinfriede (de) m
- Greek:
- Ancient: εἰρήνη f
- Modern: ειρήνη (el) (eiríni) f
- Hebrew: שָׁלוֹם (he) (shalóm) m
- Hindi: शांति (hi) (śā̃nti) f
- Hungarian: béke (hu)
- Icelandic: friður (is) m, friðartími (is) m
- Indonesian: damai (id)
- Interlingua: pace (ia)
- Irish: síocháin (ga) f
- Italian: pace (it) f
- Japanese: 平和 (ja) (へいわ, heiwa)
- Kazakh: бейбітшілік (kk) (beytbitşilik), тыныштық (kk) (tınıştıq)
- Khmer: សន្តិភាព (km) (sondtipeeup), សន្តិកាល (km) (sɑnteʔ kaal)
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- Korean: 평화 (ko) (pyeonghwa) (平和 (ko))
- Kurdish: aştî (ku) f, ئاشتی (ku)
- Kyrgyz: тынчтык (ky) (tınçtık), татуулук (ky) (tatuuluk)
- Ladino:
- Roman: paz f
- Lao: ສັນຕິພາບ (lo) (santiphaap)
- Latin: pax (la) f
- Latvian: miers (lv) m
- Lithuanian: taika (lt) f
- Macedonian: мир (mk) (mir) m
- Malay: damai (ms)
- Manx: shee (gv)
- Mongolian: энх тайван (mn) (enh tajvan)
- Navajo: hodéezyéél
- Norwegian: fred (no) m
- Ojibwe: bizaani'iwewin, bizaanendamowin
- Old English: friþ (ang), griþ (ang)
- Persian: آشتی (fa) (âšti), صلح (fa) (solh)
- Polish: pokój (pl) m
- Portuguese: paz (pt) f
- Romanian: pace (ro) f
- Russian: мир (ru) (mir) m
- Scottish Gaelic: sìth (gd) f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: мир (sh) m
- Roman: mir (sh) m
- Sicilian: paci (scn) f
- Sinhalese: සාමය (si) (sāmaya)
- Slovak: mier (sk) m
- Slovene: mir (sl) m
- Sotho: (South Africa) Kgotso (st), (Lesotho) Khotso (st)
- Spanish: paz (es) f
- Swedish: fred (sv)
- Tajik: сулҳ (tg) (sulh), оштӣ (tg) (oštī)
- Tatar: тынычлык (tt) (tınıçlıq)
- Thai: สันติภาพ (th) (săntì pâap)
- Tibetan: ཞི་བདེ། (bo) (zhi-bde)
- Tok Pisin: gutpela taim (tpi)
- Tswana: kagiso (tn)
- Turkish: barış (tr), sulh (tr)
- Turkmen: parahatçylyk (tk), rahatlyk (tk), dyynçlyk (tk)
- Ukrainian: мир (uk) (myr) m
- Urdu: امن (ur) (aman) m
- Uyghur: سۈلھ (ug) (sülh)
- Uzbek: tinchlik (uz)
- Vietnamese: hòa bình (vi), hoà bình (vi)
- Volapük: püd (vo), (phoney, hollow) lupüd (vo)
- Welsh: heddwch (cy)
- Yiddish: פרידן (yi) (fridn) m, שלום (yi) (sholem) m
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- Ajië: ta
- Akan: asomdwoe
- Alabama: ittimokla
- Albanian: paqe
- Algonquin: ᐙᑭ ᐃᒋᐌᐱᔅᐃ (wāki ićiwēpis'i)
- Alemannic German: fréda
- Antillean Creole: lapé
- Occitan: patz
- Avestan: (âxshti), (râma)
- Aymara: moxsa kamaña, hacana
- Azeri: сүлһ (sülh)
- Akkadian: (šul-mu)
- Balinese: (shanti)
- Baluchi: (sala)
- Bambara: hèrè
- Bari: yukan
- Basaa: nsaŋ
- Basque: bake
- Belarusian: мір (mir)
- Bemba: mutenden
- Bengali: ষান্তি (śānti), শান্তি (šānti)
- Blackfoot: ᖱᖻᖱᒋᖱᔨ (innaihtsi'iyi')
- Breton: peoc'h m
- Bulgarian: мир (mir)
- Bulu: mvo'e
- Burushaski: aram
- Carolinian: gúnnammwey
- Cebuano: kalinaw
- Chechen: машар (maşar)
- Cherokee: (nvwhtohiyada), (dohi'yi)
- Cheyenne: nanomonsetotse
- Bemba: mutende
- Chichewa: mtendere
- Chickasaw: nanna'ayya
- Tshiluba: ndowe
- Choctaw: achukma
- Tabasco Chontal: aylobaha gafuleya
- Chukchi: амаравкэвагыргын (amaravkevagyrgyn)
- Chuukese: kunammwey
- Comanche: tsumukikatu
- Corsican: pace / paci
- Cree: ᐌᑕᔅᑭᐎᓐ (wētaskiwin), ᒌᔮᒣᐃᑕᒨᓐ (ćīyāmēitamōn)
- Luo: kuo
- Dinka: dɔɔr
- Duala: musango
- Efik: emen
- Ekari: muka muka
- Esperanto: paco
- Estonian: rahu
- Ewondo: foè
- Fanagalo: kutula
- Fijian: vakacegu
- Fon: fífá
- Franco-Provençal: pas / patz
- West Frisian: frede
- Friulian: pac
- Fula: jam
- Ga: hejole
- Georgian: მშვიდობა (mšvidoba)
- Kikuyu: ũhoro
- Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌸𐌿𐍃 (friþus)
- Guaraní: ñerane'i, moñera'ÿ, py'guapy
- Haitian Creole: lapé
- Hausa: (lùmana)
- Hawaiian: malu, maluhia, la‘i
- Herero: o-hange
- Hula: paghidaet
- Hmong: (kev thajyeeb nyab xeeb), (kev sib haum xeeb)
- Hopi: paasikwa
- Ido: paco
- Igbo: ùdo
- Ila: chibanda
- Ilocano: kappia
- Ilongot: paghidait
- Indonesian: damai, perdamaian
- Interlingua: pace
- Inuktitut: ᑐᑦᑭᐳᓐ (totkipon)
- Inupiak: ᑭᖑᐃᖓᒃ (kiñoiñak)
- Itelmen: ткарвэл (tkarvel)
- Javanese: (rukun), (rahayuning gesang)
- Zarma: baani
- Kabyle: (laafya)
- Kannada: (shanti)
- Kanuri: kelafia
- Unspecified(Karen languages): (emo tashi)
- Kazakh: бейбичилик (beybiychiyliyk)
- Kekchí: tuktuquil usilal
- Khmer: សន្តិភាព (sɑnte pʰiep)
- Kongo: ngemba
- Kikuyu: thayũ
- Kildin Sami: мырр (myrr)
- Kinyarwanda: amahoro
- Koasati: ilifayka
- Korean: 평화 (pyeonghwa)
- Koryak: амкавың (amkavyng), мир (mir)
- Kyrgyz: (tyntschtyk)
- Lakota: wolakota
- Luxembourgish: miers
- Lao: ສັນຕິພາບ (sântiphāp)
- Lingala: bognilé, kimia
- Lithuanian: taika
- Lojban: kampanpi
- Luganda: emirembe
- Luxembourgish: Fridden
- Maasai: e-seriani
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- Maguindanao: kalilíntad
- Mahican: anachemowegan
- Malagasy: fiadanana, fahandriampahalemana\
- Malayalam: സമാധാനമ (samādhānama)
- Mandinka: here
- Maltese: paċi
- Maori: whakaaio, rangimarie
- Mapudungun: uvchin, kemelen
- Maranao: diakatra
- Marathi: शांती (śāntī)
- Marshallese: aenomman
- Unspecified(Mayan languages): (ets'a'an'olal)
- Michif: (peyahtuke yimowin)
- Mi'kmaq: wôntôkóde
- Middle High German: vride
- Miskito: kupia kumi laka
- Mongolian: энх тайван (enh tayvan)
- Mongo: boóto
- More: lafi, làafi
- Nahuatl: yek nemilis, tlamatcanemiliztli
- Nauruan: iow
- Nepali: शान्ती (šāntī)
- Newari: (shanti)
- Nez Perce: eyewi
- Nhengatu: tecócatú
- Niuean: mafola
- North Frisian: frees
- Northern Sami: ráfi
- Norwegian: fred
- Novial: pase
- Ntomba: nye
- Occitan: patz
- Ojibwe: bangan (be peaceful, calm)
- Old High German: fridu
- Onondaga: skanoñ
- Oromo: (nagaa)
- Unspecified(Otomian languages): hmethó
- Palauan: búdech
- Pali: (nirudho)
- Pangasinan: kareenan
- O'odham: dodolimdag
- Papiamentu: pas
- Pashto: صلح (solh)
- Persian: آشتی (âštī)
- Pintupi-Luritja: yatanpa
- Pitjantjatjara: pilun
- Low German: Freden
- Pohnpeian: meleilei
- Potawatomi: etokmitek
- Punjabi: ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ (šāntī)
- Quechua: sonqo tiaykuy, qasikay
- Rapa Nui: kiba kiba
- Romani: shand
- Romanian: pace
- Romanian: pasch
- Kirundi: amahoro
- Kinyarwanda: nimuhóre
- Sa'a: däilama
- Samoan: filamu / pilemu
- Sango: siriri
- Sanskrit: शान्तिः (śāntih)
- Sardinian: paghi / pache
- Sasak: aman
- Saterland Frisian: free
- Sotho: kgòtsò
- Shona: runyaro
- Sinhalese: සාමය (sāmaya)
- Dakota: wo'okeyeh
- So'a: kuthula
- Skolt Sami: rääuh
- Slovene: mir m
- Somali: nabad-da, nabadu
- Koyraboro Senni Songhai: bâni
- Soninke: jamu
- Southern Sami: raeffie
- Swahili: amani
- Tagalog: mabuhay, kapayapaan, katahimikan
- Tahitian: hau
- Tajik: sulh
- Sranan Tongo: leshpeti
- Tamashek: əlxer
- Central Atlas Tamazight: talwit
- Tamil: அமைதி (amaiti), சமாதானம் (ćamātānam)
- Tangut: (nei)
- Central Tarahumara: we kii'ri
- Tatar: дуслик (duslik)
- Tibetan: ཞི་བདེ་ནི་ (zhi-bde-ni)
- Tigrinya: (selam)
- Tlingit: (li-k'ei)
- Toda: (or)
- Tongan: melino
- Turkmen: asudalyk
- Twi: asomdwie
- Akan: asomdwee
- Uyghur: (saq), (tenchliq-peqet)
- Ukrainian: мир (myr)
- Upper Sorbian: měr
- Uzbek: тинчлик (tinçlik)
- Volapük: püd
- Warlpiri: pukurlpa
- Wintu: mina
- Woleaian: gumund
- Wolof: jàmm
- Xhosa: uxolo
- Yiddish: פרידן (fridn), שלום (sholem)
- Yoruba: àlãfíà
- Cantonese: (sai gaai òh pìhng)
- Yup'ik: илакулъык' (ilakuljyq)
- Zapotec: layéni
- Zulu: ukuthula
- West Frisian: frede
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Interjection[edit]
peace
- (slang) Shortened form of peace out; goodbye.
- (archaic) Shut up!, silence!; be quiet, be silent.
peace (third-person singular simple present peaces, present participle peacing, simple past and past participle peaced)
- (neologism) To make peace; to put at peace; to be at peace.
- 1997, Yusuf Jah, Shah'Keyah Jah, Uprising, page 49:
- Within every hood they have to be peacing with themselves. Then when you're living in peace with yourself, [...]
- 2006, Wayne Grady, Bringing back the dodo: lessons in natural and unnatural history:
- In another northern species, ptarmigan, such a see-saw pattern between warring and peacing has indeed been observed by researchers.
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