[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
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”)).
[edit] Pronunciation
peace (uncountable)
- 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.
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Antonyms
[edit] Derived terms
Look at pages starting with peace.
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Translations
tranquility, quiet, harmony
- Afrikaans: kalmte (af), stilte (af), harmonie (af), vreedsaamheid (af), rustigheid (af)
- Albanian: paqe (sq) f.
- Amharic: ሰሳም (selam)
- Arabic: سلام (ar) (salaam) m., هدوء (ar) (huduu') m., أمن (ar) ('amn) m.
- Aramaic:
- Syriac: ܫܝܢܐ (šaynāʾ) m.
- Armenian: խաղաղություն (hy) (xaġaġut'yun)
- Belarusian: мір (be) (mir) m., спакой (be) (spakój) m.
- Bosnian: mir (bs) m.
- Bulgarian: мир (bg) (mir) m., спокойствие (bg) (spokójstvie) n.
- Burmese: ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး (my) (nyein:chan:ye:)
- Catalan: pau (ca) f.
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 和平 (zh) (hépíng), 平靜 (zh), 平静 (zh) (píngjìng), 治安 (zh) (zhì’ān)
- Min Nan: 和平 (hô-pîng), 平靜 (pîng-tsīng), 治安 (tī-an)
- Croatian: mir (hr) m.
- Czech: pokoj (cs) m.
- Danish: fred (da) c., ro (da) c.
- Dutch: rust (nl) f.
- Esperanto: paco (eo)
- Estonian: rahu (et)
- Faroese: friður (fo) m.
- Finnish: rauha (fi), hiljaisuus (fi)
- French: paix (fr)
- German: Ruhe (de) f., Frieden (de) m.
- Greek:
- Ancient: εἰρήνη (grc) f.
- Modern: ειρήνη (el) (eiríni) f.
- Hebrew: שלום (he) (shalóm) m.
- Hindi: शांति (hi) (śā̃nti) f., अमन (hi) (aman) m.
- Hungarian: nyugalom (hu), béke (hu)
- Icelandic: friður (is) m.
- Igbo: ùdo
- Interlingua: pace (ia)
- 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
- Ladino:
- Latin: 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Scottish Gaelic: sìth (gd) f.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: мир (sr) m., спокоjствo (sr) n., спокоj (sr) m.
- Roman: mir m., spokojstvo n., spokoj 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 (SaaMti)
- Thai: เงียบ (th) (ngîap)
- Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
- 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: yên ổn (vi), trật tự (vi)
- Welsh: heddwch (cy), llonydd (cy), llonyddwch (cy)
- Zulu: uxolo (zu)
|
state of mind
- Afrikaans: vrede (af)
- Amharic: ሰሳም (selam)
- Arabic: هدوء (ar) (huduu') m.
- Armenian: խաղաղություն (hy) (xaġaġut'yun)
- Burmese: ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး (my) (nyein:chan:ye:)
- Catalan: pau (ca) f.
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 平靜 (zh), 平静 (zh) (píngjìng)
- Czech: klid (cs) m., pokoj (cs)
- Danish: sindsro (da) c., sjælefred (da) c.
- Dutch: rust (nl) f., vrede met zichzelf f.
- Esperanto: paco (eo)
- Finnish: rauha (fi), rauhallisuus (fi)
- German: Ruhe (de) f., Frieden (de) m.
- Greek:
- Ancient: εἰρήνη (grc) f.
- Modern: ειρήνη (el) (eiríni) f.
- Hebrew: שלווה (he) (shalva) 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)
|
|
|
harmony, lack of conflict in personal relations
state of being free from war
|
|
|
- Italian: pace (it) f.
- Japanese: 平和 (ja) (へいわ, heiwa)
- Khmer: សន្តិភាព (km) (sondtipeeup), សន្តិកាល (km) (sɑnteʔ kaal)
- Korean: 평화 (ko) (pyeonghwa) (平和 (ko))
- Kurdish: aştî (ku) f., ئاشتی (ku)
- Ladino:
- Latin: paz f.
- Lao: ສັນຕິພາບ (lo) (santiphaap)
- Latin: pax (la) f.
- Latvian: miers (lv) m.
- Macedonian: мир (mk) (mir) m.
- Manx: shee (gv)
- 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.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: мир (sr) m.
- Roman: mir m.
- Sicilian: paci (scn) f.
- Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
- 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)
- Thai: สันติภาพ (th) (săntì pâap)
- Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
- Tswana: kagiso (tn)
- Turkish: barış (tr), sulh (tr)
- Ukrainian: мир (uk) (myr) m.
- Urdu: امن (ur) (aman) m.
- Uyghur: سۈلھ (ug) (sülh)
- Vietnamese: hòa bình (vi), hoà bình (vi)
- Volapük: püd (vo), (phoney, hollow) lupüd (vo)
- Welsh: heddwch (cy)
|
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Translations to be checked
- 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)
- Eastern Persian: صلح (ṣulh)
- Luo: kuo
- Dinka: dɔɔr
- Duala: musango
- Efik: emen
- Egyptian: (hetep)
- Ekari: muka muka
- Esperanto: paco
- Estonian: rahu
- Ewondo: foè
- Fanagalo: kutula
- Faroese: friður
- Fijian: vakacegu
- Fon: fífá
- Franco-Provençal: pas / patz
- West Frisian: frede
- Friulian: pac
- Fula: jam
- Ga: hejole
- Galician: paz
- 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
- Template:kar[[Category:Translations to be checked (Template:kar)]]: (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
|
|
- Maguindanao: kalilíntad
- Mahican: anachemowegan
- Malagasy: fiadanana, fahandriampahalemana
- Malay: salam, keamanan, damai
- Malayalam: സമാധാനമ (samādhānama)
- Mandinka: here
- Maltese: paċi
- Maori: whakaaio, rangimarie
- Mapudungun: uvchin, kemelen
- Maranao: diakatra
- Marathi: शांती (śāntī)
- Marshallese: aenomman
- Template:myn[[Category:Translations to be checked (Template:myn)]]: (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
- Oriya: (santi)
- Oromo: (nagaa)
- Template:oto[[Category:Translations to be checked (Template:oto)]]: 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
- Scottish Gaelic: sìth
- 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)
- Tok Pisin: taim
- 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
|
[edit] Interjection
peace
- (slang) Shortened form of peace out; goodbye.
- (archaic) Shut up, be quiet, be silent
[edit] Statistics
[edit] External links
Wikiversity
