pacific

See also: Pacific, pacífic, and Pacífic

English

Alternative forms

• pacifick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French pacifique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈsɪfɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɪfɪk

Adjective

pacific (comparative more pacific, superlative most pacific)

1. Calm, peaceful.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:calm

   • 1906 April, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “After Twenty Years”, in The Four Million, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co, →OCLC, page 214:

     The policeman on the beat moved up the avenue impressively. […] Trying doors as he went, twirling his club with many intricate and artful movements, turning now and then to cast his watchful eye adown the pacific thoroughfare, the officer, with his stalwart form and slight swagger, made a fine picture of a guardian of the peace.

2. Preferring peace by nature; avoiding violence.

   Synonyms: peaceable, peaceful, dovish, nonviolent; see also Thesaurus:peaceable

   Antonyms: bellicose, hawkish, martial, militant, violent

   • 1822 May 29, [Walter Scott], chapter I, in The Fortunes of Nigel. […], volume I (in English), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 3:

     The long-continued hostilities which had for centuries divided the south and the north divisions of the Island of Britain, had been happily terminated by the succession of the pacific James I, to the English crown.

   • 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:

     "Oh, of course I'm not really in favour of hanging," admitted Mr Carlyle.
     "Nobody really is. But we go on hanging. Mr Drishna is a dangerous animal who for the sake of pacific animals must cease to exist. […] "

Derived terms

• nonpacific
• pacifically
• pacificism
• pacificist
• pacificity
• Pacific Ocean
• unpacific

Related terms

• pacify
• pacifism
• pacifist

Translations

calm, peaceful — see also calm,‎ peaceful

• Armenian: խաղաղ (hy) (xaġaġ)
• Bulgarian: мирен (bg) (miren), спокоен (bg) (spokoen)
• French: pacifique (fr)
• German: ruhig (de), still (de)
• Hebrew: שקט (he) (shakeit), משקיט (mash'keet)
• Hindi: शान्त (hi) (śānt), शांत (hi) (śānt), प्रशांत (hi) m (praśānt)
• Icelandic: friðsæll (is), kyrrlátur, kyrr (is)
• Italian: pacifico (it)
• Japanese: 平和な (ja) (heiwa na), 平静な (ja) (heisei na), 穏やかな (ja) (odayaka na)
• Latin: pācifer
• Macedonian: ми́рен (míren), сми́рен (smíren), спо́коен (spókoen)
• Portuguese: pacífico (pt), tranqüilo (pt)
• Spanish: pacífico (es)
• Walloon: påjhire (wa), påjhûle (wa)

preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence — see also peaceful

• Armenian: խաղաղասեր (hy) (xaġaġaser)
• Belarusian: міралюбі́вы (miraljubívy)
• Bulgarian: миролюбив (bg) (miroljubiv)
• French: pacifique (fr)
• German: friedlich (de)
• Japanese: 穏和な (ja) (onwa na), 穏やかな (ja) (odayaka na), 平和主義的な (ja) (heiwa shugiteki na), 非暴力の (hi bōryoku no)
• Macedonian: миро́љубив (miróljubiv)
• Russian: миролюби́вый (ru) (miroljubívyj)
• Spanish: pacífico (es)
• Ukrainian: миролю́бний (myroljúbnyj)

Romanian

Alternative forms

• пачифик (pacific) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pacificus or French pacifique or Italian pacifico.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈt͡ʃi.fik/
• Rhymes: -ifik
• Hyphenation: pa‧ci‧fic

Adjective

pacific m or n (feminine singular pacifică, masculine plural pacifici, feminine/neuter plural pacifice)

1. peaceable, peaceful

Declension

Declension of pacific

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	pacific		pacifică	pacifici	pacifice
	definite	pacificul		pacifica	pacificii	pacificele
genitive- dative	indefinite	pacific		pacifice	pacifici	pacifice
	definite	pacificului		pacificei	pacificilor	pacificelor

Further reading

• “pacific”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026