# peace
## English

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### 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 friþ.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: pēs, IPA: /piːs/
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* Rhymes: -iːs
* Homophone: piece

### Noun

peace (usually uncountable, plural peaces)
* A state of tranquility, quiet, and harmony; absence of violence.
    Synonyms: (poetic) frith; see also Thesaurus:calm
    Antonyms: disruption, violence
** 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.
    Our lounge strives to maintain an environment of peace for the comfort of our customers.
* A state free of oppressive and unpleasant thoughts and emotions.
    The safety equipment will give me some peace of mind.
* (figuratively, euphemistic) Death.
** 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XXXIV, page 53:’Twere best at once to sink to peace, ⁠Like birds the charming serpent draws, ⁠To drop head-foremost in the jaws Of vacant darkness and to cease.
* Harmony in personal relations.
* A state free of war, in particular war between different countries.
    Antonyms: war, violence
** 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.
** 1993, Mark Berry as "King Harkinian", a character in Animation Magic, Link: The Faces of Evil, Philips Interactive Media (publ.).
    My boy, this peace is what all true warriors strive for.
** 1996, Oliver Lindsay, Once a Grenadier: The Grenadier Guards 1945-1995, page 374:An uneasy peace descended upon Northern Ireland when the IRA agreed to a ceasefire in August 1994.
** 2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. […] One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful.
    May there be peace in our time.

#### Derived terms

* at peace
* at peace with
* breach of the peace
* Carthaginian peace
* disturb the peace
* dove of peace
* 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
* no peace for the weary
* officer of the peace
* peaceable
* peace and quiet
* peace belt
* peace be upon her
* peace be upon him
* peace be with you
* peace bond
* peacebreaker
* peacebuilding
* peace camp
* Peace Corps
* peace dividend
* peace dollar
* peace establishment
* peace for our time
* peaceful
* Peacehaven
* peace in our time
* peacekeeper
* peacekeeping
* peaceless
* peacelessness
* peace lily
* peace line
* peace-loving
* peacemaker
* peacemaking
* peace march
* peacemonger
* peacenik
* peace-nik
* peace offering
* peace officer
* peace of mind
* peace order
* peace out
* peace pill
* peace pipe
* peace process
* Peace River
* peace sign
* peace silk
* peace symbol
* peace talk
* peace talks
* peace that passes all understanding
* peace that passes understanding
* peace that passeth all understanding
* peace that passeth understanding
* peace through strength
* peace time
* peacetime
* peace treaty
* peace wall
* peace which passes all understanding
* peace which passes understanding
* peace which passeth all understanding
* peace which passeth understanding
* peace work
* peace worker
* pipe of peace
* piping times of peace
* Prince of Peace
* queen's peace
* religion of peace
* rest in peace
* RIP in peace
* R.I.P. in peace
* separate peace
* sleep in heavenly peace
* speak now or forever hold your peace
* swear the peace
* wand of peace
* we come in peace
* white peace
* world peace
English terms starting with “peace”

#### Related terms

* pacific
* pacify
* pacification
* pacifism
* pacifist

#### Translations

Afrikaans: kalmte, stilte, harmonie, vreedsaamheid, rustigheid
Aghwan: 𐔰𐕚𐔰𐕌 (asam)
Akkadian: 𒁲 m (šulmum)
Albanian: paqe (sq) f
Amharic: ሰላም (sälam)
Arabic: سَلَام (ar) m (salām), هُدُوء m (hudūʔ), أَمْن m (ʔamn)
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܫܝܢܐ m (šaynā)
Armenian: խաղաղություն (hy) (xaġaġutʻyun)
Assamese: শান্তি (xanti)
Asturian: paz f
Azerbaijani: sülh (az)
Bashkir: тыныслыҡ (tınıslıq)
Belarusian: мір m (mir), спако́й (be) m (spakój)
Belizean Creole: pees
Bengali: শান্তি (bn) (śanti)
Bikol Central: katoninongan (bcl)
Bulgarian: тишина́ (bg) f (tišiná), споко́йствие (bg) n (spokójstvie)
Burmese: ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး (my) (ngrim:hkyam:re:)
Burushaski: سڅمݵی
Carpathian Rusyn: мір m (mir)
Catalan: pau (ca) f
Cebuano: kalinaw
Chechen: машар (mašar)
Chichewa: mtendere
Chickasaw: nanna ayya
Chinese:
Cantonese: 和平 (wo$^4$ ping$^4$)
Dungan: хәпин (həpin), тэпин (tepin)
Eastern Min: 和平 (huò-bìng)
Hakka: 和平 (fò-phìn)
Hokkien: 和平 (zh-min-nan) (hô-pîng), 平靜 / 平静 (pîng-tsīng), 治安 (zh-min-nan) (tī-an)
Mandarin: 和平 (zh) (hépíng), 平靜 / 平静 (zh) (píngjìng), 治安 (zh) (zhì'ān)
Wu: 和平 ($^6$wu-bin)
Chuukese: kinamwe
Coptic: ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ (eirēnē)
Cornish: kres m
Czech: pokoj (cs) m
Danish: fred (da) c, ro (da) c
Dutch: rust (nl) f, vrede (nl) f
Egyptian: (ḥtp), (ḥtpw m)
Elfdalian: frið m
Esperanto: paco (eo)
Estonian: rahu (et)
Extremaduran: pas
Faroese: friður (fo) m
Finnish: rauha (fi), hiljaisuus (fi)
Franco-Provençal: pèx f
French: paix (fr) f
Friulian: pâs f
Galician: paz (gl) f
Georgian: სიმშვიდე (simšvide), მშვიდობა (mšvidoba)
German: Ruhe (de) f, Frieden (de) m
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌹 n (gawairþi)
Greek: ησυχία (el) f (isychía), γαλήνη (el) f (galíni), ηρεμία (el) f (iremía), ειρήνη (el) f (eiríni)
Ancient: εἰρήνη f (eirḗnē), ἡσυχία f (hēsukhía)
Greenlandic: eqqissineq
Hausa: lumana (ha) f
Hawaiian: maluhia, malu, laʻi
Hebrew: שָׁלוֹם (he) m (shalóm)
Higaonon: kalinaw
Hindi: शांति (hi) f (śānti), अमन (hi) m (aman), क़रार m (qarār), सुकून (hi) m (sukūn), सलामत (hi) f (salāmat), चैन (hi) m (cain), आराम (hi) m (ārām), सुकूनत (hi) (sukūnat)
Hungarian: nyugalom (hu), béke (hu)
Icelandic: friður (is) m
Ido: paco (io)
Igbo: ùdo (ig)
Indonesian: damai (id), kedamaian (id), keamanan (id)
Ingrian: rauha
Interlingua: pace (ia)
Irish: síth 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)
Javanese: tentrem (jv)
Kabyle: Afra
Karachay-Balkar: мамырлыкъ (mamırlıq)
Kazakh: бейбітшілік (kk) (beibıtşılık)
Khmer: ក្រសាន (krɑsaan), ធ្យាន (km) (thyiən)
Korean: 평안(平安) (ko) (pyeong'an), 평화(平和) (ko) (pyeonghwa), 안녕(安寧) (ko) (annyeong), 평정(平靜) (ko) (pyeongjeong)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئاشتی (ckb) (aştî)
Northern Kurdish: hastbiyayiş, aştî (ku) f
Kyrgyz: тынчтык (ky) (tınctık)
Ladin: pesc
Ladino:
Roman: paz f
Lao: ສັນຕິພາບ (lo) (san ti phāp)
Latgalian: mīrs
Latin: pax (la) f
Latvian: miers m
Lithuanian: taika (lt) f
Lombard: pas (lmo) f, paas
Macedonian: мир (mk) m (mir), спокојство n (spokojstvo)
Malay: aman (ms), damai (ms), kedamaian (ms), keamanan (ms)
Maltese: paċi, sliem
Mandinka: kera
Manx: shee
Maori: āio, whakaaio rokihau, rongomau
Maranao: kalilintad
Marathi: शांती f (śāntī)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: тайван (mn) (tajvan)
Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠶᠢᠪᠤᠩ (tayibung)
Nanticoke: eweenetu
Nauruan: iow (na)
Navajo: hodéezyéél
Nepali: शान्ति (śānti)
Norman: paix
Northern Sami: ráfi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fred (no) m, stillhet (no) m or f, ro (no) m or f
Nynorsk: fred m, stillheit f, ro f
Occitan: patz (oc) f
Odia: ଶାନ୍ତି (or) (śānti)
Old English: smyltnes f, stilnes f, friþ n
Oromo: nagaa
Pangasinan: kareenan
Pannonian Rusyn: мир m (mir)
Papiamentu: pas
Persian:
Iranian Persian: آشْتی (âšti), صُلْح (solh), آرامِش (ârâmeš)
Polish: spokój (pl) m inan, pokój (pl) m inan (obsolete), mir (pl) (archaic)
Pontic Greek: ραχάτιν (rachátin)
Portuguese: paz (pt) f
Punjabi: ਅਮਨ (pa) m (aman)
Rohingya: cánti
Romanian: pace (ro) f
Russian: мир (ru) m (mir), поко́й (ru) m (pokój), споко́йствие (ru) n (spokójstvije)
Rwanda-Rundi: amahoro class 6
Sami:
Kildin Sami: сэ̄гк (sēgk), сэ̄гкесьвудт (sēgkjes’vudt), а̄ййв (ājjv)
Sanskrit: शान्ति (sa) f (śānti)
Scottish Gaelic: sìth f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ми̑р m, споко́јство n, спо̀кој m
Roman: mȋr (sh) m, spokójstvo (sh) n, spòkoj (sh) m
Shona: runyararo
Sicilian: paci (scn) f
Sinhalese: සාමය (sāmaya)
Skolt Sami: rääuh
Slovak: pokoj m
Slovene: mir (sl) m
Somali: nabad
Spanish: paz (es) f, sosiego (es) m
Sranan Tongo: freide
Swahili: amani (sw)
Swedish: frid (sv) c, lugn (sv) n, ro (sv) c
Tagalog: kapayapaan
Tajik: оштӣ (ošti), сулҳ (tg) (sulh), оромиш (tg) (oromiš)
Telugu: శాంతి (te) (śānti)
Thai: เงียบ (th) (ngîiap)
Tibetan: ཞི་བདེ (zhi bde), ཞི་བ (zhi ba)
Tigrinya: ሰላም (sälam)
Tok Pisin: gutpela taim
Tswana: lodule
Turkish: barış (tr), sulh (tr), huzur (tr)
Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎍𐎎 (šlm)
Ukrainian: спокі́й m (spokíj), мир (uk) m (myr)
Urdu: اَمَن m (aman), سُکُون m (sukūn), صُلْح f (sulh), آشْتی (ur) f (āśtī), سَلام m (salām), سَلامَت f (salāmat), چَین m (cain), قَرار m (qarār), سَلامْتِی f (salāmtī), سُکُوت m (sukūt), شانْتی f (śāntī)
Uyghur: سۈلھ (sülh)
Uzbek: tinchlik (uz), sulh (uz)
Venetan: paxe f
Vietnamese: hoà bình (vi) (和平), thái bình (vi) (太平), bình an (vi), bình yên (vi) (平安)
Walloon: påye (wa) f, påjhûlisté (wa)
Welsh: heddwch m, llonydd (cy), llonyddwch (cy) m
Yagnobi: оштӣ (ošti)
Yoruba: àlàáfíà
Yucatec Maya: ets'a'an óolal
Zazaki: werê, umes c, uste
Zulu: uxolo (zu) class 11, ukuthula (zu) class 15 :
Afrikaans: vrede (af)
Amharic: ሰላም (sälam)
Arabic: هُدُوء m (hudūʔ)
Armenian: խաղաղություն (hy) (xaġaġutʻyun)
Asturian: paz f
Bashkir: тыныслыҡ (tınıslıq)
Bikol Central: katoninongan (bcl)
Bulgarian: мир (bg) m (mir)
Burmese: ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး (my) (ngrim:hkyam:re:)
Catalan: pau (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 平靜 / 平静 (zh) (píngjìng)
Czech: klid (cs) m, pokoj (cs)
Danish: sindsro c, sjælefred c
Dutch: rust (nl) f, vrede met zichzelf f
Egyptian: (ḥtpw m)
Esperanto: paco (eo)
Extremaduran: pas
Faroese: friður (fo) m
Finnish: rauha (fi), mielenrauha (fi), rauhallisuus (fi)
Franco-Provençal: pèx f
French: paix (fr) f, tranquillité (fr) f
Friulian: pâs f
Galician: paz (gl) f
Georgian: სიმშვიდე (simšvide)
German: Ruhe (de) f, Frieden (de) m
Greek: ησυχία (el) f (isychía), ηρεμία (el) f (iremía)
Hawaiian: maluhia, malu, laʻi
Hebrew: שַׁלְוָה (he) f (shalvá)
Hungarian: békesség (hu), nyugalom (hu)
Icelandic: friður (is) m
Indonesian: kedamaian (id), ketenangan (id)
Interlingua: pace (ia)
Irish: suaimhneas 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) (thyiən)
Korean: 평정(平靜) (ko) (pyeongjeong)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئاشتی (ckb) (aştî)
Northern Kurdish: aştî (ku) f
Ladino:
Roman: paz f
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: pax (la) f
Lithuanian: ramybė f
Macedonian: спокојство n (spokojstvo), спокој m (spokoj)
Malay: kedamaian (ms), ketenangan
Manx: shee
Maori: rangimārie
Marathi: शांती f (śāntī), सुखशांती f (sukhśāntī)
Navajo: áchʼįʼ hózhǫ́
Ngazidja Comorian: usalama
Ojibwe: waanakiwide'ewin, bizaanide'ewin
Old English: sibb f, smyltnes f
Persian:
Iranian Persian: آرامِش (ârâmeš)
Polish: spokój (pl) m inan
Portuguese: paz (pt) f
Romanian: pace (ro) f, liniște (ro) f
Russian: поко́й (ru) m (pokój)
Sami:
Kildin Sami: сэ̄гк (sēgk), сэ̄гкесьвудт (sēgkjes’vudt), а̄ййв (ājjv), юэв (juev)
Scottish Gaelic: sìth f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: спо̀кој m
Roman: spòkoj (sh) m
Sinhalese: ෂාන්ත (ṣānta)
Slovak: pokoj m
Spanish: paz (es) f
Swahili: amani (sw)
Swedish: sinnesfrid (sv) c, sinneslugn n, sinnesro (sv) c
Telugu: ప్రశాంతత (te) (praśāntata)
Thai: ความมักน้อย
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: huzur (tr)
Vietnamese: yên tĩnh (vi)
Welsh: tawelwch (meddwl), tangnefedd (cy)
Zazaki: amos :
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### Interjection

peace
* (archaic) Shut up!, silence!; be quiet, be silent.
** 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:“Hark!” said the old woman, triumphantly. “I hear a step coming. […] Do you hear him?” “I believe you are right, mother,” replied Alice, in a low voice. “Peace! open the door.”
** 1882, Mark Twain, chapter 6, in The Prince and the Pauper:"Peace, my lord, thou utterest treason! Hast forgot the king's command? Remember I am party to thy crime, if I but listen."
* (slang) Peace out; goodbye.

### Verb

peace (third-person singular simple present peaces, present participle peacing, simple past and past participle peaced)
* 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.
* (slang) To peace out.
** 2012, Jens Lapidus, Easy Money:Fuck, man. Yeah, I know. He crashed with this guy, Eddie. Then the cops called me in. That's when he peaced. I swear on my father's grave, I don't know where he went. I swear.

### Further reading

Wikiversity
* “peace”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “peace”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.