pace

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English

Etymology 1

From Middle English pase, from Anglo-Norman pas, Old French pas, and their source, Latin passus. Doublet of pas and fathom; compare also pass. Cognate with Spanish pasear.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /peɪs/
• Rhymes: -eɪs

Noun

pace (plural paces)

1. A step.
   1. A step taken with the foot. [from 14th c.]
   2. The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements. [from 14th c.]

2. A way of stepping.
   1. A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet. [from 14th c.]
   2. Any of various gaits of a horse, specifically a 2-beat, lateral gait. [from 15th c.]
3. Speed or velocity in general. [from 15th c.]
4. (cricket) A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing. [from 19th c.]
5. (collective) A group of donkeys.
6. (obsolete) A passage, a route.
   1. (obsolete) One's journey or route. [14th–18th c.]
   2. (obsolete) A passage through difficult terrain; a mountain pass or route vulnerable to ambush etc. [14th–17th c.]
   3. (obsolete) An aisle in a church. [15th–19th c.]

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

pace (not comparable)

1. (cricket) Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.

Verb

pace (third-person singular simple present paces, present participle pacing, simple past and past participle paced)

1. To walk back and forth in a small distance.
2. To set the speed in a race. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. To measure by walking.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin pāce (“in peace”), ablative form of pāx (“peace”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpætʃeɪ/, /ˈpɑːtʃeɪ/, /ˈpeɪsiː/

Preposition

pace

1. (formal) With all due respect to.

Usage notes

Used when expressing a contrary opinion, in formal speech or writing.

Translations

Etymology 3

Alteration of archaic Pasch.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /peɪs/

Noun

pace (plural paces)

1. Easter.

Derived terms

• pace egg

References

Anagrams

• APEC, CAPE, Cape, EAPC, EPAC, EPCA, PECA, cape

Esperanto

Etymology

paco +‎ -e

Pronunciation

Adverb

pace

1. peacefully

Galician

Verb

pace

1. inflection of pacer:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.tse/

Noun

pace (uncountable)

1. peace

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pācem (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -atʃe
• Hyphenation: pà‧ce

Noun

pace f (plural paci)

1. peace

Adverb

pace

1. (colloquial) peace be with you; that's it; end of the story

   pace e amen ― peace be with you and amen

Related terms

Anagrams

• cape

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpaː.ke/, [ˈpäːkɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.t͡ʃe/, [ˈpäːt͡ʃe]

Noun

pāce f

1. ablative singular of pāx (“peace”)

Middle English

Verb

pace

1. proceed; go forward
   • 1387-1410, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

pace

1. first-person singular present/imperative middle of pacati (“to cook”)
2. singular optative active of pacati (“to cook”)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.t͡sɛ/
• Rhymes: -at͡sɛ
• Syllabification: pa‧ce

Noun

pace m animal

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of pac

Noun

pace f

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of paca

Noun

pace f

1. dative/locative singular of paka

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pācem, accusative of pāx (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-.

Pronunciation

Noun

pace f (uncountable)

1. peace

   Antonym: război

Declension

Derived terms

• pașnic

Related terms

• împăca

See also

• liniște

Spanish

Verb

pace

1. inflection of pacer:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English pees, from Anglo-Norman peis, from Latin pax.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːs/
• Homophone: peece

Noun

pace

1. peace

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114