English Online Dictionary. What means pace? What does pace mean?
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)
- Step.
- A step taken with the foot. [from 14th c.]
- The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements. [from 14th c.]
- Way of stepping.
- A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet. [from 14th c.]
- Any of various gaits of a horse, specifically a 2-beat, lateral gait. [from 15th c.]
- A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet. [from 14th c.]
- Speed or velocity in general. [from 15th c.]
- (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.]
- (collective) A group of donkeys.
- (obsolete) Passage, route.
- (obsolete) One's journey or route. [14th–18th c.]
- (obsolete) A passage through difficult terrain; a mountain pass or route vulnerable to ambush etc. [14th–17th c.]
- (obsolete) An aisle in a church. [15th–19th c.]
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
pace (not comparable)
- (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)
- To walk back and forth in a small distance.
- To set the speed in a race. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- 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
- (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)
- Easter.
Derived terms
- pace egg
References
Anagrams
- APEC, CAPE, Cape, EAPC, EPAC, EPCA, PECA, cape
Esperanto
Etymology
paco + -e
Pronunciation
Adverb
pace
- peacefully
Galician
Verb
pace
- third-person singular present indicative of pacer
- second-person singular imperative of pacer
Interlingua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpa.tse/
Noun
pace (uncountable)
- 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)
- peace
Adverb
pace
- (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
- ablative singular of pāx (“peace”)
Middle English
Verb
pace
- proceed; go forward
- 1387-1410, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue
- 1387-1410, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue
Pali
Alternative forms
Verb
pace
- first-person singular present/imperative middle of pacati (“to cook”)
- singular optative active of pacati (“to cook”)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpa.t͡sɛ/
- Rhymes: -at͡sɛ
- Syllabification: pa‧ce
Noun
pace m anim
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of pac
Noun
pace f
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of paca
Noun
pace f
- 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)
- peace
- Antonym: război
Declension
Derived terms
- pașnic
Related terms
- împăca
See also
- liniște
Spanish
Verb
pace
- inflection of pacer:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English pees, from Anglo-Norman peis, from Latin pax.
Noun
pace
- peace
References
- Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 114