English Online Dictionary. What means peace? What does peace mean?
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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. Displaced native Old English sibb and friþ.
Pronunciation
- enPR: pēs, IPA(key): /piːs/
- 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
- A state free of oppressive and unpleasant thoughts and emotions.
- (figuratively, euphemistic) Death.
- 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.).
Derived terms
English terms starting with “peace”
Related terms
- pacific
- pacify
- pacification
- pacifism
- pacifist
Translations
Interjection
peace
- (archaic) Shut up!, silence!; be quiet, be silent.
- (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.
- (slang) To peace out.
Further reading
Wikiversity
- “peace”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “peace”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.