Pacific
pronunciation
How to pronounce Pacific in British English:
UK [pəˈsɪfɪk]
How to pronounce Pacific in American English:
US [pəˈsɪfɪk]
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- Adjective:
- promoting peace
- disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature
Word Origin
- pacific
- pacific: see peace
- pacific (adj.)
- 1540s, "tending to make peace," from Middle French pacifique, from Latin pacificus "peaceful, peace-making," from pax (genitive pacis) "peace" (see peace) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Meaning "peaceful, calm" is first recorded 1630s. Related: Pacifical (mid-15c.); pacifically.