peace
pronunciation
How to pronounce peace in British English:
UK [piːs]
How to pronounce peace in American English:
US [piːs]
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- Noun:
- the state prevailing during the absence of war
- harmonious relations; freedom from disputes
- the absence of mental stress or anxiety
- the general security of public places
- a treaty to cease hostilities
Word Origin
- peace
- peace: [12] The etymological notion underlying peace is of ‘fastening’, so as to achieve a ‘stable’ condition. The word comes via Anglo-Norman pes from Latin pāx ‘peace’, which was derived from the same base, *pāk- ‘fasten’, as lies behind English pact, and is closely related to pagan, page, pale ‘stake’, and pole ‘stick’. Derivatives of Latin pāx or its Old French descendant to reach English include appease [16], pacific [16], pacify [15], and pay.=> appease, pacific, pact, pagan, pale, pay, pole
- peace (n.)
- mid-12c., "freedom from civil disorder," from Anglo-French pes, Old French pais "peace, reconciliation, silence, permission" (11c., Modern French paix), from Latin pacem (nominative pax) "compact, agreement, treaty of peace, tranquility, absence of war" (source of Provençal patz, Spanish paz, Italian pace), from PIE *pag-/*pak- "fasten," related to pacisci "to covenant or agree" (see pact). Replaced Old English frið, also sibb, which also meant "happiness." Modern spelling is 1500s, reflecting vowel shift. Sense in peace of mind is from c. 1200. Used in various greetings from c. 1300, from Biblical Latin pax, Greek eirene, which were used by translators to render Hebrew shalom, properly "safety, welfare, prosperity." Sense of "quiet" is attested by 1300; meaning "absence or cessation of war or hostility" is attested from c. 1300. As a type of hybrid tea rose (developed 1939 in France by François Meilland), so called from 1944. Native American peace pipe is first recorded 1760. Peace-officer attested from 1714. Peace offering is from 1530s. Phrase peace with honor first recorded 1607 (in "Coriolanus"). The U.S. Peace Corps was set up March 1, 1962. Peace sign, both the hand gesture and the graphic, attested from 1968.
Synonym
comradeship friendship amity concordance amicableness harmoniousness consonance oneness friendliness harmony accord unity goodwill concord rapport brotherhood
inactivity stillness silence hush peaceability motionlessness quiet peacefulness still quietude restfulness
Antonym
Example
- 1. Apparently , the u.s. and e.u. can promote peace and business at the same time .
- 2. I cannot make peace without you .
- 3. Finding peace and quiet had always been impossible .
- 4. The republic has been at peace ever since .
- 5. Find your inner peace . It is the beginning .