peace

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Peace

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/
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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
- 2001, Carol Stream, Unshaken:
  Naomi boasted in nothing but the God of Israel. And she found peace even in the midst of chaos when she went to Him in prayer.
Our lounge strives to maintain an environment of peace for the comfort of our customers.
A state free of oppressive and unpleasant thoughts and emotions.
The safety equipment will give me some peace of mind.
(figuratively, euphemistic) Death.
- 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XXXIV, page 53:
  ’Twere best at once to sink to peace,
  ⁠Like birds the charming serpent draws,
  ⁠To drop head-foremost in the jaws
  Of vacant darkness and to cease.
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.).
  My boy, this peace is what all true warriors strive for.
- 1996, Oliver Lindsay, Once a Grenadier: The Grenadier Guards 1945-1995, page 374:
  An uneasy peace descended upon Northern Ireland when the IRA agreed to a ceasefire in August 1994.
- 2013 July 20, “Old soldiers?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
  Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. […] One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful.
May there be peace in our time.

Derived terms

English terms starting with “peace”

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Translations

tranquility, quiet, harmony; absence of violence

Afrikaans: kalmte, stilte, harmonie, vreedsaamheid, rustigheid
Aghwan: 𐔰𐕚𐔰𐕌 (asam)
Akkadian: 𒁲 m (šulmum)
Albanian: paqe (sq) f
Amharic: ሰላም (sälam)
Arabic: سَلَام (ar) m (salām), هُدُوء m (hudūʔ), أَمْن m (ʔamn)
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܫܝܢܐ m (šaynā)
Armenian: խաղաղություն (hy) (xaġaġutʻyun)
Assamese: শান্তি (xanti)
Asturian: paz f
Azerbaijani: sülh (az)
Bashkir: тыныслыҡ (tınıslıq)
Belarusian: мір m (mir), спако́й (be) m (spakój)
Belizean Creole: pees
Bengali: শান্তি (bn) (śanti)
Bikol Central: katoninongan (bcl)
Bulgarian: тишина́ (bg) f (tišiná), споко́йствие (bg) n (spokójstvie)
Burmese: ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး (my) (ngrim:hkyam:re:)
Burushaski: سڅمݵی
Carpathian Rusyn: мір m (mir)
Catalan: pau (ca) f
Cebuano: kalinaw
Chechen: машар (mašar)
Chichewa: mtendere
Chickasaw: nanna ayya
Chinese:
Cantonese: 和平 (wo⁴ ping⁴)

Dungan: хәпин (həpin), тэпин (tepin)

Eastern Min: 和平 (huò-bìng)

Hakka: 和平 (fò-phìn)

Hokkien: 和平 (zh-min-nan) (hô-pîng), 平靜 / 平静 (pîng-tsīng), 治安 (zh-min-nan) (tī-an)

Mandarin: 和平 (zh) (hépíng), 平靜 / 平静 (zh) (píngjìng), 治安 (zh) (zhì'ān)

Wu: 和平 (⁶wu-bin)
Chuukese: kinamwe
Coptic: ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ (eirēnē)
Cornish: kres m
Czech: pokoj (cs) m
Danish: fred (da) c, ro (da) c
Dutch: rust (nl) f, vrede (nl) f
Egyptian:

(ḥtp),

(ḥtpw m)
Elfdalian: frið m
Esperanto: paco (eo)
Estonian: rahu (et)
Extremaduran: pas
Faroese: friður (fo) m
Finnish: rauha (fi), hiljaisuus (fi)
French: paix (fr) f
Friulian: pâs f
Galician: paz (gl) f
Georgian: სიმშვიდე (simšvide), მშვიდობა (mšvidoba)
German: Ruhe (de) f, Frieden (de) m
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌹 n (gawairþi)
Greek: ησυχία (el) f (isychía), γαλήνη (el) f (galíni), ηρεμία (el) f (iremía), ειρήνη (el) f (eiríni)
Ancient: εἰρήνη f (eirḗnē), ἡσυχία f (hēsukhía)
Greenlandic: eqqissineq
Hausa: lumana (ha) f
Hawaiian: maluhia, malu, laʻi
Hebrew: שלום \ שָׁלוֹם (he) m (shalóm)
Higaonon: kalinaw
Hindi: शांति (hi) f (śānti), अमन (hi) m (aman), क़रार m (qarār), सुकून (hi) m (sukūn), सलामत (hi) f (salāmat), चैन (hi) m (cain), आराम (hi) m (ārām), सुकूनत (hi) (sukūnat)
Hungarian: nyugalom (hu), béke (hu)
Icelandic: friður (is) m
Ido: paco (io)
Igbo: ùdo (ig)
Indonesian: damai (id), kedamaian (id), keamanan (id)
Ingrian: rauha
Interlingua: pace (ia)
Irish: síth f
Italian: pace (it) f
Japanese: 平和 (ja) (へいわ, heiwa), 平静 (ja) (へいせい, heisei), 平安 (ja) (へいあん, heian)
Javanese: tentrem (jv)
Kabyle: Afra
Karachay-Balkar: мамырлыкъ (mamırlıq)
Kazakh: бейбітшілік (kk) (beibıtşılık)
Khmer: ក្រសាន (krɑsaan), ធ្យាន (km) (thyiən)
Korean: 평안(平安) (ko) (pyeong'an), 평화(平和) (ko) (pyeonghwa), 안녕(安寧) (ko) (annyeong), 평정(平靜) (ko) (pyeongjeong)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئاشتی (ckb) (aştî)

Northern Kurdish: hastbiyayiş, aştî (ku) f
Kyrgyz: тынчтык (ky) (tınctık)
Ladin: pesc
Ladino:
Roman: paz f
Lao: ສັນຕິພາບ (lo) (san ti phāp)
Latgalian: mīrs
Latin: pax (la) f
Latvian: miers m
Lithuanian: taika (lt) f
Lombard: pas (lmo) f, paas
Macedonian: мир (mk) m (mir), спокојство n (spokojstvo)
Malay: aman (ms), damai (ms), kedamaian (ms), keamanan (ms)
Maltese: paċi, sliem
Mandinka: kera
Manx: shee
Maori: rokihau, rongomau, whakaaio
Maranao: kalilintad
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: тайван (mn) (tajvan)

Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠶᠢᠪᠤᠩ (tayibung)
Nanticoke: eweenetu
Nauruan: iow (na)
Navajo: hodéezyéél
Nepali: शान्ति (śānti)
Norman: paix
Northern Sami: ráfi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fred (no) m, stillhet (no) m or f, ro (no) m or f

Nynorsk: fred m, stillheit f, ro f
Occitan: patz (oc) f
Odia: ଶାନ୍ତି (or) (śānti)
Old English: ^{(please verify)} smyltnes f, stilnes f, friþ n
Oromo: nagaa
Pangasinan: kareenan
Pannonian Rusyn: мир m (mir)
Papiamentu: pas
Persian:
Iranian Persian: آشْتی (âšti), صُلْح (solh), آرامِش (ârâmeš)
Polish: spokój (pl) m inan, pokój (pl) m inan (obsolete), mir (pl) (archaic)
Pontic Greek: ραχάτιν (rachátin)
Portuguese: paz (pt) f
Punjabi: ਅਮਨ (pa) m (aman)
Rohingya: cánti
Romanian: pace (ro) f
Russian: мир (ru) m (mir), поко́й (ru) m (pokój), споко́йствие (ru) n (spokójstvije)
Rwanda-Rundi: amahoro class 6
Sami:
Kildin Sami: сэ̄гк (sēgk), сэ̄гкесьвудт (sēgkjes’vudt), а̄ййв (ājjv)
Sanskrit: शान्ति (sa) f (śānti)
Scottish Gaelic: sìth f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ми̑р m, споко́јство n, спо̀кој m

Roman: mȋr (sh) m, spokójstvo (sh) n, spòkoj (sh) m
Shona: runyararo
Sicilian: paci (scn) f
Sinhalese: සාමය (sāmaya)
Skolt Sami: rääuh
Slovak: pokoj m
Slovene: mir (sl) m
Somali: nabad
Spanish: paz (es) f, sosiego (es) m
Sranan Tongo: freide
Swahili: amani (sw)
Swedish: frid (sv) c, lugn (sv) n, ro (sv) c
Tagalog: kapayapaan
Tajik: оштӣ (ošti), сулҳ (tg) (sulh), оромиш (tg) (oromiš)
Telugu: శాంతి (te) (śānti)
Thai: เงียบ (th) (ngîiap)
Tibetan: ཞི་བདེ (zhi bde), ཞི་བ (zhi ba)
Tigrinya: ሰላም (sälam)
Tok Pisin: gutpela taim
Tswana: lodule
Turkish: barış (tr), sulh (tr), huzur (tr)
Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎍𐎎 (šlm)
Ukrainian: спокі́й m (spokíj), мир (uk) m (myr)
Urdu: اَمَن m (aman), سُکُون m (sukūn), صُلْح f (sulh), آشْتی (ur) f (āśtī), سَلام m (salām), سَلامَت f (salāmat), چَین m (cain), قَرار m (qarār), سَلامْتِی f (salāmtī), سُکُوت m (sukūt), شانْتی f (śāntī)
Uyghur: سۈلھ (sülh)
Uzbek: tinchlik (uz), sulh (uz)
Venetan: paxe f
Vietnamese: hoà bình (vi) (和平), thái bình (vi) (太平), bình an (vi), bình yên (vi) (平安)
Walloon: påye (wa) f, påjhûlisté (wa)
Welsh: heddwch m, llonydd (cy), llonyddwch (cy) m
Yagnobi: оштӣ (ošti)
Yoruba: àlàáfíà
Yucatec Maya: ets'a'an óolal
Zazaki: werê, umes c, uste
Zulu: uxolo (zu) class 11, ukuthula (zu) class 15

state of mind

Afrikaans: vrede (af)
Amharic: ሰላም (sälam)
Arabic: هُدُوء m (hudūʔ)
Armenian: խաղաղություն (hy) (xaġaġutʻyun)
Asturian: paz f
Bashkir: тыныслыҡ (tınıslıq)
Bikol Central: katoninongan (bcl)
Bulgarian: мир (bg) m (mir)
Burmese: ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး (my) (ngrim:hkyam:re:)
Catalan: pau (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 平靜 / 平静 (zh) (píngjìng)
Czech: klid (cs) m, pokoj (cs)
Danish: sindsro c, sjælefred c
Dutch: rust (nl) f, vrede met zichzelf f
Egyptian:

(ḥtpw m)
Esperanto: paco (eo)
Extremaduran: pas
Finnish: rauha (fi), mielenrauha (fi), rauhallisuus (fi)
French: paix (fr) f, tranquillité (fr) f
Friulian: pâs f
Galician: paz (gl) f
Georgian: სიმშვიდე (simšvide)
German: Ruhe (de) f, Frieden (de) m
Greek: ησυχία (el) f (isychía), ηρεμία (el) f (iremía)
Hawaiian: maluhia, malu, laʻi
Hebrew: שלווה \ שַׁלְוָה (he) f (shalvá)
Hungarian: békesség (hu), nyugalom (hu)
Icelandic: friður (is) m
Indonesian: kedamaian (id), ketenangan (id)
Interlingua: pace (ia)
Irish: suaimhneas m
Italian: pace (it) f
Japanese: 平和 (ja) (へいわ, heiwa), 平静 (ja) (へいせい, heisei), 平安 (ja) (へいあん, heian)
Khmer: ធ្យាន (km) (thyiən)
Korean: 평정(平靜) (ko) (pyeongjeong)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئاشتی (ckb) (aştî)

Northern Kurdish: aştî (ku) f
Ladino:
Roman: paz f
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: pax (la) f
Lithuanian: ramybė f
Macedonian: спокојство n (spokojstvo), спокој m (spokoj)
Malay: kedamaian (ms), ketenangan
Manx: shee
Maori: rangimārie
Navajo: áchʼįʼ hózhǫ́
Ngazidja Comorian: usalama
Ojibwe: waanakiwide'ewin, bizaanide'ewin
Old English: sibb f, smyltnes f
Persian:
Iranian Persian: آرامِش (ârâmeš)
Polish: spokój (pl) m inan
Portuguese: paz (pt) f
Romanian: pace (ro) f, liniște (ro) f
Russian: поко́й (ru) m (pokój)
Sami:
Kildin Sami: сэ̄гк (sēgk), сэ̄гкесьвудт (sēgkjes’vudt), а̄ййв (ājjv), юэв (juev)
Scottish Gaelic: sìth f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: спо̀кој m

Roman: spòkoj (sh) m
Sinhalese: ෂාන්ත (ṣānta)
Slovak: pokoj m
Spanish: paz (es) f
Swahili: amani (sw)
Swedish: sinnesfrid (sv) c, sinneslugn n, sinnesro (sv) c
Telugu: ప్రశాంతత (te) (praśāntata)
Thai: ความมักน้อย
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: huzur (tr)
Vietnamese: yên tĩnh (vi)
Welsh: ^{(please verify)} tawelwch (meddwl), tangnefedd (cy)
Zazaki: amos

harmony; lack of conflict in personal relations

Afrikaans: vreedsaamheid
Akkadian: 𒁲 m (šulmum)
Alabama: ittimokla
Arabic: سَلَام (ar) m (salām)
Armenian: խաղաղություն (hy) (xaġaġutʻyun)
Asturian: paz f
Bashkir: татыулыҡ (tatıwlıq)
Bikol Central: katoninongan (bcl)
Burmese: ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး (my) (ngrim:hkyam:re:)
Catalan: pau (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 和睦相處 / 和睦相处 (zh) (hémù xiāngchǔ)
Czech: klid (cs) m
Esperanto: paco (eo)
Extremaduran: pas
Finnish: rauha (fi), harmonia (fi)
French: paix (fr) f
Galician: paz (gl) f
German: Frieden (de) m
Greek: ηρεμία (el) f (iremía)
Hawaiian: maluhia
Hungarian: béke (hu), békesség (hu)
Icelandic: friður (is) m
Indonesian: kedamaian (id)
Ingrian: sopu
Interlingua: pace (ia)
Irish: síth f
Italian: pace (it), armonia (it) f
Japanese: 和睦 (ja) (わぼく, waboku), 和平 (ja) (わへい, wahei)
Kazakh: бейбітшілік (kk) (beibıtşılık)
Khmer: មោទកភាព (km) (mootĕəʼkaʼphiəp)
Korean: 화목(和睦) (ko) (hwamok)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: aştî (ku) f
Ladino:
Roman: paz f
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: pax (la) f
Luxembourgish: Fridden m
Maori: rangimārie
Navajo: kʼé
Northern Sami: ráfi
Old English: seht m or f, ġeþwǣrnes f
Persian:
Iranian Persian: آشْتی (âšti)
Polish: pokój (pl) m inan
Portuguese: paz (pt) f
Romanian: pace (ro) f, armonie (ro) f
Russian: мир (ru) m (mir)
Sami:
Kildin Sami: мырр (myrr), а̄ййв (ājjv)
Scottish Gaelic: sìth f
Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
Slovak: pokoj m
Spanish: paz (es) f
Swedish: frid (sv) c, harmoni (sv) c
Thai: สันติ (th) (sǎn-dtì)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Tok Pisin: gutpela taim
Turkish: huzur (tr)
Vietnamese: hòa bình (vi), hoà bình (vi)
Welsh: heddwch
Yiddish: שלום־בית m or n (sholem-bayes) (domestic)

state of being free from war

Abenaki: wlakamigen
Afar: wagari, amaan
Afrikaans: vrede (af)
Akan: asmondwoe
Albanian: paqe (sq) f
Amharic: ሰላም (sälam)
Arabic: سَلَام (ar) m (salām), صُلْح (ar) m (ṣulḥ), سِلْم (ar) m (silm)
Aragonese: paz
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܠܡܐ m (šlāmā)

Classical Syriac: ܫܠܡܐ m (šəlāmā)

Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: שְׁלָמָא m (šəlāmā)
Armenian: խաղաղություն (hy) (xaġaġutʻyun)
Assamese: শান্তি (xanti)
Asturian: paz f
Avestan: 𐬁𐬑𐬱𐬙𐬌 (āxšti)
Azerbaijani: sülh (az), barışıq
Bashkir: тыныслыҡ (tınıslıq)
Basque: bake
Belarusian: мір m (mir)
Bengali: শান্তি (bn) (śanti)
Bikol Central: katoninongan (bcl)
Bulgarian: мир (bg) m (mir)
Burmese: ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး (my) (ngrim:hkyam:re:)
Carpathian Rusyn: мір m (mir)
Catalan: pau (ca) f
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵍⵡⵉⵜ (talwit)
Chechen: машар (mašar)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 和平 (wo⁴ ping⁴)

Dungan: хәпин (həpin)

Eastern Min: 和平 (huò-bìng)

Hakka: 和平 (fò-phìn)

Hokkien: 和平 (zh-min-nan) (hô-pêng), 和平 (zh-min-nan) (hô͘-pêng)

Mandarin: 和平 (zh) (hépíng)

Wu: 和平 (⁶wu-bin)
Chukchi: амаравкэгыргын (amaravkėgyrgyn)
Crimean Tatar: sulh
Czech: mír (cs) m
Danish: fred (da) c
Dutch: vrede (nl) f, peis (nl) f (archaic)
Esperanto: paco (eo)
Estonian: rahu (et)
Extremaduran: pas
Finnish: rauha (fi)
French: paix (fr) f
Old French: pais f
Friulian: pâs f
Galician: paz (gl) f
Georgian: მშვიდობა (mšvidoba)
German: Frieden (de) m, Friede (de) m
Greek: ειρήνη (el) f (eiríni)
Ancient: εἰρήνη f (eirḗnē)
Gujarati: શાંતિ (gu) f (śā̃ti)
Hawaiian: maluhia
Hebrew: שלום \ שָׁלוֹם (he) m (shalóm)
Hindi: शांति (hi) f (śānti), अमन (hi) m (aman)
Hungarian: béke (hu)
Icelandic: friður (is) m, friðartími m
Ido: paco (io)
Indonesian: damai (id)
Ingrian: sopu
Interlingua: pace (ia)
Irish: síocháin f
Italian: pace (it) f
Japanese: 平和 (ja) (へいわ, heiwa)
Kannada: ಶಾಂತಿ (kn) (śānti)
Kazakh: бейбітшілік (kk) (beibıtşılık), тыныштық (tynyştyq)
Khmer: សន្តិភាព (km) (sɑntephiəp), សន្តិកាល (sɑnteʼ kaal)
Korean: 평화(平和) (ko) (pyeonghwa)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئاشتی (ckb) (aştî)

Northern Kurdish: aştî (ku) f
Kyrgyz: тынчтык (ky) (tınctık), татуулук (ky) (tatuuluk)
Ladino:
Roman: paz f
Lao: ສັນຕິພາບ (lo) (san ti phāp)
Latin: pax (la) f
Latvian: miers m
Lithuanian: taika (lt) f
Livonian: arm
Low German:
German Low German: Freden m, Freed m, Fräden m, Frääd m
Lü: ᦉᦳᧅᦉᦱᧈ (ṡukṡaa¹)
Macedonian: мир (mk) m (mir)
Malay: damai (ms)
Malayalam: സമാധാനം (ml) (samādhānaṁ)
Manx: shee
Maori: rokihau, rongomau, maungārongo, houhanga a rongo, whakaaio
Marathi: शांति (śānti)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: энх тайван (enx tajvan)
Navajo: hodéezyéél
Nepali: शान्ति (śānti)
Ngazidja Comorian: amani class 9/10
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fred (no) m

Nynorsk: fred m
Occitan: patz (oc) f
Ojibwe: bizaani'iwewin, bizaanendamowin
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: миръ m (mirŭ)

Glagolitic: ⰿⰹⱃⱏ m (mirŭ)
Old East Slavic: покои m (pokoi), миръ m (mirŭ)
Old English: friþ n, griþ n
Pali: sāma, santi f
Pangasinan: kareenan
Pashto: صلح (ps) f (solha), سوله (ps) f (sola)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: صُلْح (solh), آشْتی (âšti)
Polish: pokój (pl) m inan, mir (pl)
Portuguese: paz (pt) f
Punjabi: ਅਮਨ (pa) (aman), ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ (pa) (śāntī)
Romanian: pace (ro) f
Russian: мир (ru) m (mir)
Sami:
Kildin Sami: мырр (myrr), а̄ййв (ājjv)
Sanskrit: शान्ति (sa) f (śānti), अयुद्ध (sa) n (ayuddha)
Scottish Gaelic: sìth f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ми̑р m

Roman: mȋr (sh) m
Sicilian: paci (scn) f
Sinhalese: සාමය (sāmaya)
Slovak: mier m
Slovene: mir (sl) m
Sotho: (South Africa) kgotso (st), (Lesotho) khotso (st)
Southern Sami: raeffie
Spanish: paz (es) f
Swahili: amani (sw)
Swedish: fred (sv)
Tagalog: kapayapaan
Tajik: сулҳ (tg) (sulh), оштӣ (ošti)
Tamil: அமைதி (ta) (amaiti), சமாதானம் (ta) (camātāṉam)
Tatar: тынычлык (tt) (tınıçlıq)
Telugu: శాంతి (te) (śānti)
Thai: สันติภาพ (th) (sǎn-dtì-pâap), สันติ (th) (sǎn-dtì)
Tibetan: ཞི་བདེ (zhi bde)
Tigrinya: ሰላም (sälam)
Tok Pisin: gutpela taim
Tswana: kagiso
Turkish: barış (tr), sulh (tr)
Turkmen: parahatçylyk, rahatlyk, dyynçlyk
Ukrainian: мир (uk) m (myr)
Urdu: اَمَن m (aman)
Uyghur: سۈلھ (sülh)
Uzbek: tinchlik (uz), sulh (uz)
Venetan: paxe f
Vietnamese: hòa bình (vi), hoà bình (vi)
Volapük: püd (vo), lupüd (phoney, hollow)
Walloon: påye (wa) f
Welsh: heddwch
Yiddish: פֿרידן m (fridn), שלום m (sholem)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Ajië: ^{(please verify)} ta
Akan: ^{(please verify)} asomdwoe, ^{(please verify)} asomdwie, ^{(please verify)} asomdwee
Alabama: ^{(please verify)} ittimokla
Albanian: ^{(please verify)} paqe (sq)
Alemannic German: ^{(please verify)} fréda
Antillean Creole: ^{(please verify)} lapé
Avestan: ^{(please verify)} 𐬁𐬑𐬱𐬙𐬌 (āxšti), ^{(please verify)} 𐬭𐬁𐬨𐬀 (rāma)
Aymara: ^{(please verify)} moxsa kamaña, ^{(please verify)} hacana
Balinese: ^{(please verify)} shanti
Baluchi: ^{(please verify)} [script needed] (sala)
Bambara: ^{(please verify)} hèrè
Bari: ^{(please verify)} yukan
Basaa: ^{(please verify)} nsaŋ
Basque: ^{(please verify)} bake
Belarusian: ^{(please verify)} мір (mir)
Bemba: ^{(please verify)} mutenden, ^{(please verify)} mutende
Bengali: ^{(please verify)} ষান্তি (śanti), ^{(please verify)} শান্তি (bn) (śanti)
Blackfoot: ^{(please verify)} ᖱᖻᖱᒋᖱᔨ (innaihtsi'iyi')
Breton: ^{(please verify)} peoc'h (br) m
Bulu (Cameroon): ^{(please verify)} mvo'e
Burushaski: ^{(please verify)} aram
Carolinian: ^{(please verify)} gúnnammwey
Cebuano: ^{(please verify)} kalinaw
Central Tarahumara: ^{(please verify)} we kii'ri
Chechen: ^{(please verify)} машар (mašar)
Cherokee: ^{(please verify)} ᏅᏩᏙᎯᏯᏛ (nvwadohiyadv), ^{(please verify)} ᏙᎯᏱ (dohiyi)
Cheyenne: ^{(please verify)} nanomonsetotse
Chickasaw: ^{(please verify)} nanna'ayya
Choctaw: ^{(please verify)} achukma
Chukchi: ^{(please verify)} амаравкэвагыргын (amaravkevagyrgyn)
Comanche: ^{(please verify)} tsumukikatu
Corsican: ^{(please verify)} pace (co), ^{(please verify)} paci (co)
Cree: ^{(please verify)} ᐌᑕᔅᑭᐎᓐ (wetaskiwin), ^{(please verify)} ᒌᔮᒣᐃᑕᒨᓐ (ciiyaameitamoon)
Dakota: ^{(please verify)} wo'okeyeh
Dinka: ^{(please verify)} dɔɔr
Duala: ^{(please verify)} musango
Efik: ^{(please verify)} emen
Ekari: ^{(please verify)} muka muka
Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} paco (eo)
Estonian: ^{(please verify)} rahu (et)
Ewondo: ^{(please verify)} foè
Fanagalo: ^{(please verify)} kutula
Fijian: ^{(please verify)} vakacegu
Fon: ^{(please verify)} fífá
Franco-Provençal: ^{(please verify)} pas, ^{(please verify)} patz
Friulian: ^{(please verify)} pac
Fula: ^{(please verify)} jam
Ga: ^{(please verify)} hejole
Georgian: ^{(please verify)} მშვიდობა (mšvidoba)
Guaraní: ^{(please verify)} ñerane'i, ^{(please verify)} moñera'ÿ, ^{(please verify)} py'guapy
Haitian Creole: ^{(please verify)} lapé
Herero: ^{(please verify)} o-hange
Hopi: ^{(please verify)} paasikwa
Hula: ^{(please verify)} paghidaet
Ido: ^{(please verify)} paco (io)
Igbo: ^{(please verify)} ùdo (ig)
Ila: ^{(please verify)} chibanda
Ilocano: ^{(please verify)} kappia
Ilongot: ^{(please verify)} paghidait
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} damai (id), ^{(please verify)} perdamaian (id)
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} pace (ia)
Inuktitut: ^{(please verify)} ᑐᑦᑭᐳᓐ (iu) (totkipon)
Itelmen: ^{(please verify)} ткарвэл (tkarvel)
Javanese: ^{(please verify)} [script needed] (rukun), ^{(please verify)} [script needed] (rahayuning gesang)
Kabyle: ^{(please verify)} laafya
Kannada: ^{(please verify)} [script needed] (shanti)
Kanuri: ^{(please verify)} kelafia
Khmer: ^{(please verify)} សន្តិភាព (km) (sɑntephiəp)
Kikuyu: ^{(please verify)} thayũ, ^{(please verify)} ũhoro
Koasati: ^{(please verify)} ilifayka
Kongo: ^{(please verify)} ngemba
Koryak: ^{(please verify)} амкавың (amkavyng), ^{(please verify)} мир (mir)
Koyraboro Senni: ^{(please verify)} bâni
Kyrgyz: ^{(please verify)} tyntschtyk
Lakota: ^{(please verify)} wolakota
Lao: ^{(please verify)} ສັນຕິພາບ (lo) (san ti phāp)
Lingala: ^{(please verify)} bognilé, ^{(please verify)} kimia
Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} taika (lt)
Luba-Kasai: ^{(please verify)} ndowe
Luganda: ^{(please verify)} emirembe
Luo: ^{(please verify)} kuo
Luxembourgish: ^{(please verify)} Fridden, ^{(please verify)} miers
Maasai: ^{(please verify)} e-seriani
Maguindanao: ^{(please verify)} kalilíntad
Mahican: ^{(please verify)} anachemowegan
Malagasy: ^{(please verify)} fiadanana (mg), ^{(please verify)} fahandriampahalemana
Malayalam: ^{(please verify)} സമാധാനമ (samādhānama)
Maltese: ^{(please verify)} paċi
Mandinka: ^{(please verify)} here
Mapudungun: ^{(please verify)} uvchin, ^{(please verify)} kemelen
Maranao: ^{(please verify)} diakatra
Marathi: ^{(please verify)} शांती (śāntī)
Marshallese: ^{(please verify)} aenomman
Mi'kmaq: ^{(please verify)} wôntôkóde
Michif: ^{(please verify)} peyahtuke yimowin
Middle High German: ^{(please verify)} vride
Miskito: ^{(please verify)} kupia kumi laka
Mongo: ^{(please verify)} boóto
Mongolian: ^{(please verify)} энх тайван (enx tajvan)
Moore: ^{(please verify)} lafi, ^{(please verify)} làafi
Nahuatl: ^{(please verify)} yek nemilis, ^{(please verify)} tlamatcanemiliztli
Nauruan: ^{(please verify)} iow (na)
Newar: ^{(please verify)} शान्ती (śāntī)
Nez Perce: ^{(please verify)} eyewi
Niuean: ^{(please verify)} mafola
North Frisian: ^{(please verify)} frees
Northern Sami: ^{(please verify)} ráfi
Ntomba: ^{(please verify)} nye
O'odham: ^{(please verify)} dodolimdag
Occitan: ^{(please verify)} patz (oc)
Ojibwe: ^{(please verify)} [script needed] (bangan) (be peaceful, calm)
Old High German: ^{(please verify)} fridu
Onondaga: ^{(please verify)} skanoñ
Oromo: ^{(please verify)} [script needed] (nagaa)
Palauan: ^{(please verify)} búdech
Pali: ^{(please verify)} nirudha m
Pashto: ^{(please verify)} صلح (ps) (solh)
Pintupi-Luritja: ^{(please verify)} yatanpa
Pitjantjatjara: ^{(please verify)} pilun
Pohnpeian: ^{(please verify)} meleilei
Potawatomi: ^{(please verify)} etokmitek
Punjabi: ^{(please verify)} ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ (pa) (śāntī)
Q'eqchi: ^{(please verify)} tuktuquil usilal
Quechua: ^{(please verify)} sonqo tiaykuy, ^{(please verify)} qasikay
Rapa Nui: ^{(please verify)} kiba kiba
Romani: ^{(please verify)} shand
Sa'a: ^{(please verify)} däilama
Samoan: ^{(please verify)} filamu, ^{(please verify)} pilemu
Sango: ^{(please verify)} siriri
Sanskrit: ^{(please verify)} शान्ति (sa) (śānti)
Sardinian: ^{(please verify)} paghi, ^{(please verify)} pache
Sasak: ^{(please verify)} aman
Saterland Frisian: ^{(please verify)} free
Sinhalese: ^{(please verify)} සාමය (sāmaya)
Skolt Sami: ^{(please verify)} rääuh
Slovene: ^{(please verify)} mir (sl) m
So'a: ^{(please verify)} kuthula
Somali: ^{(please verify)} nabad-da, ^{(please verify)} nabadu
Soninke: ^{(please verify)} jamu
Sotho: ^{(please verify)} kgòtsò (st)
Southern Sami: ^{(please verify)} raeffie
Sranan Tongo: ^{(please verify)} leshpeti
Swahili: ^{(please verify)} amani (sw)
Tabasco Chontal: ^{(please verify)} aylobaha gafuleya
Tagalog: ^{(please verify)} mabuhay (tl), ^{(please verify)} kapayapaan, ^{(please verify)} katahimikan
Tahitian: ^{(please verify)} hau
Tamil: ^{(please verify)} அமைதி (ta) (amaiti), ^{(please verify)} சமாதானம் (ta) (camātāṉam)
Tangut: ^{(please verify)} [script needed] (nei)
Tatar: ^{(please verify)} дуслик (duslik)
Tibetan: ^{(please verify)} ཞི་བདེ་ནི (zhi bde ni)
Tigrinya: ^{(please verify)} selam
Tlingit: ^{(please verify)} li-k'ei
Toda: ^{(please verify)} or
Tongan: ^{(please verify)} melino
Tuareg: {{t|1=tmh|2=əlxer}}
Turkmen: ^{(please verify)} asudalyk (tk)
Upper Sorbian: ^{(please verify)} měr
Uyghur: ^{(please verify)} [script needed] (saq), ^{(please verify)} [script needed] (tenchliq-peqet)
Uzbek: ^{(please verify)} тинчлик (tinchlik), ^{(please verify)} tinchlik (uz)
Volapük: ^{(please verify)} püd (vo)
Warlpiri: ^{(please verify)} pukurlpa
West Frisian: ^{(please verify)} frede (fy)
White Hmong: ^{(please verify)} kev sib haum xeeb
Wintu: ^{(please verify)} mina
Woleaian: ^{(please verify)} gumund
Wolof: ^{(please verify)} jàmm (wo)
Xhosa: ^{(please verify)} uxolo
Yiddish: ^{(please verify)} פֿרידן (fridn), ^{(please verify)} שלום (sholem)
Yup'ik: (ilakuljyq) ^{(please verify)} илакулъык'
Zapotec: ^{(please verify)} layéni
Zarma: ^{(please verify)} baani

Interjection

peace

(archaic) Shut up!, silence!; be quiet, be silent.
- 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
  “Hark!” said the old woman, triumphantly. “I hear a step coming. […] Do you hear him?”
  “I believe you are right, mother,” replied Alice, in a low voice. “Peace! open the door.”
- 1882, Mark Twain, chapter 6, in The Prince and the Pauper:
  "Peace, my lord, thou utterest treason! Hast forgot the king's command? Remember I am party to thy crime, if I but listen."
(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.
- 1997, Yusuf Jah, Shah'Keyah Jah, Uprising, page 49:
  Within every hood they have to be peacing with themselves. Then when you're living in peace with yourself, [...]
- 2006, Wayne Grady, Bringing back the dodo: lessons in natural and unnatural history:
  In another northern species, ptarmigan, such a see-saw pattern between warring and peacing has indeed been observed by researchers.
(slang) To peace out.
- 2012, Jens Lapidus, Easy Money:
  Fuck, man. Yeah, I know. He crashed with this guy, Eddie. Then the cops called me in. That's when he peaced. I swear on my father's grave, I don't know where he went. I swear.