English Etymology Middle English, from Old French pais, from Latin pax, pac- peace. See also appease Pronunciation IPA: /'pi:s/ Homophones piece Noun peace A settled, restful, harmonious state. In the context of a country (a country at peace), the absence of war and civil unrest. Antonyms disruption war Related terms peaceful peace-loving Translations Abenaki: olakamigenoka Afrikaans: vrede Ajië: ta Akan: asomdwoe Alabama: ittimokla Albanian: paqe Algonquin: ᐙᑭ ᐃᒋᐌᐱᔅᐃ (wâki ijiwebis-i) Alsatian: fréda Amharic: (írq) Ancient Greek: εἰρήνη (eiréne) Arabic: سلام (salaam) Aramaic: (silha) Aranés: patz Armenian: խաղաղություն (khaghaghout'houn) Aymara: moxsa kamaña Azerbaijani: сүлһ (sülh) Balinese: (shanti) Baluchi: (sala) Bambara: hèrè Barakhinei*: (pû) Basaa: nsaŋ Basque: bake Belarusian: мір (mir) Bemba: mutenden Bengali: ষান্তি (shaanti) Blackfoot: ᖱᖻᖱᒋᖱᔨ (innaihtsi'iyi') Bobo: màkona-kon Bosnian: мир (mir) Breton: peoc'h m Bulgarian: мир Buli: goom-jigi Bulu: mvo'e Burmese: (nyein-jan-ye) Burushaski: aram Cadhinor: (peos) Carolinian: gúnnammwey Catalan: pau Cebuano: kalinaw Chechen: маашар (maaşar) Cherokee: (nvwhtohiyada) Chibemba: mutende Chichewa: mtendere Chickasaw: nanna ayya Chiluba: ndowe Chinese: 和平 (hé píng) Chishona: runyararo Choctaw: achukma Chuuk: kunammwey Comancha: tsumukikatu Comoran: amani Corsican: pace Cree: ᐌᑕᔅᑭᐎᓐ (wetaskiwin) Croatian: mir Cuêzi: (pēu) Czech: pokoj Danish: fred Dari: (solh) Dholuo: kuo Dinka: ador Dolenjsko: paks Drow: gre'as'anto Duala: musango Dutch: vrede f, peis f (archaic) Egyptian: (hetep) Ekari: muka-muka Esperanto: paco Estonian: rahu Ewondo: foè Fanagolo: kutula Fang: mvoghé Faroean: friður Farsi: سلامتى (salamti) Ferengi: ? (kin) Finnish: rauha Fon: fífá French: paix f Frisian: frede Friulan: pac Fulani: jam Gafuleya Chontal: aylobaha Galician: paz Gascon; patz Georgian: მშვიდობა (mšk'idoba) German: Frieden m Gikuyu: ũhoro Gothic: (friþu) Greek: ειρήνη (iríni) Guadeloupian Creole: lapé Guaraní: ñerane'i Gujarati: ? (shanti) Haitian Creole: lapé Hausa: (lùmana) Hawaiian: maluhia Hebrew: שלום (shalom) Hindi: शांति (shaanti) Hmong: (kev thajyeeb nyab xeeb) Hungarian: béke Icelandic: friður Ido: paco Igbo: ùdo Ila: chibanda Ilocano: kappia Ilongot: paghidait Indonesian: damai Interlingua: pace Inuktitut: ᑐᑦᑭᐳᓐ (tutkiun) Inupiat: ᑭᖑᐃᖓᒃ (kiñuiñak) Irish: síocháin] Ismaîn: (pe) Italian: pace f Japanese: 平和 (heiwa) Javanese: (rukun) Jerma: baani Joola: ku sumay Kabyle: (laafya) Kannada: (shanti) Kanuri: kelafia Karen: (emo tashi) Kazakh: бейбичилик (beybiychiyliyk) Kekchí: tuktuquil Khmer: សនិព (santiphiep) Kikongo: ngemba Kikuyu: thayũ Kinyarwanda: amahoro Klingon: (roj) Koasati: ilifayka Konkani: (soukaasaai) Korean: 평화 (pyeong.hwa) Kurdish: aşıti Lakota: wolakota Latin: pax Latvian: miers Lao: ສັນຕິພາບ (sàn tí pââb) Lingala: bognilé Lithuanian: taika Lojban: kampanpi Luganda: ewirembe Luxemburgish: Fridden Maasai: e-seriani Macedonian: мир (mir) Magindanao: kalilíntad Malagasy: fiadanana Malay: salam Malayalam: (samaadhaanam) Maltese: paċi Manobo: linew Manx Gaelic: shee Maori: whakaaio Mapudungun: uvchin Maranao: diakatra Marathi: शांती (shaanti) Maya: (ets'a'an olal) Micmac: (wôntôkóde) Middle English: pes Middle High German: vride Mískito: kupia kumi laka Mongolian: энх (enh) Mongo-Nkundu: boóto Moré: làafi Nauruan: iow Navajo: k'é Nepali: (shaanti) Newari: (shanti) Nhengatu: tecócatú Niuean: mafola Norwegian: fred Novial: pase Ntomba: nye Nyanja: mtendere Occitan: patz Ojibwe: (bangan) Old English: frið Old French: pais Old High German: fridu Oriya: (santi) Oromo: (salaamii) Otomí: hmethó Palauan: búdech Pali: (nirudho) Pangasinan: kareenan Papiamento: pas Pashto: (amniat) Pima: dodolimdag Polish: pokój Ponapean: meleilei Portuguese: paz f Proto-Eastern: bēws Provençal: pas Punjabi: (aman) Quechua: sonqo tiaykuy Quenya: (sére) Rapa Nui: kiba-kiba Romanian: pace Romany: shand Romulan: (bilire) Rumantsch: pasch Russian: мир (mir) Rwanda: nimuhóre Sa'a: däilama Sami: ráfi Samoan: filamu Sango: siriri Sanskrit: (shanti) Sardinian: paghi Sasak: aman Scots Gaelic: sìth Serbian: мир (mir) Sesotho: kgòtsò Setswana: kagisô Shona: runyaro Sindarin: (sîdh) Sinhalese: (saamaya) Sioux: wo'okeyeh Siswati: kuthula Slovak: mier Slovenian: mir Sobota: paks Somali: nabad-da Songhai: bâni Soninke: jamu Spanish: paz f Swahili: amani Swedish: fred Tagalog: mabuhay Tahitian: hau Tajik: sulh Taki-Taki: leshpeti Tamasheq: əlxer Tamil: அமைதி(amaithi, amaiti) Telugu: (shanti) Thai: สันติภาพ (sén ti phààp) Tiaykuy Quechua: sonqo Tibetan: (shîte) Tigrinya: (selam) Tlingit: (li-k'ei) Tongan: melino Turkish: barış Twi-Akan: asomdwee Uighur: (saq) Ukrainian: мир (myr) Urdu: امن (aman) Uzbek: Тинчлик (tinçlik) Verdurian: (pé) Vietnamese: hoà bình Volapük: püd Welsh: hedd West Indian Creole: pé Wintu: mina Wolof: jam Xhosa: uxolo Yiddish: פרידן (fridn) Yoruba: alaáfía Yue: (sai gaai òh pìhng) Zapoteco: layéni Zulu: ukuthula
Pronunciation IPA: /'pi:s/ Homophones piece Noun peace A settled, restful, harmonious state. In the context of a country (a country at peace), the absence of war and civil unrest. Antonyms disruption war Related terms peaceful peace-loving Translations Abenaki: olakamigenoka Afrikaans: vrede Ajië: ta Akan: asomdwoe Alabama: ittimokla Albanian: paqe Algonquin: ᐙᑭ ᐃᒋᐌᐱᔅᐃ (wâki ijiwebis-i) Alsatian: fréda Amharic: (írq) Ancient Greek: εἰρήνη (eiréne) Arabic: سلام (salaam) Aramaic: (silha) Aranés: patz Armenian: խաղաղություն (khaghaghout'houn) Aymara: moxsa kamaña Azerbaijani: сүлһ (sülh) Balinese: (shanti) Baluchi: (sala) Bambara: hèrè Barakhinei*: (pû) Basaa: nsaŋ Basque: bake Belarusian: мір (mir) Bemba: mutenden Bengali: ষান্তি (shaanti) Blackfoot: ᖱᖻᖱᒋᖱᔨ (innaihtsi'iyi') Bobo: màkona-kon Bosnian: мир (mir) Breton: peoc'h m Bulgarian: мир Buli: goom-jigi Bulu: mvo'e Burmese: (nyein-jan-ye) Burushaski: aram Cadhinor: (peos) Carolinian: gúnnammwey Catalan: pau Cebuano: kalinaw Chechen: маашар (maaşar) Cherokee: (nvwhtohiyada) Chibemba: mutende Chichewa: mtendere Chickasaw: nanna ayya Chiluba: ndowe Chinese: 和平 (hé píng) Chishona: runyararo Choctaw: achukma Chuuk: kunammwey Comancha: tsumukikatu Comoran: amani Corsican: pace Cree: ᐌᑕᔅᑭᐎᓐ (wetaskiwin) Croatian: mir Cuêzi: (pēu) Czech: pokoj Danish: fred Dari: (solh) Dholuo: kuo Dinka: ador Dolenjsko: paks Drow: gre'as'anto Duala: musango Dutch: vrede f, peis f (archaic) Egyptian: (hetep) Ekari: muka-muka Esperanto: paco Estonian: rahu Ewondo: foè Fanagolo: kutula Fang: mvoghé Faroean: friður Farsi: سلامتى (salamti) Ferengi: ? (kin) Finnish: rauha Fon: fífá French: paix f Frisian: frede Friulan: pac Fulani: jam Gafuleya Chontal: aylobaha Galician: paz Gascon; patz Georgian: მშვიდობა (mšk'idoba) German: Frieden m Gikuyu: ũhoro Gothic: (friþu) Greek: ειρήνη (iríni) Guadeloupian Creole: lapé Guaraní: ñerane'i Gujarati: ? (shanti) Haitian Creole: lapé Hausa: (lùmana) Hawaiian: maluhia Hebrew: שלום (shalom) Hindi: शांति (shaanti) Hmong: (kev thajyeeb nyab xeeb) Hungarian: béke Icelandic: friður Ido: paco Igbo: ùdo Ila: chibanda Ilocano: kappia Ilongot: paghidait Indonesian: damai Interlingua: pace Inuktitut: ᑐᑦᑭᐳᓐ (tutkiun) Inupiat: ᑭᖑᐃᖓᒃ (kiñuiñak) Irish: síocháin] Ismaîn: (pe) Italian: pace f Japanese: 平和 (heiwa) Javanese: (rukun) Jerma: baani Joola: ku sumay Kabyle: (laafya) Kannada: (shanti) Kanuri: kelafia Karen: (emo tashi) Kazakh: бейбичилик (beybiychiyliyk) Kekchí: tuktuquil Khmer: សនិព (santiphiep) Kikongo: ngemba Kikuyu: thayũ Kinyarwanda: amahoro Klingon: (roj) Koasati: ilifayka Konkani: (soukaasaai) Korean: 평화 (pyeong.hwa) Kurdish: aşıti Lakota: wolakota Latin: pax Latvian: miers Lao: ສັນຕິພາບ (sàn tí pââb) Lingala: bognilé Lithuanian: taika Lojban: kampanpi Luganda: ewirembe Luxemburgish: Fridden Maasai: e-seriani Macedonian: мир (mir) Magindanao: kalilíntad Malagasy: fiadanana Malay: salam Malayalam: (samaadhaanam) Maltese: paċi Manobo: linew Manx Gaelic: shee Maori: whakaaio Mapudungun: uvchin Maranao: diakatra Marathi: शांती (shaanti) Maya: (ets'a'an olal) Micmac: (wôntôkóde) Middle English: pes Middle High German: vride Mískito: kupia kumi laka Mongolian: энх (enh) Mongo-Nkundu: boóto Moré: làafi Nauruan: iow Navajo: k'é Nepali: (shaanti) Newari: (shanti) Nhengatu: tecócatú Niuean: mafola Norwegian: fred Novial: pase Ntomba: nye Nyanja: mtendere Occitan: patz Ojibwe: (bangan) Old English: frið Old French: pais Old High German: fridu Oriya: (santi) Oromo: (salaamii) Otomí: hmethó Palauan: búdech Pali: (nirudho) Pangasinan: kareenan Papiamento: pas Pashto: (amniat) Pima: dodolimdag Polish: pokój Ponapean: meleilei Portuguese: paz f Proto-Eastern: bēws Provençal: pas Punjabi: (aman) Quechua: sonqo tiaykuy Quenya: (sére) Rapa Nui: kiba-kiba Romanian: pace Romany: shand Romulan: (bilire) Rumantsch: pasch Russian: мир (mir) Rwanda: nimuhóre Sa'a: däilama Sami: ráfi Samoan: filamu Sango: siriri Sanskrit: (shanti) Sardinian: paghi Sasak: aman Scots Gaelic: sìth Serbian: мир (mir) Sesotho: kgòtsò Setswana: kagisô Shona: runyaro Sindarin: (sîdh) Sinhalese: (saamaya) Sioux: wo'okeyeh Siswati: kuthula Slovak: mier Slovenian: mir Sobota: paks Somali: nabad-da Songhai: bâni Soninke: jamu Spanish: paz f Swahili: amani Swedish: fred Tagalog: mabuhay Tahitian: hau Tajik: sulh Taki-Taki: leshpeti Tamasheq: əlxer Tamil: அமைதி(amaithi, amaiti) Telugu: (shanti) Thai: สันติภาพ (sén ti phààp) Tiaykuy Quechua: sonqo Tibetan: (shîte) Tigrinya: (selam) Tlingit: (li-k'ei) Tongan: melino Turkish: barış Twi-Akan: asomdwee Uighur: (saq) Ukrainian: мир (myr) Urdu: امن (aman) Uzbek: Тинчлик (tinçlik) Verdurian: (pé) Vietnamese: hoà bình Volapük: püd Welsh: hedd West Indian Creole: pé Wintu: mina Wolof: jam Xhosa: uxolo Yiddish: פרידן (fridn) Yoruba: alaáfía Yue: (sai gaai òh pìhng) Zapoteco: layéni Zulu: ukuthula