🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

paix

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /pɛ/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Peace/piːs/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #600 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Le monde aspire à une paix durable entre toutes les nations."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Freedom from disturbance; tranquility, calmness, and mental or emotional calm.

    "She found a deep sense of peace while walking alone in the quiet forest."
  2. 2

    A state or period in which there is no war or a war has ended.

    "The two neighboring countries finally signed a historic treaty to ensure lasting peace."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'peace' originates from the Latin 'pax', meaning 'peace' or 'treaty', which evolved through Old French 'pais'. The term has historically shifted from denoting a state of tranquility to encompassing broader concepts of harmony and absence of conflict.

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