Word a Day
peace
What does peace mean?
peace (noun): the state prevailing during the absence of war.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce peace?
/pis/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does peace come from?
From Middle English pees, pes, pais, borrowed from Anglo-Norman peis and Old French pais (“peace”), from Latin pāx (“peace”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Test yourself: do you know “peace”?
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