requiescat in pace

English

Alternative forms

• RIP (initialism, more common)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin requiēscat in pāce.

Phrase

requiescat in pace

1. May he/she rest in peace.

Related terms

• requiescant in pace (more than one person)

Translations

may he/she rest in peace

• Arabic: اُرْقُدْ فِي سَلَام (urqud fī salām)
• Basque: goian bego
• Belarusian: адпачынак у свеце (adpačynak u svjecje)
• Bulgarian: почивай в мир (počivaj v mir)
• Catalan: descansi en pau
• Corsican: riposa in pace
• Czech: odpočívej v pokoji
• Danish: hvil i fred
• Dutch: rust in vrede
• Esperanto: ripozu en paco, ripozu pace
• Estonian: puhka rahus
• Finnish: lepää rauhassa
• French: repose en paix (fr)
• Galician: descanse en paz
• German: er ruhe in Frieden, möge er in Frieden ruhen
• Greek: αναπαύσου εν ειρήνη (el) (anapáfsou en eiríni)
• Hebrew: עליו השלום
• Hungarian: nyugodjon békében
• Icelandic: hvíldu í friði
• Irish: chuid eile i síocháin
• Italian: riposi in pace
• Japanese: 安らかに眠れ (yasuraka ni nemure)
• Korean: 편히 쉬라 (pyeonhi swira)
• Latin: requiescat in pace
• Latvian: atpūta mierā
• Lithuanian: ilsėkis ramybėje
• Luxembourgish: rou a Fridden
• Macedonian: почивај во мир (počivaj vo mir)
• Maltese: strieh fil-paċi
• Mongolian: амар тайван амрах (amar tajvan amrax)
• Navajo: háá nilyį́į́h
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hvil i fred

  Nynorsk: kvil i fred

• Polish: niech odpoczywa w pokoju (pl), niech spoczywa w pokoju (pl)
• Portuguese: descanse em paz
• Romanian: odihnească-se în pace
• Russian: покойся с миром (pokojsja s mirom)
• Scottish Gaelic: fois dhut
• Serbo-Croatian: počivaj u miru, odmor u miru, почивај у миру
• Slovak: odpočívaj v pokoji
• Spanish: descanse en paz sg, que descanse en paz sg, que en paz descanse sg
• Swahili: pumzika kwa amani
• Swedish: vila i frid (sv)
• Tajik: равонаш шод (ravonaš šod)
• Tamil: சாந்தியடைய (cāntiyaṭaiya)
• Tatar: авыр туфрагың җиңел булсын (awır tufrağıñ ciñel bulsın)
• Thai: หลับให้สบาย (th) (làp-hâi-sà-baai)
• Turkish: huzur içinde yatsın
• Turkmen: rahatlykda dynç al
• Ukrainian: відпочинок в світі (vidpočynok v sviti)
• Uzbek: joyi jannatda boʻlsin
• Vietnamese: yên nghỉ (vi)
• Welsh: gorffwys mewn heddwch
• West Frisian: rêst yn frede
• Yiddish: מנוחה אין שלום (menukhe in sholem)
• Yoruba: sun re o
• Zulu: lala ngoxolo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /re.kʷiˈeːs.kat in ˈpaː.ke/, [rɛkʷiˈeːs̠kät̪ ɪn ˈpäːkɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re.kwiˈes.kat in ˈpa.t͡ʃe/, [rekwiˈɛskät̪ in ˈpäːt͡ʃe]

Phrase

requiēscat in pāce

1. requiescat in pace