pacific

See also: Pacific, pacífic, and Pacífic

English

Alternative forms

• pacifick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French pacifique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəˈsɪfɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɪfɪk

Adjective

pacific (comparative more pacific, superlative most pacific)

1. Calm, peaceful.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:calm

2. Preferring peace by nature; avoiding violence.

   Synonyms: dovish, nonviolent

   Antonyms: bellicose, hawkish, martial, militant, violent

   • 1822 May 29, [Walter Scott], chapter I, in The Fortunes of Nigel. [...] In Three Volumes, volume I, Edinburgh: Printed [by James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., OCLC 277973588, page 3:

     The long-continued hostilities which had for centuries divided the south and the north divisions of the Island of Britain, had been happily terminated by the succession of the pacific James I, to the English crown.

Derived terms

• Pacific Ocean

Related terms

• pacify
• pacifism
• pacifist

Translations

calm, peaceful — See also translations at calm,‎ peaceful

• Bulgarian: мирен (bg) (miren), спокоен (bg) (spokoen)
• French: pacifique (fr)
• German: ruhig (de), still (de)
• Hebrew: שקט (shakeit) משקיט (mash'keet)
• Icelandic: friðsæll (is) m, kyrrlátur m, kyrr (is) m
• Italian: pacifico (it) m

• Japanese: 平和な (ja) (heiwa na), 平静な (ja) (heisei na), 穏やかな (ja) (odayaka na)
• Latin: pācifer
• Portuguese: pacífico (pt), tranqüilo (pt)
• Spanish: pacífica (es)
• Walloon: påjhire (wa) m or f, påjhûle (wa) m or f

preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence

• Bulgarian: миролюбив (bg) (miroljubiv)
• French: pacifique (fr)
• German: friedlich (de)

• Japanese: 穏和な (ja) (onwa na), 穏やかな (ja) (odayaka na), 平和主義的な (ja) (heiwa shugiteki na), 非暴力の (hi bōryoku no)
• Spanish: pacífica (es)

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin pacificus or French pacifique or Italian pacifico.

Adjective

pacific m or n (feminine singular pacifică, masculine plural pacifici, feminine and neuter plural pacifice)

1. peaceable, peaceful

Declension

Declension of pacific

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	pacific		pacifică	pacifici	pacifice
	definite	pacificul		pacifica	pacificii	pacificele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	pacific		pacifice	pacifici	pacifice
	definite	pacificului		pacificei	pacificilor	pacificelor