peacekeeping

English

Etymology

From peace +‎ keeping, after keep the peace.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːskiːpɪŋ/

Noun

peacekeeping (usually uncountable, plural peacekeepings)

1. The act of preserving peace, specifically between hostile groups or states, especially by a sanctioned military force. [from 17th c.]
   • 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 378:

     Peacekeeping is one of the things that the United Nations, for all its foibles, does well.

2. (as a noun modifier) (for example) a peacekeeping force.

Related terms

• peacekeeper

Translations

preserving peace

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: حِفْظ سَلَام m (ḥifẓ salām)
• Armenian: խաղաղարարություն (hy) (xaġaġararutʻyun), խաղաղապահություն (hy) (xaġaġapahutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: sülhməramlı
• Belarusian: міратво́рства n (miratvórstva)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 維和／维和 (zh) (wéihé), 維持和平／维持和平 (wéichí hépíng)

• Czech: udržování míru n
• Dutch: peacekeeping (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: rahuvalve
• Finnish: rauhanturvaaminen (fi)
• French: maintien de la paix m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Friedenssicherung f, Friedenserhaltung f
• Hungarian: békefenntartó (hu)
• Italian: mantenimento di pace m
• Japanese: 平和維持 (へいわいじ, heiwa iji)
• Korean: 평화유지(平和維持) (pyeonghwayuji)
• Persian: صُلح‌بانی (fa) (solh-bâni)
• Polish: utrzymywanie pokoju n
• Romanian: menținerea păcii f
• Russian: миротво́рчество (ru) n (mirotvórčestvo)
• Slovak: udržiavanie mieru n
• Spanish: mantenimiento de la paz m
• Swedish: fredsbevarande (sv) n
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: миротво́рство n (myrotvórstvo)

peacekeeping as a noun modifier

• Armenian: խաղաղապահ (hy) (xaġaġapah), խաղաղարար (hy) (xaġaġarar)
• Azerbaijani: sülhməramlı
• Belarusian: міратво́рчы (miratvórčy)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fredsbevarende

  Nynorsk: fredsbevarande

• Russian: миротво́рческий (ru) (mirotvórčeskij)
• Swedish: fredsbevarande (sv)
• Ukrainian: миротво́рчий (myrotvórčyj), миротво́рницький (myrotvórnycʹkyj)