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pacific¹
- /pəˈsɪfɪk/
Rhymes with -ɪfɪk
Where it comes from
From Middle French pacifique.
adjective more pacific · most pacific · pacifick
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Calm, peaceful.
The policeman on the beat moved up the avenue impressively. […] Trying doors as he went, twirling his club with many intricate and artful movements, turning now and then to cast his watchful eye adown the pacific thoroughfare, the officer, with his stalwart form and slight swagger, made a fine pictu
Similar: calm, steady, collected, composed, cool-headed, equable, equanimous, equanimitable, even-keeled, even-minded, even-tempered, imperturbable
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Preferring peace by nature; avoiding violence.
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.
Similar: peaceable, peaceful, dovish, nonviolent, anti-bellicist, dovelike, irenic, irenical, non-violent, pacific, pacifist, pacifistic · Opposite: bellicose, hawkish, martial, militant, violent
Pacific²
- /pəˈsɪfɪk/
Where it comes from
From Latin pācificus (“peace-making”), so called by Magellan because he sailed peacefully over it after weathering Cape Horn.
proper noun the Pacific
- The Pacific Ocean. When our last plenary session was held in November of last year the Pacific was threatened with imminent outbreak of war. Since the subsequent beginning of the Japanese campaign of aggression in that ocean, China, in the company of her allies, has become the most important member of the forces fight
- A city in Franklin County, Missouri, United States.
noun Pacifics
- A steam locomotive of the 4-6-2 wheel arrangement. Britannia's firebox would appear to have derived from those of the Bulleid Pacifics, which it closely resembles.
adjective
- Related to or located in the Pacific Ocean. The US Air Force plans to bring the Pacific island airfield that launched the atomic bombings of Japan back into commission as it tries to broaden its basing options in the event of any hostilities with China, the service’s top officer in the Pacific says.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: peaceful, peaceable, pacific ocean, calm, peacefully, peace, quiet, silent, non-violent, tame, amicable, too, region, swire, west, ocean
Translations
Every language
adj calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful
| Español | pacífico |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 平和な heiwa na, 平静な heisei na, 穏やかな odayaka na |
| हिन्दी | शान्त śānt, शांत śānt, प्रशांत praśānt |
| Português | pacífico, tranqüilo |
| Français | pacifique |
| Deutsch | ruhig, still |
| Italiano | pacifico |
| עברית | שקט shakeit, משקיט mash'keet |
adj preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence — see also peaceful
| Español | pacífico |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 穏和な onwa na, 穏やかな odayaka na, 平和主義的な heiwa shugiteki na, 非暴力の hi bōryoku no |
| Français | pacifique |
| Deutsch | friedlich |
| Русский | миролюби́вый miroljubívyj |
adj related to the Pacific Ocean
| Deutsch | pazifisch |
|---|
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title = {pacific},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pacific},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
