peacetime

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peacetime

  • /ˈpiːstaɪm/

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From peace + time.

noun peacetimes · peace time · peace-time

  1. uncountable, usually The period of time when a nation or people is at peace, not fighting a war. When the country was blockaded during the second world war and the nation’s farmers were told to convert scrub and pasture to sown fields, arable land doubled. In peacetime, the patriotic drive for self-sufficiency continued

Opposite: wartime

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: peace, peaceful, paix, serenity, calm, harmony, tranquility, quiet, nonbelligerency, ceasefire, pacification, accord, concord, amity, quietude, détente

noun

Opposite: wartime

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noun period of peace

Españoltiempo de paz, tiempos pacíficos
한국어평화시 pyeonghwasi, 평시 pyeongsi
日本語平和時代 heiwa jidai, 平時 heiji
中文和平時期 /和平时期 hépíng shíqī, 平時 /平时 píngshí
Portuguêstempo de paz
Françaistemps de paix
DeutschFriedenszeit
Italianotempo di pace
Românătimp de pace
Русскийми́рное вре́мя mírnoje vrémja
Tiếng Việtthời bình
العربيةوَقْت السَّلَامِ waqt as-salāmi, وَقْت السِّلْمِ waqt as-silmi, زَمَن السَّلَامِ zaman as-salāmi, زَمَن السِّلْمِ zaman as-silmi

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@misc{peacetime_2026,
  title = {peacetime},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/peacetime},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}