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pace
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed into Middle English from Anglo-Norman pas, Old French pas, and their source, Latin passus. Doublet of pas; cf. also pass. Cognate with Spanish pasear.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /pe?s/
- Rhymes: -e?s
Noun
pace (plural paces)
- Step.
- A step taken with the foot. [from 14th century]
- The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements. [from 14th century]
- Way of stepping.
- A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet. [from 14th century]
- Any of various gaits of a horse, specifically a 2-beat, lateral gait. [from 15th century]
- A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet. [from 14th century]
- Speed or velocity in general. [from 15th century]
- (cricket) A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing. [from 19th century]
- (collective) A group of donkeys.
- 1952, G. B. Stern, The Donkey Shoe, The Macmillan Company (1952), page 29:
- […] but at Broadstairs and other places along the coast, a pace of donkeys stood on the sea-shore expectant (at least, their owners were expectant) of children clamouring to ride.
- 2006, "Drop the dead donkeys", The Economist, 9 November 2006:
- A pace of donkeys fans out in different directions.
- 2007, Elinor De Wire, The Lightkeepers' Menagerie: Stories of Animals at Lighthouses, Pineapple Press (2007), ?ISBN, page 200:
- Like a small farm, the lighthouse compound had its chattering of chicks, pace of donkeys, troop of horses, and fold of sheep.
- 1952, G. B. Stern, The Donkey Shoe, The Macmillan Company (1952), page 29:
- (obsolete) Passage, route.
- (obsolete) One's journey or route. [14th-18th century]
- (obsolete) A passage through difficult terrain; a mountain pass or route vulnerable to ambush etc. [14th-17th century]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:
- But when she saw them gone she forward went, / As lay her journey, through that perlous Pace [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:
- (obsolete) An aisle in a church. [15th-19th century]
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
pace (not comparable)
- (cricket) Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.
Verb
pace (third-person singular simple present paces, present participle pacing, simple past and past participle paced)
- To walk back and forth in a small distance.
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter V
- Groups of men, in all imaginable attitudes, were lying, standing, sitting, or pacing up and down.
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter V
- To set the speed in a race. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- To measure by walking.
Derived terms
- (set the speed in a race): pacemaker
Translations
Etymology 2
From Latin p?ce (“in peace”), ablative form of p?x (“peace”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?pæt?e?/, /?p??t?e?/, /?pe?si?/
Preposition
pace
- (formal) With all due respect to.
Usage notes
Used when expressing a contrary opinion, in formal speech or writing.
Translations
Etymology 3
Alteration of archaic Pasch.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pe?s/
Noun
pace (plural paces)
- Easter.
Derived terms
- pace egg
References
Anagrams
- APEC, CAPE, Cape, EAPC, EPAC, EPCA, PECA, cape
Esperanto
Etymology
paco +? -e
Pronunciation
Adverb
pace
- peacefully
Galician
Verb
pace
- third-person singular present indicative of pacer
- second-person singular imperative of pacer
Interlingua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pa.tse/
Noun
pace (uncountable)
- peace
Italian
Etymology
From Latin p?cem, accusative of p?x (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh??-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pa.t??e/
- Hyphenation: pà?ce
Noun
pace f (plural paci)
- peace
Adverb
pace
- (colloquial) peace be with you; that's it; end of the story
Related terms
Anagrams
- cape
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?pa?.ke/, [?pä?k?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?pa.t??e/, [?p??t???]
Noun
p?ce
- ablative singular of p?x
Middle English
Verb
pace
- proceed; go forward
- 1387-1410, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue
- Er that I ferther in this tale pace, / Me thynketh it acordaunt to resoun / To telle yow al the condicioun / Of ech of hem, so as it semed me, / And whiche they weren, and of what degree […]
- 1387-1410, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue
Pali
Alternative forms
Verb
pace
- first-person singular present/imperative middle of pacati (“to cook”)
- singular optative active of pacati (“to cook”)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pa.t?s?/
Noun
pace m anim
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of pac
Noun
pace f
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of paca
Noun
pace f
- dative/locative singular of paka
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin p?cem, accusative of p?x (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh??-.
Noun
pace f (uncountable)
- peace
Declension
Antonyms
- r?zboi
Derived terms
- pa?nic
Related terms
- împ?ca
See also
- lini?te
Spanish
Verb
pace
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of pacer.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of pacer.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of pacer.
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region
English
Etymology
From Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regi?, from reg?.
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?j??n, IPA(key): /??i?d??n?/
- Rhymes: -i?d??n
Noun
region (plural regions)
- Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.
- An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
- (historical) Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward.
- An administrative subdivision of the European Union.
- A subnational region of Chile; equivalent to province.
- (Ontario) Ellipsis of regional municipality, a county-level municipality, a county administered as a municipality.
- Ellipsis of administrative region
- A subprovincial region of Quebec; the primary level subdivision; a prefecture.
- (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
- (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
- (obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity.
- (obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.
Derived terms
- region-wide, regionwide
Related terms
Translations
References
- region in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Further reading
- "region" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 264.
Anagrams
- Regino, eringo, ignore, ingoer
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin regi?.
Noun
region c (singular definite regionen, plural indefinite regioner)
- region
Inflection
Derived terms
Indonesian
Etymology
From English region, from Middle English regioun, from Anglo-Norman regiun, from Latin regi?, from reg?. Doublet of regio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [re??i?n]
- Hyphenation: ré?gi?on
Noun
region (first-person possessive regionku, second-person possessive regionmu, third-person possessive regionnya)
- region: an administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country.
- Synonyms: daerah, kawasan
Related terms
Further reading
- “region” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Interlingua
Noun
region (plural regiones)
- region
Ladin
Alternative forms
- raion
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin regio, regionem.
Noun
region f (plural regions)
- region
Middle English
Noun
region
- Alternative form of regioun
Middle French
Etymology
Latin regi?.
Noun
region f (plural regions)
- region (area, district, etc.)
Descendants
- French: région
- ? Romanian: regiune
References
- region on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin regi?.
Noun
region m (definite singular regionen, indefinite plural regioner, definite plural regionene)
- a region
Derived terms
References
- “region” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin regi?.
Noun
region m (definite singular regionen, indefinite plural regionar, definite plural regionane)
- a region
Derived terms
References
- “region” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin regi?.
Noun
region f (plural regions)
- region
Related terms
- regional
Polish
Etymology
From German Region, from Latin regi?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r???.j?n/
Noun
region m inan
- region, area, district
- Synonyms: rejon, obszar, dzielnica, obwód, kraina
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
- region in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- r?gija (Croatia)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin regi?.
Noun
regì?n m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)
- (Bosnia, Serbia) region
- (Croatia, derogatory) the area of former Yugoslavia
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin regio.
Noun
region c
- region, area
Declension
Related terms
- regional
- regionförbund
- stödregion
- Västra Götalandsregionen
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