paix

/pɛ/

noun #770 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

peace

Grammar

Gender

Examples

traite conflit.

They signed a peace treaty after two years of conflict.

' .

I just want to be left in peace to work.

ideal tous partagent.

World peace is an ideal that everyone shares.

Paix est un nom feminin invariable (il ne prend pas de s au pluriel). Faire la paix (to make peace) et traite de paix (peace treaty) sont des expressions essentielles. Laisser en paix (to leave alone, to leave in peace) s'emploie souvent de facon imperative : laisse-moi en paix !

En paix comme adverbe signifie peacefully : mourir en paix (to die in peace). La paix des braves est une expression designant une reconciliation honorable entre adversaires. Avoir la paix (to have some peace and quiet) est tres courant dans la langue parlee.

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