The concept of peace is so broad and important that it's part of the vocabulary of most peoples, albeit with different spellings and sounds.
On this page, we've collected all the ways to say "peace" in various languages, from European to African, from the most widespread to the less common.
Read below to learn more about the meaning of "peace," and then consult our list to find the translation of "peace" in the language you're interested in.
The United Nations established International Day of Peace (or simply Peace Day) in 1981. In 2001, twenty years later, the United Nations General Assembly declared that particular day a day of non-violence. For over forty years, the world has celebrated this day in honor of peace on September 21st. But how is the word "peace" translated in different countries?
In Europe, for example, the Spanish and Portuguese write "paz," the French "paix," the Germans "Frieden," and the English "peace." In Scandinavian countries, however, the Danes, Norwegians, and Swedes use the word "fred." Furthermore, in several countries, particularly in Eastern Europe, the pronunciation of "peace" is "mir." We're talking about languages such as Russian, Bosnian, Czech, Macedonian, Croatian, Ukrainian, and Slovenian.
Moving to Asia, we find two of the most widely spoken languages in the world: Chinese and Hindi. The word for "peace" in Chinese is written 和平 and pronounced "hépíng," while in Hindi it is written शांति and pronounced "shaanti." Bengali, the language spoken in Bangladesh and India, also ranks among the top ten most widely spoken languages, with over 270 million speakers. You can pronounce the word for "peace" in this language by saying "Śānti," which is written শান্তি.
Finally, in Africa, the word "peace" is written as "vrede" (Afrikaans), "udo" (Igbo), "mtendere" (Chichewa), and "amani" (Swahili). Read on to learn more about the meaning and symbols of peace, its translations into all languages , its pronunciation, and how to learn new languages with our help and with Sprachcaffe courses.
The word "peace" takes on different meanings depending on the context in which it is used. Generally, the concept of peace refers to a state of harmony and serenity, free from violence and hostility of any kind. Peace can be defined as a state of individual peace, of larger or smaller groups of people, and of peace between nations, and therefore at a global level.
We therefore speak of peace between the various countries of the world, in reference to the opposite concept of war. Peace is also used when speaking of people within entire social groups, to refer to peaceful living, freedom of expression and thought, free from tension and worry. This notion of non-antagonism, so broad and profound, could also be linked to other concepts such as open-mindedness, security in all its forms, respect, stability, and all the other possible characteristics of a people living at peace with others and with themselves.
But a period of peace can also mean tranquility, silence, total relaxation, free from distractions, anxiety, and stress. It can be a single moment, or it can be a mental peace, a so-called inner peace, a balance achieved through self-work. It is therefore a long-term goal, which can be achieved by addressing problems in the best possible way.
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If you close your eyes and think of peace symbols, the olive branch and the dove, the rainbow-colored flag, or the symbol associated with hippies likely come to mind. This is because some symbols have acquired specific meanings over time, becoming so well-known as to be universally recognized. This is the case with the olive branch, which has symbolized victory and peace since the time of the ancient Romans and Greeks. Furthermore, the olive tree was also the symbol of Eirene, the Greek goddess of peace, or Pax for the Romans.
Although it had once been associated with war and Inanna-Ishtar, the Mesopotamian goddess of power and war, the dove became an important symbol of peace with the advent of the Christian religion. In ancient depictions, in fact, it was a dove carrying an olive branch, which, as we saw earlier, was already an object associated with peace. This is thought to derive from the story of Noah, in which a dove brought an olive branch back to the ark, indicating that the waters had receded. But the dove has long been a symbol of peace in other cultures, such as the Japanese.
The rainbow is the emblem of the connection between humans and gods, as in Scandinavian mythology. For Christianity, however, the rainbow that appeared to Noah signaled the end of the flood and God's forgiveness. Finally, the peace symbol was introduced in 1958 and spread worldwide starting in the 1960s as the symbol of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. This symbol, which features the letters CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament), was adopted by participants in anti-war protests and quickly became a sign of peace and harmony, integration and tolerance.
Read below and learn how to write the word peace in all the languages of the world .
Afrikaans - vrede
Albanian - paqen
Amharic - ሰላም
Arabic - سلام
Armenian - խաղաղություն
Assamese - শান্তি
Aymara - ch'ujtawi
Azerbaijani - sülh
Bambara - hɛrɛ
Basque - bakea
Bengali - শান্তি
Bhojpuri - शांति
Belarusian - свет
Burmese - ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေး
Bosnian - mir
Bulgarian - мир
Catalan - pau
Cebuano - Kalinaw
Czech - mír
Chichewa - mtendere
Kirghiz - тынчтык
Chinese (Simplified) - 和平
Chinese (Traditional) - 和平
Korean - 평화
Course - peace
Haitian Creole - lapè
Croatian - mir
Kurdish (kurmanji) - aşîtî
Kurdish (Sorani) - ئاشتی
Danish - fred
Dhivehi - ordinarily
Dogri - रमान
Hebrew - שָׁלוֹם
Esperanto - pacon
Estonian - rahu
Ewe - ŋutifafa
Filipino - kapayapaan
Finnish - rauhaa
French - peace
Frisian - cold
Scottish Gaelic - sìth
Galician - paz
Welsh - heddwch
Georgian - მშვიდობა
Japanese - 平和
Javanese - tentrem
Greek - ειρήνη
Guarani - py'aguapy
Gujarati - શાંતિ
Hausa - zaman lafiya
Hawaiian - maluhia
Hindi - शांति
Hmong - kev thaj yeeb
Igbo - udo
Ilocano - kapia
Indonesian - perdamaian
English - peace
Irish - síocháin
Icelandic - friður
Italian - peace
Kannada - ಶಾಂತಿ
Kazakh - бейбітшілік
Khmer - សន្តិភាព
Kinyarwanda - amahoro
Konkani - शांती
Krio - pis
Lao - ສັນຕິພາບ
Latvian - miers
Lingala - kimya
Lithuanian - ramybė
Luganda - emirembe
Luxembourgish - Fridden
Macedonian - мир
Maithili - शांति
Malayalam - സമാധാനം
Malay - kedamaian
Malagasy - fandriampahalemana
Maltese - paċi
Māori - te rangimarie
Marathi - शांतता
Mizo - remna
Mongolian - амар амгалан
Nepali - शान्ति
Norwegian - fred
Odia (oriya) - ଶାନ୍ତି
Dutch - vrede
Oromo - nagaa
Pashto - سوله
Persian - صلح
Polish - pokój
Portuguese - Peace
Punjabi - ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ
Quechua - wakin
Romanian - peace
Russian - мир
Samoan - filemu
Sanskrit - शान्तिः
Sepedi - khutšo
Serbian - мир
Sesotho - kgotso
Shona - to wrinkle
Sindhi - امن
Sinhalese - සාම
Slovak - mier
Slovenian - mir
Somali - nabad
Spanish - paz
Sundanese - karapihan
Swedish - fred
Swahili - amani
Tajik - сулх
Tamil - சமாதானம்
Tatar - тынычлык
German - Frieden
Telugu - శాంతి
Thai - ความสงบ
Tigrinya - ሰላም
Tsonga - ntshamiseko
Turkish - Barış
Turkmen - parahatçylyk
Ukrainian - мир
Uyghur - تىنچلىق
Hungarian - béke
Urdu - امن
Uzbek - tinchlik
Vietnamese - hòa bình
Xhosa - uxolo
Yiddish - שלום
Yoruba - alafia
Zulu - ukuthula
Each language family uses different graphemes and phonemes, depending on their place and method of origin. This is the case of Slavic languages, such as Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, and Belarusian, characterized by the Cyrillic alphabet, or Chinese sinograms, thousands of characters with different meanings and sounds. To facilitate the study of all those languages that use characters different from those of our alphabet, here is a list of pronunciations of the word peace in all languages .
Amharic - selami
Arabic - salam
Armenian - khaghaghut'yun
Bengali - Śānti
Belarusian - sviet
Burmese - ngyaaimhkyamrayy
Bulgarian - mir
Kirghiz - tınçtık
Chinese (Simplified) - Hépíng
Chinese (Traditional) - Hépíng
Korean - pyeonghwa
Dhivehi - amaankan
Georgian - mshvidoba
Japanese - Heiwa
Greek - eiríni
Gujarati - Śānti
Hindi - shaanti
Kannada - Śānti
Kazakh - beybitşilik
Khmer - santiphap
Lao - santiphab
Macedonian - mir
Malayalam - samādhānaṁ
Marathi - Śāntatā
Mongolian - amar amgalan
Nepali - Śānti
Punjabi - Śāntī
Russian - mir
Serbian - mirSinhalese - sāma
Tajik - sulx
Tamil - Camātāṉam
Telugu - Śānti
Thai - Khwām s̄ngb
Ukrainian - myr
Yiddish - shlum
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