FromMiddle Frenchpacifier, fromLatinpāx(“peace”) +faciō(“I do, make”). Cognate withpay andpeacify.
pacify (third-person singular simple presentpacifies,present participlepacifying,simple past and past participlepacified)
- (transitive) To bringpeace to (a place or situation), by endingwar,fighting,violence,anger oragitation.
- (transitive) Toappease (someone).
bring peace, ending fighting
- Arabic:please add this translation if you can
- Armenian:խաղաղել (hy)(xaġaġel),խաղաղեցնել (hy)(xaġaġecʻnel)
- Asturian:apanguar
- Bulgarian:умиротворявам (bg)(umirotvorjavam)
- Czech:uklidnit (cs) pf
- French:pacifier (fr)
- Galician:pacificar (gl)
- German:befrieden (de)
- Gothic:𐌲𐌰𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌸𐍉𐌽(gafriþōn)
- Greek:κατευνάζω (el)(katevnázo)
- Ido:pacigar (io)
- Irish:ceansaigh
- Italian:pacificare (it)
- Japanese:鎮める (ja)(shizumeru)
- Latin:pācificō,pācō (la)
- Maori:whakamārie,whakamāriri,whakamāhaki,whakamahuru,whakarangimārie,whakangehe
- Old English:stillan
- Persian:خواباندن (fa)(xwâbândan)(of fighting or anger, informal),فرونشاندن (fa)(foru-nešândan)(of anger, formal)
- Portuguese:pacificar (pt),apaziguar (pt)
- Sicilian:appaciari
- Spanish:pacificar (es),apaciguar (es)
- Swedish:pacificera (sv)
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