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Definition: Peace-loving |
Peace-lovingAdjective1. Inclined or disposed to peace; "they met in a peaceable spirit"; "peace-loving citizens". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "peace-loving" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1866. (references) |
Synonym: Peace-lovingSynonym: peaceable (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Peace-loving |
| English words defined with "peace-loving": quiet. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | The world knows we are a peace-loving people. (You Only Live Twice; writing credit: Roald Dahl) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | It's said that the Pilgrims brought homophobia, environmental destruction, racism, bigotry and the XFL onto the peace-loving tribes. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | I believe that we should make available to peace-loving peoples the benefits of our store of technical knowledge in order to help them realize their aspirations for a better life. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Tonight, I call on our allies, and peace-loving nations around the world, to join us with renewed fervor in the global effort to combat terrorism. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Peace-loving" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Peace-loving" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 13 | 97,576 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "peace-loving"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | '平爱恋. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | békeszerető (peaceable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 平'国家 (peace-loving nation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | へいわ"っか (peace-loving nation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 평" 사랑하 있". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sheeoil (composed, peaceable, peaceful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eace-lovingpay popoare iubitoare de pace (peace-loving nations). (various references) миролюбивый (dovish, non-aggression, peace loving, peaceable, peace-minded). (various references) fredsälskande (peace loving). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Chronicles Chapter 4, Verse 40 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai euron nomaV pionaV kai agaqaV kai h gh plateia enantion autwn kai eirhnh kai hsucia oti ek twn uiwn cam twn katoikountwn ekei emprosqen |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Inveneruntque pascuas uberes et valde bonas et terram latissimam et quietam et fertilem in qua ante habitaverunt de stirpe Ham |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And they found rich pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And they came to some good fertile grass-land, in a wide quiet country of peace-loving people; for the people who were living there before were of the offspring of Ham. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 1 Chronicles Chapter 4, Verse 40 |
| Cebuano | Ug sila nakakaplag sa malabong nga sibsibanan ug maayo, ug ang yuta halapad, ug hilum ug malinawon; kay ang namuyo didto nga una mga anak ni Cham. |
| Croatian | Našli su obilatu i dobru pašu i prostranu, sigurnu i mirnu zemlju. Buduæi da su ondje prije živjeli Hamovi potomci, |
| Danish | fandt de fed og god Græsning, og Landet var udstrakt, og der var Fred og Ro, da de tidligere Beboere nedstammede fra Kam. |
| Dutch | En zij vonden vette en goede weide, en een land, wijd van begrip, en stil, en gerust; want die van Cham woonden daar te voren. |
| Finnish | Ja he löysivät lihavan ja hyvän laitumen, ja maa oli tilava joka suuntaan sekä rauhallinen ja levollinen, sillä ne, jotka olivat asuneet siellä ennen, olivat haamilaisia. |
| French | Ils trouvèrent de gras et bons pâturages, et un pays vaste, tranquille et paisible, car ceux qui l`habitaient auparavant descendaient de Cham. |
| German | und fanden fette und gute Weide und ein Land, weit von Raum, still und ruhig; denn vormals wohnten daselbst die von Ham. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka didapatnya akan tempat rumput yang subur dan baik, suatu tanah yang luas perhinggaannya lagi selamat sentosa adanya, karena orang yang duduk di sana pada zaman dahulukala itu orang Ham. |
| Italian | Trovarono pascoli pingui e buoni; la regione era estesa, tranquilla e quieta. Prima vi abitavano i discendenti di Cam. |
| Maori | A ka kitea e ratou he haerenga momona, he wahi pai, he whenua whanui ano, ata takoto rangimarie; no Hama hoki te hunga i noho ki reira i mua. |
| Norwegian | og der fant de fett og godt beite, og landet var vidt og rummelig, og det var rolig og stille; for de som bodde der før, var av Kams ætt. |
| Portuguese | e acharam pasto abundante e bom, e a terra era espaçosa, quieta e pacífica; pois os que antes habitavam ali eram descendentes de Cão. |
| Rumanian | Au gqsit pqwune grase wi bune, wi o yarq kntinsq, liniwtitq wi pacinicq, fiindcq ceice o locuiau mai knainte se pogorau din Ham. |
| Spanish | Encontraron ricos y buenos pastos y tierra extensa, reposada y tranquila que antes había sido habitada por los camitas. |
| Swedish | Och de funno fett och gott bete, och landet hade utrymme nog, och där var stilla och lugnt, ty de som förut bodde där voro hamiter. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-g-i-l-n-o-p-v" | |
-2 letters: evangelic. | |
-3 letters: cleaving, violence. | |
-4 letters: angelic, anglice, apnoeic, apogeic, calipee, calving, capelin, cineole, cleping, coaling, coinage, congeal, elapine, elegiac, eloping, enclave, envelop, epigeal, epigean, epigone, evangel, galenic, leaping, leaving, lineage, opaline, panicle, peacing, pealing, peeling, peeving, pelagic, pelican, peonage, pinocle, placing, valence, vealing. | |
-5 letters: aeonic, agonic, alcove, alevin, alnico, alpine, alvine, apiece, apneic, apogee. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-g-i-l-n-o-p-v" | |
+4 letters: overspeculating. | |
+5 letters: overspecializing. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 65 61 63 65 2D 6C 6F 76 69 6E 67 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100101 01100001 01100011 01100101 00101101 01101100 01101111 01110110 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P e a c e - l o v i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0065 0061 0063 0065 002D 006C 006F 0076 0069 006E 0067 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)507167697115788188758073 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Quotations: Spoken 6. Quotations: Speeches 7. Usage Frequency 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Bible Trace 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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