pace
English
Etymology 1
Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#PACECategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peth₂-#PACEFrom Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#PACECategory:English terms derived from Middle English#PACE pase, from Anglo-NormanCategory:English terms derived from Anglo-Norman#PACE pas, Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#PACE pas, and their source, LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#PACE passus. Doublet of pas and fathomCategory:English doublets#PACE; compare also pass. Cognate with Spanish pasear.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /peɪs/Category:English 1-syllable words#PACECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#PACE
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#PACEAudio (US): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#PACEAudio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪsCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪs#PACECategory:Rhymes:English/eɪs/1 syllable#PACE
Noun
pace (plural paces)Category:English lemmas#PACECategory:English nouns#PACECategory:English countable nouns#PACECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PACECategory:Pages with entries#PACECategory:Pages with 14 entries#PACE
- A step.
- A step taken with the foot. [from 14th c.]
- The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements.[1] [from 14th c.]
- Even at the duel, standing 10 paces apart, he could have satisfied Aaron’s honor.Category:English terms with usage examples#PACE
- I have perambulated your field, and estimate its perimeter to be 219 paces.Category:English terms with usage examples#PACE
- A way of stepping.
- A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet. [from 14th c.]
- 2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport:
- Netherlands, one of the pre-tournament favourites, combined their undoubted guile, creativity, pace and attacking quality with midfield grit and organisation.Category:English terms with quotations#PACE
- Any of various gaits of a horse, specifically a 2-beat, lateral gait. [from 15th c.]
- A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet. [from 14th c.]
- Speed or velocity in general. [from 15th c.]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 14, page 311:
- For with ſuch puiſſance and impetuous maine / Thoſe Champions broke on them, that forſt the fly, / Like ſcattered Sheepe, whenas the Shepherds ſwaine / A Lyon and a Tigre doth eſpye, / With greedy pace forth ruſhing from the foreſt nye.Category:English terms with quotations#PACE
- 1983, Kathryn Lance, Running for Health, Bantam, →ISBN:
- The fastest women runners can run a mile in well under five minutes, but in order to reach that goal they've had to train at a much slower pace over thousands of miles.Category:English terms with quotations#PACE
- (cricketCategory:en:Cricket#PACE) A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing. [from 19th c.]
- He didn't bowl a lot of pace in the first T20I.Category:English terms with usage examples#PACE
- (collectiveCategory:English collective nouns#PACE) A group of donkeys.
- 1952, G. B. Stern, The Donkey Shoe, The Macmillan Company, published 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.Category:English terms with quotations#PACE
- 2006 November 9, “Drop the dead donkeys”, in The Economist:
- A pace of donkeys fans out in different directions.Category:English terms with quotations#PACE
- 2007, Elinor De Wire, The Lightkeepers' Menagerie: Stories of Animals at Lighthouses, Pineapple Press, published 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.Category:English terms with quotations#PACE
- (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#PACE) A passage, a route.
- (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#PACE) One's journey or route. [14th–18th c.]
- (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#PACE) A passage through difficult terrain; a mountain pass or route vulnerable to ambush etc. [14th–17th c.]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- But when she saw them gone she forward went, / As lay her journey, through that perlous Pace [...].Category:English terms with quotations#PACE
- (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#PACE) An aisle in a church. [15th–19th c.]
Derived terms
- at pace
- change of pace
- cinque-pace
- footpace
- force the pace
- gather pace
- geometrical pace
- halfpace
- keep pace
- keep the pace
- medium pace
- mend one's pace
- paceboard
- pace bowler
- pace bowling
- pace car
- pace lap
- paceline
- pacemaker
- pacemaking
- paceman
- pace notes
- pace-of-life syndrome
- pacer
- pace-setter
- pacesetter
- pace setter
- pacesetting
- pace-setting
- pace stick
- paceway
- pacey
- pick up the pace
- put one through one's paces
- quarterpace
- requiescant in pace
- requiescat in pace
- set the pace
- snail pace
- snail's pace
- turn of pace
- walking pace
Descendants
- → Japanese: ペース (pēsu)
Translations
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Adjective
pace (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#PACECategory:English adjectives#PACECategory:English uncomparable adjectives#PACECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PACECategory:Pages with entries#PACECategory:Pages with 14 entries#PACE
- (cricketCategory:en:Cricket#PACE) Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.
Verb
pace (third-person singular simple present paces, present participle pacing, simple past and past participle paced)Category:English lemmas#PACECategory:English verbs#PACECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PACECategory:Pages with entries#PACECategory:Pages with 14 entries#PACE
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#PACE
- 1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 19:
- As we stood waiting for the departure time with the setting sun twinkling on the great brass dome of our 2-4-0, the sound of church bells was the only one apart from the measured tread of the guard slowly pacing towards his van, and, standing at an open window, I more than once heard the fireman's "Right away!" to his mate in acknowledgement of a desultory wave of the unfurled green flag.Category:English terms with quotations#PACE
- To set the speed in a race.
- 1921, W. F. Grew, The Cycle Industry, London, page 70:
- The clubs in London, Manchester, Birmingham, etc., hold various track meetings for races varying from one mile to fifty miles, the longer distances being sometimes paced by tandems.Category:English terms with quotations#PACE
- To measure by walking.
Derived terms
Translations
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Etymology 2
From LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from Latin#PACECategory:English terms derived from Latin#PACE pāce (“in peace”), ablative form of pāx (“peace”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpætʃeɪ/, /ˈpɑːtʃeɪ/, /ˈpeɪsiː/Category:English 2-syllable words#PACECategory:English 2-syllable words#PACECategory:English 2-syllable words#PACECategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#PACE
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#PACEAudio (General American): (file)
Preposition
paceCategory:English lemmas#PACECategory:English prepositions#PACECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PACECategory:Pages with entries#PACECategory:Pages with 14 entries#PACE
- (formalCategory:English formal terms#PACE) With all due respect to.
- 1998, Harold Bloom, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human:
- She is marvelous here, but he (pace many critics) is no bumpkinCategory:English terms with quotations#PACE
Usage notes
Used when expressing a contrary opinion, in formal speech or writing.
Translations
Etymology 3
Alteration of archaic Pasch.
Pronunciation
Noun
pace (plural paces)Category:English lemmas#PACECategory:English nouns#PACECategory:English countable nouns#PACECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PACECategory:Pages with entries#PACECategory:Pages with 14 entries#PACE
Derived terms
References
- ↑ How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement: English Customary Weights and Measures, © Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (§: Distance, ¶ № 6)
Anagrams
Category:English heteronyms#PACE Category:en:Gaits#PACECategory:en:Horses#PACECorsican
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Corsican terms inherited from Latin#PACECategory:Corsican terms derived from Latin#PACE pācem (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Corsican terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#PACE *peh₂ǵ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpatʃe/, /ˈpadʒe/Category:Corsican terms with IPA pronunciation#PACE
Noun
pace fCategory:Corsican lemmas#PACECategory:Corsican nouns#PACECategory:Corsican entries with incorrect language header#PACECategory:Corsican feminine nouns#PACECategory:Pages with entries#PACECategory:Pages with 14 entries#PACE
Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpat͡se/Category:Esperanto 2-syllable words#PACECategory:Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation#PACE
Category:Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation#PACEAudio 1: (file)
Category:Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation#PACEAudio 2: (file) - Rhymes: -at͡seCategory:Rhymes:Esperanto/at͡se#PACECategory:Rhymes:Esperanto/at͡se/2 syllables#PACE
- Syllabification: pa‧ce
Adverb
paceCategory:Esperanto lemmas#PACECategory:Esperanto adverbs#PACECategory:Esperanto entries with incorrect language header#PACECategory:Pages with entries#PACECategory:Pages with 14 entries#PACE
Further reading
- “pace”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
Galician
Verb
paceCategory:Galician non-lemma forms#PACECategory:Galician verb forms#PACECategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#PACECategory:Pages with entries#PACECategory:Pages with 14 entries#PACE
- inflection of pacer:
Interlingua
Pronunciation
Noun
pace (uncountable)Category:Interlingua lemmas#PACECategory:Interlingua nouns#PACECategory:Interlingua entries with incorrect language header#PACECategory:Pages with entries#PACECategory:Pages with 14 entries#PACE
Italian
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Italian terms inherited from Latin#PACECategory:Italian terms derived from Latin#PACE pācem (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Italian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#PACE *peh₂ǵ-.
Pronunciation
Noun
pace f (plural paci)Category:Italian lemmas#PACECategory:Italian nouns#PACECategory:Italian countable nouns#PACECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#PACECategory:Italian feminine nouns#PACECategory:Pages with entries#PACECategory:Pages with 14 entries#PACE
Adverb
paceCategory:Italian lemmas#PACECategory:Italian adverbs#PACECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#PACECategory:Pages with entries#PACECategory:Pages with 14 entries#PACE
- (colloquialCategory:Italian colloquialisms#PACE) peace be with you; that's it; end of the story
- pace e amen ― peace be with you and amenCategory:Italian terms with usage examples#PACE
Related terms
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
pāce fCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#PACECategory:Latin noun forms#PACECategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#PACECategory:Pages with entries#PACECategory:Pages with 14 entries#PACE
Middle English
Verb
paceCategory:Middle English lemmas#PACECategory:Middle English verbs#PACECategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#PACECategory:Pages with entries#PACECategory:Pages with 14 entries#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 […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1387-1410, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue
Pali
Alternative forms
Verb
paceCategory:Pali non-lemma forms#PACECategory:Pali verb forms#PACECategory:Pali verb forms in Latin script#PACECategory:Pali entries with incorrect language header#PACECategory:Pages with entries#PACECategory:Pages with 14 entries#PACE
- first-person singular present/imperative middle of pacati (“to cook”)
- singular optative active of pacati (“to cook”)
Papuan Malay
Etymology
Inherited from MalayCategory:Papuan Malay terms inherited from Malay#PACECategory:Papuan Malay terms derived from Malay#PACE pakcik or borrowed from DutchCategory:Papuan Malay terms borrowed from Dutch#PACECategory:Papuan Malay terms derived from Dutch#PACE paatje.
Noun
paceCategory:Papuan Malay lemmas#PACECategory:Papuan Malay nouns#PACECategory:Papuan Malay entries with incorrect language header#PACECategory:Pages with entries#PACECategory:Pages with 14 entries#PACE
- form of address for a man
- Coordinate term: mace
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
pace m animalCategory:Polish non-lemma forms#PACECategory:Polish noun forms#PACECategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#PACECategory:Pages with entries#PACECategory:Pages with 14 entries#PACE
Noun
pace fCategory:Polish non-lemma forms#PACECategory:Polish noun forms#PACECategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#PACECategory:Pages with entries#PACECategory:Pages with 14 entries#PACE
Noun
pace fCategory:Polish non-lemma forms#PACECategory:Polish noun forms#PACECategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#PACECategory:Pages with entries#PACECategory:Pages with 14 entries#PACE
Romanian
Etymology
Inherited from LatinCategory:Romanian terms inherited from Latin#PACECategory:Romanian terms derived from Latin#PACE pācem, accusative of pāx (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Romanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#PACE *peh₂ǵ-.
Pronunciation
Noun
pace f (uncountable)Category:Romanian lemmas#PACECategory:Romanian nouns#PACECategory:Romanian uncountable nouns#PACECategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#PACECategory:Romanian feminine nouns#PACECategory:Pages with entries#PACECategory:Pages with 14 entries#PACE
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
Spanish
Verb
paceCategory:Spanish non-lemma forms#PACECategory:Spanish verb forms#PACECategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#PACECategory:Pages with entries#PACECategory:Pages with 14 entries#PACE
- inflection of pacer:
Yola
Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:Yola terms inherited from Middle English#PACECategory:Yola terms derived from Middle English#PACE pees, from Anglo-NormanCategory:Yola terms derived from Anglo-Norman#PACE peis, from LatinCategory:Yola terms derived from Latin#PACE pax.
Pronunciation
Noun
paceCategory:Yola lemmas#PACECategory:Yola nouns#PACECategory:Yola entries with incorrect language header#PACECategory:Pages with entries#PACECategory:Pages with 14 entries#PACE
- peace
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 19-21:
- —t'avance pace an livertie, an, wi'oute vlynch, ee garde o' generale reights an poplare vartue.Category:Yola terms with quotations#PACE
- to promote peace and liberty—the uncompromising guardian of common right and public virtue.
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 21-23:
- Ye pace——yea, we mai zei, ye vaste pace whilke bee ee-stent owr ye londe zince th'ast ee-cam,Category:Yola terms with quotations#PACE
- The peace——yes, we may say the profound peace—which overspreads the land since your arrival,
- 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 8-9:
- wee hert ee zough o'ye colure o' pace na name o' Mulgrave.Category:Yola terms with quotations#PACE
- we heard the distant sound of the wings of the dove of peace, in the word Mulgrave.
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114