lapaix

feminine

/pɛ/

#770 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

peace

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Examples

conflit.

They signed a peace treaty after two years of conflict.

' .

I just want to be left in peace to work.

ideal tous .

World peace is an ideal that everyone shares.

- , .

Leave me in peace, I'm working at the moment.

.

The two countries signed a peace treaty.

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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This word is part of lesson 16.