pace

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pace"

English

WOTD – 19 November 2012

Etymology 1

From Middle English pase, from Anglo-Norman pas, Old French pas, and their source, Latin passus. Doublet of pas and fathom; compare also pass. Cognate with Spanish pasear.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /peɪs/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -eɪs

Noun

pace (plural paces)

1. A step.
   1. A step taken with the foot. [from 14th c.]
   2. The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements. [from 14th c.]

      Even at the duel, standing 10 paces apart, he could have satisfied Aaron’s honor.

      I have perambulated your field, and estimate its perimeter to be 219 paces.

2. A way of stepping.
   1. 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^[1]:

        Netherlands, one of the pre-tournament favourites, combined their undoubted guile, creativity, pace and attacking quality with midfield grit and organisation.

   2. Any of various gaits of a horse, specifically a 2-beat, lateral gait. [from 15th c.]
3. 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.

   • 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.

4. (cricket) 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.]
5. (collective) 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.

   • 2006 November 9, “Drop the dead donkeys”, in The Economist:

     A pace of donkeys fans out in different directions.

   • 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.

6. (obsolete) A passage, a route.
   1. (obsolete) One's journey or route. [14th–18th c.]
   2. (obsolete) 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 [...].

   3. (obsolete) An aisle in a church. [15th–19th c.]

Derived terms

• at pace
• change of pace
• cinque-pace
• force the pace
• gather pace
• geometrical pace
• keep pace
• keep the pace
• medium pace
• mend one's pace
• pace bowler
• pace car
• pace lap
• pacemaker
• pace notes
• pace-of-life syndrome
• pacer
• pace-setter
• pace setter
• pace-setting
• pace stick
• pick up the pace
• put one through one's paces
• 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

step: step

• Armenian: քայլ (hy) (kʻayl)
• Bashkir: аҙым (aźım)
• Belarusian: крок m (krok)
• Bulgarian: стъпка (bg) f (stǎpka)
• Catalan: pas (ca) m
• Chamicuro: tepane
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 步伐 (zh) (bùfá), 步幅 (bùfú), 腳步／脚步 (zh) (jiǎobù)

• Czech: krok (cs)
• Esperanto: paŝo
• Finnish: askel (fi)
• French: pas (fr) m
• Galician: paso m
• German: Schritt (de) m
• Greek: βήμα (el) n (víma)
• Hungarian: lépés (hu)
• Ingrian: harkkamus
• Italian: passo (it)
• Japanese: 歩幅 (ja) (ほはば, hohaba)
• Latin: passus (la), gradus (la)
• Latvian: solis m
• Macedonian: чекор m (čekor)
• Maori: whetoko
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: steg (no) n, skritt (no) n

  Nynorsk: steg n

• Ottoman Turkish: آدیم (adım)
• Plautdietsch: Schrett m
• Polish: krok (pl) m
• Portuguese: passo (pt) m
• Romanian: pas (ro)
• Russian: шаг (ru) m (šag)
• Slovak: krok m
• Slovene: korak m
• Spanish: paso (es) m
• Swahili: mwendo (sw)
• Ukrainian: крок (uk) m (krok)

step: distance covered

• Bulgarian: крачка (bg) f (kračka)
• Catalan: passa (ca) f
• Finnish: askel (fi) (one), askelpari (two), askelmitta
• French: pas (fr) m
• Galician: paso m
• German: Schritt (de) m
• Ingrian: harkkamus
• Maori: whetoko
• Ottoman Turkish: آدیم (adım)
• Russian: шаг (ru) m (šag)
• Slovene: korak m
• Spanish: paso (es) m
• Swahili: mwendo (sw) class m/mi

way of stepping: rate or style of how someone moves with their feet

• Bulgarian: походка (bg) f (pohodka), вървеж (bg) m (vǎrvež)
• Catalan: pas (ca) m
• Finnish: liike (fi), jalkatyö
• Galician: paso m, andar (gl) m
• German: Gangart (de) f
• Russian: по́ступь (ru) f (póstupʹ), похо́дка (ru) f (poxódka), шаг (ru) m (šag)
• Ukrainian: хода (xoda), крок (uk) (krok)

way of stepping: gait of a horse

• Catalan: pas (ca) m
• Finnish: passi (fi), askellaji
• German: Passgang (de) m, Pass (de) m
• Japanese: 側対歩 (そくたいほ, sokutaiho), だく足 (だくあし, dakuashi), アンブル (anburu)
• Latvian: gaita (lv) f
• Norwegian: pass (no)
• Russian: и́ноходь (ru) f (ínoxodʹ), аллю́р (ru) m (alljúr)
• Spanish: trote (es) m (slow), galope (es) m (speedy)
• Ukrainian: одно́хідь f (odnóxidʹ)

speed

• Belarusian: тэмп m (temp)
• Bulgarian: темпо (bg) n (tempo)
• Catalan: pas (ca) m, ritme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 速度 (zh) (sùdù)

• Czech: tempo (cs) n
• Finnish: tahti (fi)
• French: rythme (fr) m, train (fr) m, tempo (fr) m
• German: Tempo (de) n, Geschwindigkeit (de) f
• Greek: ρυθμός (el) m (rythmós)
• Italian: ritmo (it)
• Japanese: 歩調 (ja) (ほちょう, hochō), 速度 (ja) (そくど, sokudo), ペース (ja) (pēsu)
• Macedonian: темпо n (tempo)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: takt m or f

  Nynorsk: takt m or f

• Polish: tempo (pl) n
• Portuguese: passo (pt) m, ritmo (pt)
• Romanian: ritm (ro) n, pas (ro) m, tempo (ro) n
• Russian: темп (ru) m (tɛmp), ско́рость (ru) f (skórostʹ)
• Slovene: hitrost (sl) f
• Spanish: paso (es) m, ritmo (es) m, cadencia (es) f
• Swahili: mwendo (sw) class m/mi
• Ukrainian: темп m (temp)

cricket: measure of pitch hardness

collective noun for donkeys

• Finnish: lauma (fi)
• German: Herde (de) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} tempo (nl) n
• Galician: ^{(please verify)} paso m
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} passo (it) m
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 걸음 (ko) (georeum)
• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 步幅 (bùfú)

Adjective

pace (not comparable)

1. (cricket) Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.

Verb

pace (third-person singular simple present paces, present participle pacing, simple past and past participle paced)

1. 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.

2. To set the speed in a race. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. To measure by walking.

Derived terms

• pacemaker
• pace off
• pace oneself
• pace out

 

Translations

to walk to and fro

• Bulgarian: крача (bg) (krača)
• Cherokee: ᎠᏨᏏᏰᎠ (atsvsiyea)
• Dutch: ijsberen (nl)
• Esperanto: paŝi (eo)
• Finnish: astella edestakaisin
• French: arpenter (fr), faire les cent pas (fr)
• German: hin- und herwandern, auf- und abschreiten, streifen (de), tigern (de) (slang)
• Hebrew: פָּסַע (he) (pasá')
• Maori: toihā, whetoko
• Polish: chodzić tam i z powrotem
• Romanian: umbla (ro), mers dus-întors în cameră
• Russian: шага́ть (ru) (šagátʹ) (туда́-сюда́ OR взад и вперёд), расха́живать (ru) (rasxáživatʹ), проха́живаться (ru) (proxáživatʹsja)
• Spanish: trapalear (es)

to set a race’s speed

• Bulgarian: определям темпото (opredeljam tempoto)
• Finnish: määrätä tahti
• Japanese: 速度を保つ (そくどをたもつ, sokudo o tamotsu)
• Russian: задава́ть темп (zadavátʹ temp)
• Spanish: moderarse la cadencia

to measure by walking

• Finnish: mitata askelin
• French: arpenter (fr)
• German: abschreiten (de)
• Japanese: 歩測する (ja) (ほそくする, hosoku suru)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skritte opp

  Nynorsk: stege opp

• Ottoman Turkish: آدیملامق (adımlamak)
• Russian: измеря́ть шага́ми (izmerjátʹ šagámi)

Etymology 2

From Latin pāce (“in peace”), ablative form of pāx (“peace”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpætʃeɪ/, /ˈpɑːtʃeɪ/, /ˈpeɪsiː/

Preposition

pace

1. (formal) 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 bumpkin

Usage notes

Used when expressing a contrary opinion, in formal speech or writing.

Translations

With due respect to

• Bulgarian: с ваше позволение (s vaše pozvolenie), при цялото ми уважение (pri cjaloto mi uvaženie)
• Catalan: amb tot el respecte per
• Finnish: kaikella kunnioituksella
• Portuguese: com o devido respeito a
• Russian: при всём уваже́нии (pri vsjom uvažénii), при всём моём уваже́нии (pri vsjom mojóm uvažénii)
• Spanish: con el debido respeto, con todo respeto (es)
• Swedish: med all aktning för, med all respekt för

Etymology 3

Alteration of archaic Pasch.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /peɪs/

Noun

pace (plural paces)

1. Easter.

Derived terms

• pace egg

Anagrams

• EPAC, EPCA, Cape, EAPC, PECA, Apec, cape, CAPE, APEC

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin pācem (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpatʃe/, /ˈpadʒe/

Noun

pace f

1. peace

Esperanto

Etymology

paco ‎ -e

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adverb

pace

1. peacefully

Galician

Verb

pace

1. inflection of pacer:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.tse/

Noun

pace (uncountable)

1. peace

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pācem (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.t͡ʃe/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -atʃe
• Hyphenation: pà‧ce

Noun

pace f (plural paci)

1. peace

Adverb

pace

1. (colloquial) peace be with you; that's it; end of the story

   pace e amen ― peace be with you and amen

Related terms

Related terms

• pacatezza
• pacato
• pace interiore, pace della mente
• pacificare
• pacifico

Anagrams

• cape

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpaː.ke/, [ˈpäːkɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.t͡ʃe/, [ˈpäːt͡ʃe]

Noun

pāce f

1. ablative singular of pāx (“peace”)

Middle English

Verb

pace

1. 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)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀘𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• पचे (Devanagari script)
• পচে (Bengali script)
• පචෙ (Sinhalese script)
• ပစေ or ပၸေ (Burmese script)
• ปเจ or ปะเจ (Thai script)
• ᨷᨧᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ປເຈ or ປະເຈ (Lao script)
• បចេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄌𑄬 (Chakma script)

Verb

pace

1. first-person singular present/imperative middle of pacati (“to cook”)
2. singular optative active of pacati (“to cook”)

Papuan Malay

Noun

pace

1. form of address for a man

   Coordinate term: mace

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.t͡sɛ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -at͡sɛ
• Syllabification: pa‧ce

Noun

pace m animal

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of pac

Noun

pace f

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of paca

Noun

pace f

1. dative/locative singular of paka

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pācem, accusative of pāx (“peace”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

pace f (uncountable)

1. peace

   Antonym: război

Declension

declension of pace (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) pace	pacea
genitive/dative	(unei) păci	păcii
vocative	pace, paceo

Derived terms

• pașnic

Related terms

• împăca

See also

• liniște

Spanish

Verb

pace

1. inflection of pacer:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English pees, from Anglo-Norman peis, from Latin pax.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːs/
• Homophone: peece

Noun

pace

1. 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.

     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,

     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.

     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