Standard Lemma guide

pacific

adj · name · noun · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /pəˈsɪfɪk/
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  • rhymes with -ɪfɪk
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  • CMU ARPABET: P AH0 S IH1 F IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Calm, peaceful.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: calm, steady, collected, composed, cool-headed, equable, equanimous, equanimitable, even-keeled, even-minded, even-tempered, imperturbable, laid-back, level-headed, mellow, pacate, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, phlegmatic, placid, quiescent, quiet, relaxed, roolie, sedate, serene, still, tranquil, unexcited, unfazed, unflappable, unflustered, unperturbable, unruffable, unruffled, untumultuous

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Preferring peace by nature; avoiding violence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: peaceable, peaceful, dovish, nonviolent, anti-bellicist, dovelike, irenic, irenical, non-violent, pacific, pacifist, pacifistic, unaggressive

Antonyms: bellicose, hawkish, martial, militant, violent

3

adj

Meaning 3

Related to or located in the Pacific Ocean.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

The Pacific Ocean.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

name

Meaning 5

A city in Franklin County, Missouri, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A steam locomotive of the 4-6-2 wheel arrangement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective

Meaning 7

relating to or bordering the Pacific Ocean

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Pacific islands

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adjective satellite

Meaning 8

promoting peace

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the result of this pacific policy was that no troops were called up

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

adjective satellite

Meaning 9

disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the pacific temper seeks to settle disputes on grounds of justice rather than by force
  • a quiet and peaceable person
  • in a peaceable and orderly manner

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: peaceable

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

the largest ocean in the world

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Pacific Ocean

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ocean

History

Etymology

From Middle French pacifique.

From Latin pācificus (“peace-making”), so called by Magellan because he sailed peacefully over it after weathering Cape Horn.

Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: խաղաղ (xaġaġ) — calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful
  • Bulgarian: мирен (miren) — calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful
  • Bulgarian: спокоен (spokoen) — calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful
  • French: pacifique — calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful
  • German: ruhig — calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful
  • German: still — calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful
  • Hebrew: שקט (shakeit) — calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful
  • Hebrew: משקיט (mash'keet) — calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful
  • Hindi: शान्त (śānt) — calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful
  • Hindi: शांत (śānt) — calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful
  • Hindi: प्रशांत (praśānt) — calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful
  • Icelandic: friðsæll — calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful
  • Icelandic: kyrrlátur — calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful
  • Icelandic: kyrr — calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful
  • Italian: pacifico — calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful
  • Japanese: 平和な (heiwa na) — calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful
  • Japanese: 平静な (heisei na) — calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful
  • Japanese: 穏やかな (odayaka na) — calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful
  • Latin: pācifer — calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful
  • Macedonian: ми́рен (míren) — calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful
  • Macedonian: сми́рен (smíren) — calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful
  • Macedonian: спо́коен (spókoen) — calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful
  • Portuguese: pacífico — calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful
  • Portuguese: tranqüilo — calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful
  • Spanish: pacífico — calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful
  • Walloon: påjhire — calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful
  • Walloon: påjhûle — calm, peaceful — see also calm, peaceful
  • Armenian: խաղաղասեր (xaġaġaser) — preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence — see also peaceful
  • Belarusian: міралюбі́вы (miraljubívy) — preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence — see also peaceful
  • Bulgarian: миролюбив (miroljubiv) — preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence — see also peaceful
  • French: pacifique — preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence — see also peaceful
  • German: friedlich — preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence — see also peaceful
  • Japanese: 穏和な (onwa na) — preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence — see also peaceful
  • Japanese: 穏やかな (odayaka na) — preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence — see also peaceful
  • Japanese: 平和主義的な (heiwa shugiteki na) — preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence — see also peaceful
  • Japanese: 非暴力の (hi bōryoku no) — preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence — see also peaceful
  • Macedonian: миро́љубив (miróljubiv) — preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence — see also peaceful
  • Russian: миролюби́вый (miroljubívyj) — preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence — see also peaceful
  • Spanish: pacífico — preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence — see also peaceful
  • Ukrainian: миролю́бний (myroljúbnyj) — preferring peace in nature; avoiding violence — see also peaceful
  • Czech: pacifický — related to the Pacific Ocean
  • Galician: pacífico — related to the Pacific Ocean
  • Georgian: წყნაროკეანური (c̣q̇naroḳeanuri) — related to the Pacific Ocean
  • German: pazifisch — related to the Pacific Ocean
  • Hawaiian: Pākīpika — related to the Pacific Ocean
  • Hungarian: csendes-óceáni — related to the Pacific Ocean
  • Polish: pacyficzny — related to the Pacific Ocean
  • Tokelauan: Pāhefika — related to the Pacific Ocean
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