Phrase guide

peace treaty

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An agreement to end fighting or conflict.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a treaty to cease hostilities

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • peace came on November 11th

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: peace, pacification

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: treaty, pact, accord

Narrower terms: Peace of Westphalia, Treaty of Versailles

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُعَاهَدَة سَلَام (muʕāhadat salām) — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Azerbaijani: sülh müqaviləsi — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Catalan: tractat de pau — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Chinese Mandarin: 和平條約 /和平条约 (hépíng tiáoyuē) — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Chinese Mandarin: 和約 /和约 (héyuē) — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Dutch: vrede — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Dutch: vredesverdrag — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Finnish: rauhansopimus — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • French: traité de paix — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Georgian: სამშვიდობო შეთანხმება (samšvidobo šetanxmeba) — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Georgian: სამშვიდობო ხელშეკრულება (samšvidobo xelšeḳruleba) — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • German: Friedensvertrag — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • German: Frieden — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Greek: συνθήκη ειρήνης (synthíki eirínis) — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Hebrew: הֶסְכֵּם שָׁלוֹם (heském shalóm) — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Hungarian: békeszerződés — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Hungarian: békeegyezmény — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Indonesian: persetujuan damai — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Indonesian: perjanjian damai — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Indonesian: perjanjian perdamaian — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Japanese: 平和条約 (heiwa jōyaku) — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Japanese: 講和条約 (kōwa jōyaku) — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Japanese: 和約 (wayaku) — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Korean: 평화 조약 (pyeonghwa joyak) — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Malay: perjanjian damai — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Malay: triti perdamaian — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Polish: traktat pokojowy — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Portuguese: tratado de paz — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Romanian: tratat de pace — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Russian: ми́рный догово́р (mírnyj dogovór) — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Russian: мир (mir) — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Spanish: tratado de paz — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Swahili: mkataba wa amani — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Swedish: fredsavtal — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Swedish: fredsslut — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Swedish: fredsverk — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Swedish: fred — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Swedish: fredsfördrag — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Tagalog: kasunduang pangkapayapaan — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Tamil: அமைதி ஒப்பந்தம் (amaiti oppantam) — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Turkish: barış antlaşması — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Ukrainian: мирний договір (myrnyj dohovir) — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Uzbek: sulh shartnomasi — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Vietnamese: hiệp ước hòa bình — an agreement to end fighting or conflict
  • Vietnamese: hòa ước — an agreement to end fighting or conflict