Phrase guide

rest in peace

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

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1

phrase

Meaning 1

A blessing or expression of hope that a deceased person is at peace.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • May the souls of the recently departed rest in peace.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: RIP

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To have passed away, or to have died.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Calque of Latin requiescat in pace.

Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 去世 (qùshì) — have died
  • Finnish: levätä rauhassa — have died
  • Spanish: descansar en paz — have died
  • Thai: หลับให้สบาย (làp-hâi-sà-baai) — have died
  • Arabic: اُرْقُد فِي سَلَام (urqud fī salām) — blessing or expression of hope
  • Arabic: اُرْقُد بِسَلَام (urqud bisalām) — blessing or expression of hope
  • Armenian: հանգչիր խաղաղությամբ (hangčʻir xaġaġutʻyamb) — blessing or expression of hope
  • Azerbaijani: Allah rəhmət eləsin — blessing or expression of hope
  • Azerbaijani: Аллаһ рәһмәт еләсин — blessing or expression of hope
  • Bengali: শন্তিতে থাক (śontite thak) — blessing or expression of hope
  • Bulgarian: почивай в мир (počivaj v mir) — blessing or expression of hope
  • Catalan: en pau descansi — blessing or expression of hope
  • Chinese Cantonese: 安息 (on1 sik1) — blessing or expression of hope
  • Chinese Mandarin: 安息 (ānxī) — blessing or expression of hope
  • Czech: odpočívej v pokoji — blessing or expression of hope
  • Danish: hvil i fred — blessing or expression of hope
  • Dutch: rust in vrede — blessing or expression of hope
  • Esperanto: ripozu pace — blessing or expression of hope
  • Finnish: levätä rauhassa — blessing or expression of hope
  • French: repose en paix — blessing or expression of hope
  • Galician: descanse en paz — blessing or expression of hope
  • German: ruhe in Frieden — blessing or expression of hope
  • Greek: αναπαύσου εν ειρήνη (anapáfsou en eiríni) — blessing or expression of hope
  • Hebrew: עליו השלום (alav hashalom) — blessing or expression of hope
  • Hindi: शांति से आराम करना (śānti se ārām karnā) — blessing or expression of hope
  • Hungarian: nyugodjék békében — blessing or expression of hope
  • Indonesian: beristirahat dalam damai — blessing or expression of hope
  • Irish: ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam — blessing or expression of hope
  • Irish: ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam — blessing or expression of hope
  • Italian: riposi in pace — blessing or expression of hope
  • Japanese: ご冥福をお祈りします (Go meifuku wo o inori shimasu) — blessing or expression of hope
  • Japanese: 安らかに眠る (Yasuraka ni nemuru) — blessing or expression of hope
  • Japanese: 安らかに眠れ (Yasuraka ni nemure) — blessing or expression of hope
  • Japanese: 安らかに休んでください (Yasuraka ni yasunde kudasai) — blessing or expression of hope
  • Kalmyk: сәәни ормд төртхә (sääni ormd törtxä) — blessing or expression of hope
  • Korean: 고이 잠드소서 (goi jamdeusoseo) — blessing or expression of hope
  • Korean: 편히 쉬소서 (pyeonhi swisoseo) — blessing or expression of hope
  • Korean: 삼가 고인의 명복을 빕니다 (samga goin-ui myeongbog-eul bimnida) — blessing or expression of hope
  • Latin: requiescat in pace — blessing or expression of hope
  • Navajo: háá nilyį́į́h — blessing or expression of hope
  • Polish: spoczywaj w pokoju — blessing or expression of hope
  • Portuguese: descanse em paz — blessing or expression of hope
  • Russian: земля́ пу́хом (zemljá púxom) — blessing or expression of hope
  • Russian: пусть земля́ бу́дет пу́хом (pustʹ zemljá búdet púxom) — blessing or expression of hope
  • Russian: ца́рство ему́ небе́сное (cárstvo jemú nebésnoje) — blessing or expression of hope
  • Russian: ца́рство ей небе́сное (cárstvo jej nebésnoje) — blessing or expression of hope
  • Russian: мир пра́ху его́ (mir práxu jevó) — blessing or expression of hope
  • Russian: мир пра́ху её (mir práxu jejó) — blessing or expression of hope
  • Russian: покойся с миром (pokojsja s mirom) — blessing or expression of hope
  • Serbo-Croatian: počivaj u miru — blessing or expression of hope
  • Spanish: descanse en paz — blessing or expression of hope
  • Spanish: que en paz descanse — blessing or expression of hope
  • Swahili: pumzika kwa amani — blessing or expression of hope
  • Swahili: pumzika peponi — blessing or expression of hope
  • Swedish: vila i frid — blessing or expression of hope
  • Thai: หลับให้สบายนะ (làp-hâi-sà-baai-ná) — blessing or expression of hope
  • Thai: ไปที่ชอบๆ (bpai-tîi-chɔ̂ɔp-tîi-chɔ̂ɔp) — blessing or expression of hope
  • Thai: ไปสู่สรวงสวรรค์ (bpai-sùu-sǔuang-sà-wǎn) — blessing or expression of hope
  • Thai: ไปสู่สุคติ (bpai-sùu-sù-ká-dtì) — blessing or expression of hope
  • Turkish: huzur içinde yatsın — blessing or expression of hope
  • Urdu: اللہ بخشے (allāh baxśe) — blessing or expression of hope
  • Vietnamese: yên nghỉ — blessing or expression of hope
  • Welsh: heddwch i'w lwch — blessing or expression of hope