makepeace
English
noun
Definitions
- (rare) A peacemaker; one who reconciles persons at variance with one another; a composer of strife; an adjuster of differences.
- (obsolete) A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for corporal punishment.
Etymology
Compound from English make (companion, peer, mate, equal) + English peace.
Origin
English
peace
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Greenpeace English
- antipeace English
- demake English
- dispeace English
- foremake English
- formake English
- handmake English
- kingmake English
- lawmaking English
- mackly English
- makable English
- make English
- make friends English
- make-debate English
- make-fray English
- make-hawk English
- make-king English
- make-ready English
- make-sport English
- make-work English
- makeability English
- makeable English
- makebate English
- makedom English
- makefast English
- makegame English
- makegood English
- makeless English
- makeline English
- maken English
- maker English
- makespan English
- makest English
- makestrife English
- maketh English
- makeweight English
- making English
- matchless English
- matchmake English
- mismake English
- newmake English
- overmake English
- peace English
- peaceability English
- peaceable English
- peacebreaker English
- peacebreaking English
- peacebuilder English
- peacebuilding English
- peaceful English
- peacekeeper English
- peacekeeping English
- peaceless English
- peacemaker English
- peacemaking English
- peacemonger English
- peacemongering English
- peacen English
- peacenik English
- peacespeak English
- peacetime English
- peacework English
- peacify English
- premake English
- remake English
- troublemaker English
- unmake English
- unmakeable English
- unpeace English
- upmake English
- meikki Finnish
- paix French
- ピース Japanese
- maken Middle English
- pes Middle English
- péas Irish
- püd Volapük
- makim Tok Pisin
- mekim Tok Pisin
- mek Nigerian Pidgin
- make
- peace
- maken
- maker
- makest
- remake
- making
- peacen
- unmake
- maketh
- upmake
- mackly
- demake
- formake
- peacify
- newmake
- makable
- unpeace
- premake
- mismake
- makedom
- makespan
- makeline
- makebate
- handmake
- makeable
- overmake
- makefast
- dispeace
- makegame
- makegood
- kingmake
- peacenik
- makeless
- peaceful
- foremake
- matchmake
- make-work
- matchless
- make-hawk
- make-king
- peacetime
- lawmaking
- make-fray
- peaceable
- antipeace
- peacework
- peaceless
- make-ready
- unmakeable
- make-sport
- Greenpeace
- peacespeak
- makeweight
- peacemaker
- makestrife
- peacekeeper
- makeability
- peacemaking
- make-debate
- peacemonger
- peacebreaker
- make friends
- peaceability
- peacebuilder
- peacekeeping
- troublemaker
- peacebreaking
- peacebuilding
- peacemongering