Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peacetime

/ˈpiːstaɪm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English

Syllables: peace-time
IPA: /ˈpiːstaɪm/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The period of time when a nation or people is at peace, not fighting a war.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"When the country was blockaded during the second world war and the nation’s farmers were told to convert scrub and pasture to sown fields, arable land doubled. In peacetime, the patriotic drive for self-sufficiency continued"

Etymology

From peace + time.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

peacetimes (plural) peace time (alternative) peace-time (alternative)

Antonyms

wartime

Questions

How do you pronounce peacetime?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpiːstaɪm/.
What does peacetime mean?: The period of time when a nation or people is at peace, not fighting a war.
Where does peacetime come from?: From peace + time.

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