Meanings
plural pacifiers
- Someone or something that pacifies.First known use 16th c.
1 more example
Many people have failed to see the political significance of the women's music movement, for they categorize all of music as part of the cultural periphery that distracts people from real social injustices. However, far from being a pacifier, women's music has presented an experience which contrasts with the social inequities of our culture's traditionally male-dominated music.
1979 August 18, Maida Tilchen, “The Diversity of Women's Music”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 5, page 9
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA rubber or plastic device imitating a nipple that goes into a baby’s mouth, used to calm and quiet the baby.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsomeone who tries to bring peace
noundevice used for an infant to suck or bite on
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic صَانِع سَلَام, صَانِعَة سَلَام
- صَانِع سَلَام (ṣāniʕ salām)one who pacifies
- صَانِعَة سَلَام (ṣāniʕat salām)one who pacifies
- مُصْلِح (muṣliḥ)one who pacifies
- مُصْلِحَة (muṣliḥa)one who pacifies
- مَصَّاصَة (maṣṣāṣa)for a baby
- لَهَّايَة (lahhāya)for a baby
Basque txupete
- txupetefor a baby
Bulgarian умиротвори́тел, биберо́н
- умиротвори́тел (umirotvorítel)one who pacifies
- биберо́н (biberón)for a baby
Catalan xumet
- xumetfor a baby
Chinese Cantonese 奶嘴
- 奶嘴 (naai⁵ zeoi²)for a baby
Chinese Mandarin 平定者, 撫慰者 /抚慰者
- 平定者 (píngdìngzhě)one who pacifies
- 撫慰者 /抚慰者 (fǔwèizhě)one who pacifies
- 調解者 /调解者 (tiáojiězhě)one who pacifies
- 奶嘴 (nǎizuǐ)for a baby
Czech dudlík
- dudlíkfor a baby
Danish sut
- sutfor a baby
Dutch pacificator, fopspeen
- pacificatorone who pacifies
- fopspeenfor a baby
- speenfor a baby
Esperanto suĉilo
- suĉilofor a baby
Estonian lutt
- luttfor a baby
Finnish rauhoittaja, rauhoittava
- rauhoittajaone who pacifies
- rauhoittavaone who pacifies
- tuttifor a baby
- huvituttifor a baby
French pacificateur, sucette
- pacificateurone who pacifies
- sucettefor a baby
- tétinefor a baby
- tututtefor a baby
- totottefor a baby
- sucefor a baby
German Befrieder, Beruhiger
- Befriederone who pacifies
- Beruhigerone who pacifies
- Friedensstifterone who pacifies
- Schnullerfor a baby
- Beruhigungssaugerfor a baby
Greek ειρηνευτής, πιπίλα
- ειρηνευτής (eirineftís)one who pacifies
- πιπίλα (pipíla)for a baby
Hebrew מוֹצֵץ
- מוֹצֵץ (motsets)for a baby
Hindi चुसनी
- चुसनी (cusnī)for a baby
Hungarian cumi
- cumifor a baby
Icelandic snuð, snudda
- snuðfor a baby
- snuddafor a baby
Indonesian penenang, dot
- penenangone who pacifies
- dotfor a baby
- empengfor a baby
Irish gobán
- gobánfor a baby
Italian pacificatore, paciere
- pacificatoreone who pacifies
- paciereone who pacifies
- ciucciofor a baby
- ciucciottofor a baby
- succhiottofor a baby
- tettarellafor a baby
Japanese おしゃぶり
- おしゃぶり (o-shaburi)for a baby
Korean 인공젖꼭지, 공갈젖꼭지
- 인공젖꼭지 (in'gongjeotkkokji)for a baby
- 공갈젖꼭지 (gonggaljeotkkokji)for a baby
- 고무젖꼭지 (gomujeotkkokji)for a baby
- 젖꼭지 (jeotkkokji)for a baby
- 쪽쪽이 (jjokjjogi)for a baby
Latin pācātor, pācificātor
- pācātorone who pacifies
- pācificātorone who pacifies
Latvian māneklis
- māneklisfor a baby
Lithuanian žindukas
- žindukasfor a baby
Māori kaiwhakamārie
- kaiwhakamārieone who pacifies
Norwegian Bokmål smokk
- smokkfor a baby
Polish smoczek
- smoczekfor a baby
Portuguese pacificador, chupeta
- pacificadorone who pacifies
- chupetafor a baby
- chuchafor a baby
- pipofor a baby
- bicofor a baby
Romanian suzetă
- suzetăfor a baby
Russian успокои́тель, умиротвори́тель
- успокои́тель (uspokoítelʹ)one who pacifies
- умиротвори́тель (umirotvorítelʹ)one who pacifies
- со́ска (sóska)for a baby
- пусты́шка (pustýška)for a baby
- со́ска-пусты́шка (sóska-pustýška)for a baby
Slovak cumlík
- cumlíkfor a baby
Spanish pacificador, chupete
- pacificadorone who pacifies
- chupetefor a baby
- bobofor a baby
- chupafor a baby
- chupofor a baby
- chupónfor a baby
- consuelofor a baby
- chupaderofor a baby
- chupadorfor a baby
- chupefor a baby
- tetinafor a baby
- mamaderafor a baby
Swedish lugnare, tutt
- lugnareone who pacifies
- tuttfor a baby
- nappfor a baby
Tagalog tagapayapa
- tagapayapafor a baby
Thai จุกนม
- จุกนม (jùk-nom)for a baby
Turkish emzik
- emzikfor a baby
Ukrainian со́ска, пусти́шка
- со́ска (sóska)for a baby
- пусти́шка (pustýška)for a baby
- пусту́шка (pustúška)for a baby
Urdu چُوسْنی
- چُوسْنی (cūsnī)for a baby
Vietnamese núm vú giả, ti giả
- núm vú giảfor a baby
- ti giảfor a baby
- tu tifor a baby
Welsh teth lwgu
- teth lwgufor a baby
Yiddish סאָסקע, צומי
- סאָסקע (soske)for a baby
- צומי (tsumi)for a baby
- צאָמי (tsomi)for a baby
Cite this entry
pacifier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pacifier
“pacifier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pacifier. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pacifier,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pacifier.
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