Meanings
nounpeacetime (usually uncountable, plural peacetimes)
plural peacetimes · alternative peace time · alternative peace-time
- uncountableusuallyThe period of time when a nation or people is at peace, not fighting a war.
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
2020 February 25, Christopher de Bellaigue, “The end of farming?”, in The Guardian
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Arabic وَقْت السَّلَامِ, وَقْت السِّلْمِ
- وَقْت السَّلَامِ (waqt as-salāmi)period of peace
- وَقْت السِّلْمِ (waqt as-silmi)period of peace
- زَمَن السَّلَامِ (zaman as-salāmi)period of peace
- زَمَن السِّلْمِ (zaman as-silmi)period of peace
Bulgarian ми́рно вре́ме
- ми́рно вре́ме (mírno vréme)period of peace
Chinese Mandarin 和平時期 /和平时期, 平時 /平时
- 和平時期 /和平时期 (hépíng shíqī)period of peace
- 平時 /平时 (píngshí)period of peace
Czech doba míru
- doba míruperiod of peace
Danish fredstid
- fredstidperiod of peace
Dutch vredestijd
- vredestijdperiod of peace
Estonian rahuaeg
- rahuaegperiod of peace
Finnish rauhanaika
- rauhanaikaperiod of peace
French temps de paix
- temps de paixperiod of peace
German Friedenszeit
- Friedenszeitperiod of peace
Hungarian békeidő
- békeidőperiod of peace
Italian tempo di pace
- tempo di paceperiod of peace
Japanese 平和時代, 平時
- 平和時代 (heiwa jidai)period of peace
- 平時 (heiji)period of peace
Korean 평화시, 평시
- 평화시 (pyeonghwasi)period of peace
- 평시 (pyeongsi)period of peace
Malay masa aman
- masa amanperiod of peace
Norwegian Bokmål fredstid
- fredstidperiod of peace
Persian زمان صلح
- زمان صلح (zamân-e solh)period of peace
Polish okres pokoju, okres pokojowy
- okres pokojuperiod of peace
- okres pokojowyperiod of peace
Portuguese tempo de paz
- tempo de pazperiod of peace
Romanian timp de pace
- timp de paceperiod of peace
Russian ми́рное вре́мя
- ми́рное вре́мя (mírnoje vrémja)period of peace
Slovak mierový čas
- mierový časperiod of peace
Spanish tiempo de paz, tiempos pacíficos
- tiempo de pazperiod of peace
- tiempos pacíficosperiod of peace
Swedish fredstid
- fredstidperiod of peace
Turkish barış, sulh
- barışperiod of peace
- sulhperiod of peace
Ukrainian ми́рний час
- ми́рний час (mýrnyj čas)period of peace
Vietnamese thời bình
- thời bìnhperiod of peace
Cite this entry
APA
peacetime. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peacetime
MLA
“peacetime.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peacetime. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peacetime,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peacetime.
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