pace
English
/peɪs/, /ˈpætʃeɪ/, /peɪs/
noun
Definitions
- Step.
- Way of stepping.
- Speed or velocity in general.
- (cricket) A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing.
- (collective) A group of donkeys.
- (obsolete) Passage, route.
Etymology
Derived from pas derived from Old French pas (speedy the step) derived from Latin passus (a step, step, pace, track, footstep, dried).
Origin
Latin
passus
Gloss
a step, step, pace, track, footstep, dried
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- biopacemaker English
- foot English
- footpace English
- half English
- halfpace English
- line English
- maker English
- making English
- man English
- outpace English
- paceline English
- pacemaker English
- pacemakerlike English
- pacemaking English
- paceman English
- pacer English
- pacesetter English
- pacesetting English
- paceway English
- pacey English
- paseo English
- quarter English
- quarterpace English
- repace English
- setter English
- setting English
- tachypace English
- way English
- peesata Finnish
- peesi Finnish
- *passo, *passāre, *passō Latin
- *passāre Latin
- passalis Latin
- passus Latin
- passāre Latin
- Passus German
- passo Italian
- pas French
- passer French
- marcapasos Spanish, Castilian
- pasacalle Spanish, Castilian
- pasear Spanish, Castilian
- paseo Spanish, Castilian
- pasillo Spanish, Castilian
- paso Spanish, Castilian
- *patno- Proto-Indo-European
- passere Norwegian Bokmål
- passear Portuguese
- passeata Portuguese
- passo Portuguese
- pacemaker Swedish
- passus Swedish
- ペースメーカー Japanese
- paas Middle English
- eneslepas Old French
- pas Old French
- trespas Old French
- paŝi Esperanto
- pas Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- paso Cebuano
- pas Middle Dutch
- passen Middle Dutch
- pas Middle French
- passo Old Portuguese
- pas Friulian
- pas Old Occitan
- passari Sicilian
- paso Venetian
- pas xno
- puas Dalmatian
- pass Lombard
- paxiaraꞌ Southeastern Tepehuan
- paseáloa Mayo