peaceable

Anglais[modifier le wikicode]

Étymologie[modifier le wikicode]

(XIV^e siècle) De l’anglo-normand pesible, peisible, issu du moyen français paisible, dérivé de pais (« paix ») avec le suffixe -ible ; plus tard remodelé à partir de peace et du suffixe -able.

Adjectif [modifier le wikicode]

Nature	Forme
Positif	peaceable
Comparatif	more peaceable
Superlatif	most peaceable

peaceable \ˈpiː.sə.b(ə)l\

Pacifique.
- But in the Muslim world we are dealing with regimes who have banished, imprisoned, silenced or neutralised all opposition, even where this is entirely peaceable. — (Faisal Bodi, The Guardian, 29 décembre 1999)
- But if you talk to people here privately, they suggest there are three possible scenarios. The first (intended to sound incredible) is that Israel’s biggest neighbour will be transformed into a peaceable, pluralist democracy. — (‘Feeling understandably twitchy’, The Economist, 8 février 2011)
Paisible, tranquille.
- Though unusual in the Dublin area he knew that it was not by any means unknown for desperadoes who had next to nothing to live on to be abroad waylaying and generally terrorising peaceable pedestrians by placing a pistol at their head [...]. — (James Joyce, Ulysses, épisode 16, 1922)