peacekeeping

peacekeeping

English

Etymology

From peace +‎ keeping, after keep the peace.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːskiːpɪŋ/

Noun

peacekeeping (usually uncountable, plural peacekeepings)

1. The act of preserving peace, specifically between hostile groups or states, especially by a sanctioned military force. [from 17th c.]
   • 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin 2012, p. 378:

     Peacekeeping is one of the things that the United Nations, for all its foibles, does well.

2. (as a noun modifier) (for example) a peacekeeping force.

Related terms

• peacekeeper

Translations

preserving peace

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Armenian: please add this translation if you can Azerbaijani: sülhməramlı Belarusian: міратво́рства n (miratvórstva) Chinese: Mandarin: 維和 (zh), 维和 (zh) (wéihé) Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: rauhanturvaaminen (fi) French: maintien de la paix m Georgian: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Japanese: 平和維持 (へいわいじ, heiwa iji) Polish: utrzymywanie pokoju n Romanian: menținerea păcii f Russian: миротво́рчество (ru) n (mirotvórčestvo) Slovak: please add this translation if you can Spanish: mantenimiento de la paz m Swedish: fredsbevarande (sv) n Turkish: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: миротво́рство n (myrotvórstvo)

peacekeeping as a noun modifier

Azerbaijani: sülhməramlı Belarusian: міратво́рчы (miratvórčy) Norwegian: Bokmål: fredsbevarende Nynorsk: fredsbevarande Russian: миротво́рческий (ru) (mirotvórčeskij) Swedish: fredsbevarande (sv) Ukrainian: миротво́рчий (myrotvórčyj), миротво́рницький (myrotvórnycʹkyj)