rest in peace

English

Etymology

Calque of Latin requiescat in pace.

Verb

rest in peace (third-person singular simple present rests in peace, present participle resting in peace, simple past and past participle rested in peace)

A blessing or expression of hope that a deceased person is at peace.
May the souls of the recently departed rest in peace.
(euphemistic) To have passed away, or died.

Derived terms

rest in pieces

Translations

blessing or expression of hope

Arabic: اُرْقُد فِي سَلَام‎ (urqud fī salām)
Azerbaijani: Allah rəhmət eləsin
Bengali: শন্তিতে থাক (śôntit‌ôe thak)
Bulgarian: почивай в мир (počivaj v mir)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 安息 (on¹ sik¹)
Mandarin: 安息 (zh) (ānxī)
Czech: odpočívej v pokoji
Dutch: rust in vrede
Esperanto: ripozu pace
Finnish: levätä rauhassa
French: repose en paix (fr)
Galician: descanse en paz
German: ruhe in Frieden
Greek: αναπαύσου εν ειρήνη (el) (anapáfsou en eiríni)
Hebrew: עליו השלום‎ (alav hashalom)
Hindi: शांति से आराम करना (śānti se ārām karnā)
Hungarian: nyugodjék békében
Irish: ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam m, ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam f
Italian: riposi in pace
Japanese: ご冥福をお祈りします (ごめいふくをおいのりします, Go meifuku wo o inori shimasu)、安らかに眠れ (やすらかにねむれ, yasuraka ni nemure)
Kalmyk: сәәни ормд төртхә (sääni ormd törthä)
Korean: 편히 쉬라 (pyeonhi swira)
Latin: requiescat in pace
Navajo: háá nilyį́į́h
Polish: spoczywaj w pokoju
Portuguese: descanse em paz
Russian: пусть земля́ бу́дет пу́хом (pustʹ zemljá búdet púxom), ца́рство ему́ небе́сное (cárstvo jemú nebésnoje) (to a man), ца́рство ей небе́сное (cárstvo jej nebésnoje) (to a woman), мир пра́ху его́ (mir práxu jevó) (to a man), мир пра́ху её (mir práxu jejó) (to a woman), покойся с миром (pokojsja s mirom)
Serbo-Croatian: počivaj u miru
Spanish: descanse en paz, que en paz descanse
Swedish: vila i frid (sv)
Turkish: huzur içinde yatsın
Urdu: اللہ بخشے‎ (allāh baxśe)
Vietnamese: yên nghỉ (vi)

have passed away