tranquil

English

WOTD – 17 October 2009

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French tranquille, from Latin tranquillus, from trāns- + the root of quiēs (“rest, quiet, peace”), ultimately from *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈtɹæŋ.kwɪl/
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Adjective

tranquil (comparative tranquiler, superlative tranquilest)

  1. Free from emotional or mental disturbance.
    Synonyms: calm, peaceful, serene, steady; see also Thesaurus:calm
    Antonym: agitated
    • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, chapter XXVIII, in Jane Eyre:
      Some time passed before I felt tranquil even here: I had a vague dread that wild cattle might be near, or that some sportsman or poacher might discover me.
  2. Calm; without motion or sound.
    Synonyms: peaceful; see also Thesaurus:immobile, Thesaurus:silent
    • 1921, Douglas Wilson Johnson, Battlefields of the World War, Western and Southern Fronts: A Study in Military Geography, page 262:
      […] that the streams which did form were clear and tranquil because fed by perennial springs from the underground supply; and that in their tranquil waters extensive peat bogs formed.

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tranquīllus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tranquil (feminine tranquil·la, masculine plural tranquils, feminine plural tranquil·les)

  1. tranquil, calm (free from emotional disturbance)
  2. tranquil, calm (without motion or sound)
    Synonym: calm
    Antonym: agitat

Derived terms

Further reading

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tranˈkwil/

Adjective

tranquil

  1. tranquil
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