tranquil

WOTD – 17 October 2009

English

Etymology

From Middle French tranquille, from Latin tranquillus.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹæŋ.kwɪl/

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Adjective

tranquil (comparative more tranquil, superlative most tranquil)

1. Free from emotional or mental disturbance.
   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, chapter XXVIII

     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.
   • 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.

Synonyms

• (free from emotional disturbance): calm, peaceful, serene, steady
• (calm; without motion or sound): peaceful

Antonyms

• (free from emotional disturbance): agitated

Related terms

• tranquillity
• tranquillize
• tranquilly
• tranquilness

Translations

free from emotional disturbance

• Danish: rolig (da), stille (da)
• French: tranquille (fr)
• Galician: tranquilo (gl)
• Italian: tranquillo (it), sereno (it), calmo
• Latgalian: romons m, mīrons m
• Latvian: rāms (lv) m, mierīgs m
• Norwegian Bokmål: rolig (no)

• Norwegian Nynorsk: roleg
• Polish: spokojny (pl)
• Russian: спокойный (ru) (spokójnyj), уравновешенный (ru) (uravnovéšennyj), мирный (ru) (mirnyj), безмятежный (ru) (bezmjatežnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: foiseil, suaimhneach
• Spanish: tranquilo (es)

calm; without motion or sound

• Danish: rolig (da), stille (da)
• French: tranquille (fr)
• Galician: tranquilo (gl), quieto (gl)
• Italian: calmo, pacifico (it), quieto (it)
• Norwegian Bokmål: rolig (no)

• Norwegian Nynorsk: roleg
• Polish: cichy (pl)
• Russian: тихий (ru) (tixij), спокойный (ru) (spokojnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: foiseil, suaimhneach
• Spanish: tranquilo (es), apacible (es)

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: rustig (nl)
• Finnish: rauhallinen (fi), tyyni (fi)
• German: ruhig (de)

• Portuguese: tranquilo (pt)
• Swedish: lugn (sv)