tranquil

English

WOTD – 17 October 2009

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French tranquille, from Latin tranquillus.

Pronunciation

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

tranquil (comparative tranquiler, superlative tranquilest)

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.
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

Translations

free from emotional disturbance

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

Polish: spokojny (pl)
Portuguese: tranquilo (pt), calmo (pt)
Russian: споко́йный (ru) (spokójnyj), уравнове́шенный (ru) (uravnovéšennyj), ми́рный (ru) (mírnyj), безмятежный (ru) (bezmjatežnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: foiseil, suaimhneach
Slovene: spokojen m, spokojna f, spokojno n
Spanish: tranquilo (es)
Swedish: lugn (sv)
Walloon: påjhûle (wa) m, f, påjhire (wa) m, f, trankile (wa) m, f

calm; without motion or sound

Danish: rolig (da), stille (da)
French: tranquille (fr)
Galician: tranquilo (gl), quieto (gl)
Italian: calmo (it), pacifico (it), quieto (it)
Korean: 고요하다 (ko) (goyohada)
Norwegian Bokmål: rolig (no)
Norwegian Nynorsk: roleg

Polish: cichy (pl)
Portuguese: tranquilo (pt), calmo (pt)
Russian: ти́хий (ru) (tíxij), споко́йный (ru) (spokójnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: foiseil, suaimhneach
Spanish: tranquilo (es), apacible (es)
Walloon: påjhûle (wa) m, f, påjhire (wa) m, f, coey (wa) m, trankile (wa) m, f

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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)

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