tranquille

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tranquillis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃.kil/

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• Homophone: tranquilles
• Hyphenation: tran‧quille

Adjective

tranquille (plural tranquilles)

1. calm, quiet, tranquil, still, peaceful, serene

Further reading

• “tranquille” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Adjective

tranquille

1. Feminine plural form of tranquillo

Etymology

From tranquillus (“quiet, calm, still, tranquil”).

Adverb

tranquillē (comparative tranquillius, superlative tranquillissimē)

1. calmly, quietly, tranquilly, serenely

References

• tranquille in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tranquille in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tranquille in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette