quietude
See also: quiétude
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle French quiétude, from Late Latin quiētūdō, from Latin quiētus, perfect passive participle of quiēscō (“rest”).
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: kwī ' ĭ - to͞od, -tyo͞od
Noun edit
quietude (usually uncountable, plural quietudes)
- tranquility
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 169:
- But the castle was not destined to remain long in its present quietude. One morning Lord Avonleigh received a packet from London, whose contents filled him with joy...
- 1947 November and December, B. K. Cooper, “Steam Working in the Brighton District”, in Railway Magazine, page 381:
- Stopping steam services on the West Coast line from Brighton are confined to the Horsham push-pull trains, which diverge at Shoreham to seek the rural quietude of Bramber, Steyning, Henfield, and Partridge Green, with a run by the banks of the Adur as a pleasant prelude.
Synonyms edit
- (tranquility): peace, serenity, tranquility
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Translations edit
tranquility
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Galician edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin quiētūdō, from Latin quiētus, perfect passive participle of quiēscō (“rest”).
Noun edit
quietude f (uncountable)
- quietude, tranquility
- Synonyms: calma, paz, serenidade, sosego, tranquilidade
- Antonyms: axitación, desasosego, inquietude
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Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin quiētūdō, from Latin quiētūtem, perfect passive participle of quiēscō (“rest”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
quietude f (plural quietudes)
- quiet (absence of movement or sound)