tranquille

French

Etymology

From Middle French tranquille (15th c.), a borrowing 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

   Synonyms: calme, serein

   Antonym: agité

Derived terms

• avoir la conscience tranquille
• laisser tranquille
• long fleuve tranquille
• tranquillement
• tranquilliser
• tranquillité

Further reading

• “tranquille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Adjective

tranquille

1. feminine plural of tranquillo

Latin

Etymology

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

Adverb

tranquillē (comparative tranquillius, superlative tranquillissimē)

1. calmly, quietly, tranquilly, serenely

Related terms

• tranquillitās
• tranquillō
• tranquillum
• tranquillus

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.

Middle English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tranquillum. Compare tranquillite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tranˈkwil/

Noun

tranquille (uncountable)

1. (rare) calmness, tranquility

References

• “tranquillitẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.