tranquille
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin tranquillis.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /tʁɑ̃.kil/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Homophone: tranquilles
- Hyphenation: tran‧quille
Adjective edit
tranquille (plural tranquilles)
Synonyms edit
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of "calm"): agité
Derived terms edit
- avoir la conscience tranquille
- laisser tranquille
- long fleuve tranquille
- tranquillement
- tranquilliser
- tranquillité
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “tranquille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Adjective edit
tranquille
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From tranquillus (“quiet, calm, still, tranquil”).
Adverb edit
tranquillē (comparative tranquillius, superlative tranquillissimē)
Related terms edit
References edit
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin tranquillum. Compare tranquillite.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tranquille (uncountable)
References edit
- “tranquillitẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.