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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
tranquil + -ity, from Middle English tranquillite, from Old French tranquillite, tranquilité, from Latin tranquillitas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɹæŋˈkwɪl.ɪ.ti/
- Hyphenation: tran‧quil‧li‧ty
Noun
tranquillity (usually uncountable, plural tranquillities)
- The state of being tranquil; peacefulness, the absence of disturbance or stress; serenity; calm.
- Synonyms: calm, peace, stillth
Usage notes
- The spelling tranquillity is more common in the UK (less common in the US), while tranquility is more common in the US (less common in the UK).
Related terms
Translations
the state of being tranquil
- Afrikaans: vreedsaamheid
- Armenian: հանդարտություն (hy) (handartutʿyun), հանգստություն (hy) (hangstutʿyun), հանգիստ (hy) (hangist), խաղաղություն (hy) (xaġaġutʿyun), անխռովություն (hy) (anxṙovutʿyun)
- Bulgarian: споко́йствие (bg) n (spokójstvie)
- Catalan: tranquil·litat (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 平静 (zh) (píngjìng)
- Danish: stilhed (da) c, ro (da) c
- Dutch: rust (nl)
- Esperanto: trankvileco, trankvilo
- Finnish: rauhallisuus (fi), levollisuus (fi), tyyneys (fi)
- French: tranquillité (fr) f
- Galician: tranquilidade (gl) f
- German: Ruhe (de) f, Stille (de) f
- Greek:
- Ancient: ἡσυχία f (hēsukhía)
- Hungarian: nyugalom (hu)
- Italian: tranquillità (it) f
- Japanese: (please verify) 晴朗 (ja) (せいろう, seirō)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: ئاسوودە (asûde)
- Malay: sentosa
- Maori: waikanaetanga
- Middle English: tranquillite, grith
- Old English: ǣmetta m
- Portuguese: tranquilidade (pt) f
- Russian: споко́йствие (ru) (spokójstvije)
- Scottish Gaelic: sìth f, (please verify) sàmhchair f, (please verify) ciùineas m, (please verify) fèath m or f
- Spanish: tranquilidad (es) f
- Swedish: stillhet (sv) c, ro (sv) c
- Tocharian B: maimatsäññe
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Further reading
- “tranquillity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “tranquillity”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.