tranquil

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/ˈtɹæŋ.kwɪl/[ˈtɹ̝̊ʷæŋ.kʰw̥ɪl] ~ [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷæŋ.kʰw̥ɪl]Canada, US/ˈtɹeɪ̯ŋ.kwɪl/Canada, US[ˈtɹ̝̊ʷeɪ̯ŋ.kʰw̥ɪl] ~ [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷeɪ̯ŋ.kʰw̥ɪl]

adjective

Free from emotional or mental disturbance.

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calmpeacefulserenesteadycollectedcomposedcool-headedequable
Opposite
agitated
OriginMiddle French tranquille ← Latin tranquillus →
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Meanings

adjectivetranquil (comparative tranquiler, superlative tranquilest)

comparative tranquiler · superlative tranquilest

  1. Free from emotional or mental disturbance.

    Some time passed before I felt tranquil even here: I had a vague dread that wild cattle might be near, or that some sportsman or poacher might discover me.

    1847, Charlotte Brontë, chapter XXVIII, in Jane Eyre

    Synonyms: calm, peaceful, serene, steady, calm, steady, collected, composed · Antonyms: agitated

  2. Calm; without motion or sound.

    […]that the streams which did form were clear and tranquil because fed by perennial springs from the underground supply; and that in their tranquil waters extensive peat bogs formed.

    1921, Douglas Wilson Johnson, Battlefields of the World War, Western and Southern Fronts: A Study in Military Geography, page 262

    Synonyms: peaceful, fixed, immobile, immotile, immovable, inanimate, inert, lifeless

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveFree from emotional or mental disturbance.

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calmpeacefulserenesteadycalmsteadycollectedcomposedcool-headedequableequanimousequanimitableeven-keeledeven-mindedeven-temperedimperturbablelaid-backlevel-headedmellowpacate
Opposite
agitated

adjectiveCalm; without motion or sound.

Similar
peacefulfixedimmobileimmotileimmovableinanimateinertlifelesssessilestaticrigidstationarystuckunmovableunmoveabledumbsilentsilentialstillmute

More synonyms by meaning

adjective(of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves

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placidquietstillsmoothunruffledcalm

adjectivenot agitated; without losing self-possession

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calmunagitatedserenecomposed
Also see
calmcomposedequablelowmildpeacefulplacidquietquiet as a mouseroolieserenesmoothstillunagitatedunruffled

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latintranquillus
  2. Middle Frenchtranquille
  3. Englishtranquil

Borrowed from Middle French tranquille, from Latin tranquillus, from trāns- + the root of quiēs (“rest, quiet, peace”), ultimately from *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”).

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἡσύχιος
  • ἡσύχιος (hēsúkhios)calm; without motion or sound
Bulgarian тих, спокоен
  • тих (tih)free from emotional disturbance
  • спокоен (spokoen)free from emotional disturbance
  • неподвижен (nepodvižen)calm; without motion or sound
Catalan tranquil, tranquil
  • tranquilfree from emotional disturbance
  • tranquilcalm; without motion or sound
Czech pokojný, pokojný
  • pokojnýfree from emotional disturbance
  • pokojnýcalm; without motion or sound
  • tichýcalm; without motion or sound
Danish rolig, stille
  • roligfree from emotional disturbance
  • stillefree from emotional disturbance
  • roligcalm; without motion or sound
  • stillecalm; without motion or sound
Finnish rauhallinen, seesteinen
  • rauhallinenfree from emotional disturbance
  • seesteinenfree from emotional disturbance
  • rauhallinencalm; without motion or sound
  • tyynicalm; without motion or sound
French tranquille, tranquille
  • tranquillefree from emotional disturbance
  • tranquillecalm; without motion or sound
German ruhig, gelassen
  • ruhigfree from emotional disturbance
  • gelassenfree from emotional disturbance
  • ruhigcalm; without motion or sound
Irish suaimhneach
  • suaimhneachfree from emotional disturbance
Italian tranquillo, sereno
  • tranquillofree from emotional disturbance
  • serenofree from emotional disturbance
  • calmofree from emotional disturbance
  • calmocalm; without motion or sound
  • pacificocalm; without motion or sound
  • quietocalm; without motion or sound
Korean 고요하다
  • 고요하다 (goyohada)calm; without motion or sound
Latin tranquillus, tranquillus
  • tranquillusfree from emotional disturbance
  • tranquilluscalm; without motion or sound
Latvian rāms, mierīgs
  • rāmsfree from emotional disturbance
  • mierīgsfree from emotional disturbance
Norwegian Bokmål rolig, rolig
  • roligfree from emotional disturbance
  • roligcalm; without motion or sound
Polish spokojny, cichy
  • spokojnyfree from emotional disturbance
  • cichycalm; without motion or sound
Portuguese tranquilo, calmo
  • tranquilofree from emotional disturbance
  • calmofree from emotional disturbance
  • tranquilocalm; without motion or sound
  • calmocalm; without motion or sound
Russian споко́йный, уравнове́шенный
  • споко́йный (spokójnyj)free from emotional disturbance
  • уравнове́шенный (uravnovéšennyj)free from emotional disturbance
  • ми́рный (mírnyj)free from emotional disturbance
  • безмяте́жный (bezmjatéžnyj)free from emotional disturbance
  • ти́хий (tíxij)calm; without motion or sound
  • споко́йный (spokójnyj)calm; without motion or sound
Scottish Gaelic foiseil, suaimhneach
  • foiseilfree from emotional disturbance
  • suaimhneachfree from emotional disturbance
  • foiseilcalm; without motion or sound
  • suaimhneachcalm; without motion or sound
Slovak pokojný, pokojný
  • pokojnýfree from emotional disturbance
  • pokojnýcalm; without motion or sound
  • tichýcalm; without motion or sound
Spanish tranquilo, tranquilo
  • tranquilofree from emotional disturbance
  • tranquilocalm; without motion or sound
  • apaciblecalm; without motion or sound
Swedish lugn
  • lugnfree from emotional disturbance
Turkish huzurlu
  • huzurlufree from emotional disturbance
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Chicago

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