tranquillity

See also: Tranquillity

English

Alternative forms

• tranquility

Etymology

From tranquil +‎ -ity, from Middle English tranquillite, from Old French tranquillite, tranquilité, from Latin tranquillitas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹæŋˈkwɪl.ɪ.ti/

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• Hyphenation: tran‧quil‧li‧ty

Noun

tranquillity (usually uncountable, plural tranquillities)

1. The state of being tranquil; peacefulness, the absence of disturbance or stress; serenity; calm.

   Synonyms: calm, peace, stillth

   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 224, about Hertingfordbury:

     Until the main road from Hatfield to Hertford was diverted a few years ago, heavy lorries trundling through the village sometimes knocked chunks off corner buildings, but now the village has regained much of its former tranquillity.

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

• tranquil
• tranquilize
• tranquillize
• tranquilly
• tranquilness

Translations

the state of being tranquil

Afrikaans: vreedsaamheid Armenian: հանդարտություն (hy) (handartutʻyun), հանգստություն (hy) (hangstutʻyun), հանգիստ (hy) (hangist), խաղաղություն (hy) (xaġaġutʻyun), անխռովություն (hy) (anxṙovutʻyun) 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

Further reading

• “tranquillity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “tranquillity”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.