"placidity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pləˈsɪd.ə.ti/ [US] Forms: placidities [plural]
Etymology: placid + -ity, from Latin placiditās (“mildness, placidity”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|placid|ity}} placid + -ity, {{der|en|la|placiditās||mildness, placidity}} Latin placiditās (“mildness, placidity”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} placidity (usually uncountable, plural placidities)
  1. The state of being placid; peacefulness. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms (state of being placid): composure, peacefulness, serenity Related terms: placid, placidly, placidness Translations (state of being placid): спокойствие (spokojstvie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), placidesa [feminine] (Catalan), placiditat [feminine] (Catalan), placidité [feminine] (French), ημεράδα (imeráda) [feminine] (Greek), placidità [feminine] (Italian), placidezza [feminine] (Italian), placiditās [feminine] (Latin), placiditate [feminine] (Romanian), споко́йствие (spokójstvije) [neuter] (Russian), placidez [feminine] (Spanish), durgunluk (Turkish), sakinlik (Turkish), спо́кій (spókij) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-placidity-en-noun---CdwCWt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity

Inflected forms

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