"tranquillity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tɹæŋˈkwɪl.ɪ.ti/ Audio: en-us-tranquillity.ogg [US] Forms: tranquillities [plural]
Etymology: tranquil + -ity, from Middle English tranquillite, from Old French tranquillite, tranquilité, from Latin tranquillitas. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tranquil|ity}} tranquil + -ity, {{inh|en|enm|tranquillite}} Middle English tranquillite, {{der|en|fro|tranquillite}} Old French tranquillite, {{m|fro|tranquilité}} tranquilité, {{der|en|la|tranquillitas}} Latin tranquillitas Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} tranquillity (usually uncountable, plural tranquillities)
  1. The state of being tranquil; peacefulness, the absence of disturbance or stress; serenity; calm. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: calm, peace, stillth, tranquility Related terms: tranquil, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquilly, tranquilness Translations (the state of being tranquil): vreedsaamheid (Afrikaans), ἡσυχία (hēsukhía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), հանդարտություն (handartutʻyun) (Armenian), հանգստություն (hangstutʻyun) (Armenian), հանգիստ (hangist) (Armenian), խաղաղություն (xaġaġutʻyun) (Armenian), անխռովություն (anxṙovutʻyun) (Armenian), споко́йствие (spokójstvie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), tranquil·litat [feminine] (Catalan), ئاسوودە (asûde) (Central Kurdish), 平静 (píngjìng) (Chinese Mandarin), stilhed [common-gender] (Danish), ro [common-gender] (Danish), rust (Dutch), trankvileco (Esperanto), trankvilo (Esperanto), rauhallisuus (Finnish), levollisuus (Finnish), tyyneys (Finnish), tranquillité [feminine] (French), tranquilidade [feminine] (Galician), Ruhe [feminine] (German), Stille [feminine] (German), nyugalom (Hungarian), tranquillità [feminine] (Italian), sentosa (Malay), waikanaetanga (Maori), tranquillite (Middle English), grith (Middle English), ǣmetta [masculine] (Old English), tranquilidade [feminine] (Portuguese), споко́йствие (spokójstvije) (Russian), sìth [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), tranquilidad [feminine] (Spanish), stillhet [common-gender] (Swedish), ro [common-gender] (Swedish), maimatsäññe (Tocharian B)

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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the state of being tranquil",
      "word": "waikanaetanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "the state of being tranquil",
      "word": "tranquillite"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "the state of being tranquil",
      "word": "grith"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "the state of being tranquil",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ǣmetta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the state of being tranquil",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tranquilidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spokójstvije",
      "sense": "the state of being tranquil",
      "word": "споко́йствие"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "the state of being tranquil",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sìth"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the state of being tranquil",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tranquilidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the state of being tranquil",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "stillhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the state of being tranquil",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ro"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "the state of being tranquil",
      "word": "maimatsäññe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tranquillity"
}

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