different between quietude vs solitude

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French quiétude, from Late Latin qui?t?d?, from Latin qui?tus, perfect passive participle of qui?sc? (“rest”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: kw? ' ? - to?od, -tyo?od

Noun

quietude (usually uncountable, plural quietudes)

1. tranquility

Synonyms

• (tranquility): peace, serenity, tranquility

Related terms

• quiet
• quietness

Translations

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin qui?t?d?, from Latin qui?tus, perfect passive participle of qui?sc? (“rest”).

Noun

quietude f (uncountable)

1. quietude, tranquility

Synonyms

• (quietude): calma, paz, serenidade, sosego, tranquilidade

Antonyms

• (quietude): axitación, desasosego, inquietude

Related terms

• quieto

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin qui?t?d?, from Latin qui?tus, perfect passive participle of qui?sc? (“rest”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ud?i

Noun

quietude f (plural quietudes)

1. quiet (absence of movement or sound)

Related terms

• quieto

English

Etymology

From Old French solitude; synchronically, sole +? -itude.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?l??tju?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?l??tud/
• Hyphenation: sol?i?tude

Noun

solitude (countable and uncountable, plural solitudes)

1. Aloneness; state of being alone or solitary, by oneself.

   Synonym: aloneness

   Antonym: intimacy

2. A lonely or deserted place.
   • 1813, Lord Byron, Bride of Abydos, Canto 2, stanza 20:

     Mark where his carnage and his conquests cease!
     He makes a solitude, and calls it — peace.

   • 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 193]:

     Cranks like Rousseau made solitude glamorous, but sensible people agreed that it was really terrible.

Derived terms

• two solitudes

Related terms

• sole
• solo
• soliloquy
• solitary
• solitudinous
• solitudinously

Translations

See also

• loneliness

Further reading

• solitude on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• outslide, slideout, toluides

French

Etymology

From Latin s?lit?d?, corresponding to s?lus (“alone”) + -t?d?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?.li.tyd/

Noun

solitude f (plural solitudes)

1. solitude

Related terms

• solitaire
• seul

Further reading

• “solitude” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Noun

solitude f (nominative singular solitude)

1. solitude

Descendants

• ? English: solitude
• French: solitude

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin s?lit?d?, corresponding to s?lus (“alone”) + -t?d?.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soli?tud??i/

Noun

solitude f (plural solitudes)

1. solitude

Related terms

• só
• solidão
• solitário