different between tranquil vs sober

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French tranquille, from Latin tranquillus.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?t?æ?.kw?l/

Adjective

tranquil (comparative tranquiler, superlative tranquilest)

1. Free from emotional or mental disturbance.
   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, chapter XXVIII

     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.

2. Calm; without motion or sound.

Synonyms

• (free from emotional disturbance): calm, peaceful, serene, steady
• (calm; without motion or sound): peaceful

Antonyms

• (free from emotional disturbance): agitated

Related terms

• tranquillity
• tranquillize
• tranquilly
• tranquilness

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin tranquillus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /t????kil/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /t?a??kil/
• Rhymes: -il

Adjective

tranquil (feminine tranquil·la, masculine plural tranquils, feminine plural tranquil·les)

1. tranquil, calm (free from emotional disturbance)
2. tranquil, calm (without motion or sound)

   Synonym: calm

   Antonym: agitat

Derived terms

• tranquil·lament
• tranquil·litzar

Related terms

• tranquil·litat

Further reading

• “tranquil” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tranquil” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “tranquil” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tranquil” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tran?kwil/

Adjective

tranquil

1. tranquil

English

Etymology

From Old French sobre, from Latin s?brius, from se- (“without”) + ebrius (“intoxicated”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?eg??- (“drink”). In the sense "not drunk," displaced native undrunken, from Old English undruncen.

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?'b?(r), IPA^(key): /?s??.b?(?)/
• Rhymes: -??b?(r)
• Homophone: soba (in non-rhotic accents)

Adjective

sober (comparative soberer, superlative soberest)

1. Not drunk; not intoxicated.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sober

   Antonyms: drunk; see also Thesaurus:drunk

2. Not given to excessive drinking of alcohol.

   Synonym: abstemious
3. (figuratively) Moderate; realistic; serious; not playful; not passionate; cool; self-controlled.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:moderate, Thesaurus:serious

   • 1680, John Dryden, Ovid's Epistles

     No sober man would put himself into danger for the applause of escaping without breaking his neck.

   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 230d.

     Which is the finest and soberest state possible.

4. (of color) Dull; not bright or colorful.

   Synonyms: muted, subdued
5. Subdued; solemn; grave.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:serious

   • 1717, Alexander Pope, Letter from Edward Blount, Esq.

     See her sober over a sampler, or gay over a jointed baby.
6. (Scotland) Poor; feeble.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• teetotaller

Verb

sober (third-person singular simple present sobers, present participle sobering, simple past and past participle sobered)

1. (often with up) To make or become sober.
2. (often with up) To overcome or lose a state of intoxication.

3. To moderate one's feelings.

Translations

Anagrams

• Beros, Boers, Boser, Brose, Serbo-, bores, brose, robes

Danish

Etymology

From French sobre, from Latin sobrius.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -o?b?r

Adjective

sober

1. sober (in character; moderate; realistic; serious)

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sober, from Old French sobre, from Latin s?brius. Doublet of zuiver.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -o?b?r

Adjective

sober (comparative soberder, superlative soberst)

1. simple, plain, austere

Inflection

Synonyms

• eenvoudig

Antonyms

• overdadig

Swedish

Etymology

From French sobre.

Adjective

sober (comparative sobrare, superlative sobrast)

1. moderate
2. stylish, discreetly tasteful

Inflection

References

• sober in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sober in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sober in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)