different between tranquil vs solitude

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 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