tranquillity

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tranquillity¹

  • /tɹæŋˈkwɪl.ɪ.ti/

Where it comes from

From tranquil + -ity, from Middle English tranquillite, from Old French tranquillite, tranquilité, from Latin tranquillitas.

noun tranquillities · tranquility

  1. uncountable, usually The state of being tranquil; peacefulness, the absence of disturbance or stress; serenity; calm. Until the main road from Hatfield to Hertford was diverted a few years ago, heavy lorries trundling through the village sometimes knocked chunks off corner buildings, but now the village has regained much of its former tranquillity.

    Similar: calm, peace, stillth

Tranquillity²

proper noun Tranquility

  1. A census-designated place in Fresno County, California, United States.
  2. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Sea of Tranquillity

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noun the state of being tranquil

Españoltranquilidad
中文平静 píngjìng
Portuguêstranquilidade
Françaistranquillité
DeutschRuhe, Stille
Italianotranquillità
Русскийспоко́йствие spokójstvije

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"tranquillity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tranquillity. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{tranquillity_2026,
  title = {tranquillity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tranquillity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}