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"calm" in seven languages

Meaningcalm

Spanish

tranquilo

/tɾanˈkilo/

learned

French

calme

/kalm/

other source · borrowed from Italian calma 'lull', probably from Greek kaûma 'burning heat'

Tranquille also exists.

Italian

tranquillo

/tranˈkwillo/

learned

Calmo is also common, especially of the sea.

Portuguese

tranquilo

/tɾɐ̃ˈkwilu/

learned

Brazilians pronounce the u, as Italian does.

Romanian

calm

/kalm/

other source · French calme (from Italian calma)

Liniștit 'quiet, at peace' is just as common.

Catalan

tranquil

/trəŋˈkil/

learned

English

calm

/kɑm/

other source · French calme (Italian calma)

English → ItaliancalmtranquilloNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: tranquil, tranquillizer (TRANQUILLUM); calm (CALMA).What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

TRANQUILLUM‘still, quiet’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Spanish dropped the u sound of qu (tranquilo [tɾanˈkilo]); Italian kept it (tranquillo [tranˈkwillo]). Calm itself is probably the Mediterranean's midday heat, when the wind dies down.

English relatives: tranquil, tranquillizer (TRANQUILLUM); calm (CALMA)

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In a sentence

  • esTranquilo, todo va bien.
  • frReste calme, tout va bien.
  • itStai tranquillo, va tutto bene.
  • ptFica tranquilo, está tudo bem.
  • roRămâi calm, totul e în regulă.
  • caTranquil, tot va bé.
  • enStay calm, everything's fine.

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