"quiet, peaceful" in seven languages
Meaningquiet, peaceful
Spanish
tranquilo
/tɾanˈkilo/
learned
French
tranquille
/tʁɑ̃kil/
learned
Italian
tranquillo
/tranˈkwillo/
learned
Portuguese
tranquilo
/tɾɐ̃ˈkwilu/
learned
Romanian
liniștit
/liniʃˈtit/
other source · liniște 'calm, silence', of disputed origin
Catalan
tranquil
/tɾəŋˈkil/
learned
English
quiet
/ˈkwaɪət/
other source · Latin QUIĒTUS 'at rest', via Anglo-French
English → Italianquiet, peacefultranquilloNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: tranquil, tranquillizer.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
TRANQUILLUM‘calm, still (of the sea)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
English quiet's own source, QUIĒTUS, lives on as Spanish and Italian quieto 'still, not moving' and French coi (rester coi). For a quiet street, the sisters say 'tranquil'.
English relatives: tranquil, tranquillizer
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In a sentence
- esVivimos en una calle tranquila.
- frOn habite dans une rue tranquille.
- itAbitiamo in una via tranquilla.
- ptMoramos numa rua tranquila.
- roLocuim pe o stradă liniștită.
- caVivim en un carrer tranquil.
- enWe live on a quiet street.