tranquillare

Meaning

  1. (literary, transitive, uncommon) to calm down
  2. (figuratively, literary, transitive, uncommon) to placate, to appease
  3. (figuratively, literary, transitive, uncommon) to soothe (pain, etc.)
  4. (transitive) to reassure
  5. (archaic, transitive) to make (something) sure or secure
  6. (archaic, transitive) to keep (someone) quiet, to keep at bay
  7. (archaic, intransitive) to enjoy peace and serenity
  8. (archaic, intransitive) to enjoy oneself, to have fun

Hyphenated as
tran‧quil‧là‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tran.kwilˈla.re/
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tranquillāre (“to make calm; to tranquilize”).

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