quietude

See also: quiétude

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French quiétude, from Late Latin quiētūdō, from Latin quiētus, perfect passive participle of quiēscō (“rest”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: kwī ' ĭ - to͞od, -tyo͞od

Noun

quietude (usually uncountable, plural quietudes)

1. tranquility
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 169:

     But the castle was not destined to remain long in its present quietude. One morning Lord Avonleigh received a packet from London, whose contents filled him with joy...

   • 1947 November and December, B. K. Cooper, “Steam Working in the Brighton District”, in Railway Magazine, page 381:

     Stopping steam services on the West Coast line from Brighton are confined to the Horsham push-pull trains, which diverge at Shoreham to seek the rural quietude of Bramber, Steyning, Henfield, and Partridge Green, with a run by the banks of the Adur as a pleasant prelude.

Synonyms

• (tranquility): peace, serenity, tranquility

Related terms

• quiet
• quietness

Translations

tranquility

• Czech: klid (cs) m, poklid m, pokoj (cs) m, tichost f
• Galician: quietude (gl) f
• Georgian: სიმშვიდე (simšvide), სიწყნარე (sic̣q̇nare), სიჩუმე (sičume)
• Ido: tranquileso (io), quieteso (io)
• Maori: mahurutanga

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin quiētūdō, from Latin quiētus, perfect passive participle of quiēscō (“rest”).

Noun

quietude f (uncountable)

1. quietude, tranquility

   Synonyms: calma, paz, serenidade, sosego, tranquilidade

   Antonyms: axitación, desasosego, inquietude

Related terms

• quieto

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin quiētūdō, from Latin quiētūtem, perfect passive participle of quiēscō (“rest”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kjɛˈtu.dɨ/ [kjɛˈtu.ðɨ]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ud͡ʒi, (Portugal) -udɨ
• Hyphenation: qui‧e‧tu‧de

Noun

quietude f (plural quietudes)

1. quiet (absence of movement or sound)

Related terms

• quieto