placide

See also: Placide

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin placidus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pla.sid/
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Adjective

placide (plural placides)

  1. calm, quiet, peaceful
    Synonyms: calme, paisible

Further reading

Italian

Adjective

placide

  1. feminine plural of placido

Latin

Adverb

placidē (comparative placidius, superlative placidissimē)

  1. gently, calmly, gradually, peacefully, quietly, placidly

Adjective

placide

  1. vocative masculine singular of placidus

References
  • “placide”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “placide”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • placide in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • placide in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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