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

• “placide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Adjective

placide

1. feminine plural of placido

Latin

Etymology 1

Adverb

placidē (comparative placidius, superlative placidissimē)

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

Etymology 2

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.