tranquilizer

English

Alternative forms

• tranquiliser, tranquilliser (chiefly UK)
• tranquillizer (chiefly US)

Etymology

Etymology tree

English tranquilize

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English tranquilizer

From tranquilize + -er.

Pronunciation

• (non-rhotic)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹæ̞ŋkwɪläɪ̯zə/

    • Audio (Southern England):

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• (rhotic)
  • (General American)
    • (without /æ/ raising) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹæ̝ŋkwɪlaɪ̯zɚ/
    • (/æ/ raising) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹeɪ̯ŋkwɪlaɪ̯zɚ/, /ˈtɹɛ̃ŋkwɪlaɪ̯zɚ/
• Hyphenation: tran‧quil‧i‧zer

Noun

tranquilizer (plural tranquilizers)

1. That which tranquillizes or soothes.
2. (pharmacology) A drug used to reduce anxiety or tension.

   Synonyms: ataractic, (slang) tranq, sedative

   1. (loosely) A gun that fires sedative darts.

Synonyms

• trank
• tranq

Coordinate terms

• chill pill
• downer
• horse tranquilizer
• no-go pill
• pill
• sleeping pill

Derived terms

• horse tranquilizer
• trank
• tranq
• tranquilizer dart
• tranx

Translations

anything that tranquillizes or soothes

• Finnish: rauhoittaja
• Greek: ηρεμιστικό (el) n (iremistikó), καταπραϋντικό (el) n (katapraÿntikó)
• Hungarian: nyugtató (hu)
• Portuguese: tranquilizador (pt) m
• Russian: успокои́тельное (ru) n (uspokoítelʹnoje), транквилиза́тор (ru) m (trankvilizátor)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: транквилизатор m

  Latin: trankvilizator m

drug used to reduce anxiety or tension

• Bulgarian: лекарство за успокояване n (lekarstvo za uspokojavane)
• Cebuano: ighuhupay
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鎮靜劑 / 镇静剂 (zh) (zhènjìngjì), 鎮靜藥 / 镇静药 (zh) (zhènjìngyào)

• Esperanto: trankviligilo
• Finnish: rauhoittava (fi)
• Greek: ηρεμιστικό (el) n (iremistikó), αγχολυτικό (el) n (ancholytikó)
• Hebrew: תְּרוּפַת הַרְגָעָה f (trufàt hargaá), (colloquial) כָּדוּר הַרְגָעָה m (kadùr hargaá)
• Hungarian: nyugtató (hu), nyugtatószer (hu)
• Italian: ansiolitico (it) m
• Japanese: 精神安定剤 (ja) (seishin anteizai), 鎮静薬 (ja) (chinseiyaku)
• Malay: penenteram
• Māori: rongoā whakamahuru
• Norman: trantchilisant m
• Persian: آرام‌بخش (fa) (ârâm-baxš)
• Portuguese: tranquilizante (pt) m
• Russian: транквилиза́тор (ru) m (trankvilizátor), успокои́тельное (ru) n (uspokoítelʹnoje)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: транквилизатор m, анксиолѝтик m

  Latin: trankvilizator m, anksiolìtik (sh) m

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} tranquillisant (fr) m
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} మత్తుమందు (te) (mattumandu)