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The whole idea of the suburbs was to create these family-friendly places where people could flock and have more control over their existences, and keep things very controlled and placid and keep outside forces at bay.
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Meaning of "placid" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PLACID

From Latin placidus peaceful; related to placēre to please.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PLACID

placid  [ˈplæsɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLACID

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Placid is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PLACID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Placid

Placid is a masculine given name, and may refer to: ▪ John Placid Adelham, English Protestant minister ▪ Saint Placid, Italian Christian monk ▪ Father Placid J Podipara, Indian Catholic priest...

Definition of placid in the English dictionary

The definition of placid in the dictionary is having a calm appearance or nature.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLACID


acid
ˈæsɪd
antacid
æntˈæsɪd
Chasid
ˈhæsɪd
Chassid
ˈhæsɪd
diacid
daɪˈæsɪd
Hassid
ˈhæsɪd
hydracid
haɪˈdræsɪd
nonacid
ˌnɒnˈæsɪd
peracid
pɜːrˈæsɪd
polyacid
ˈpɒlɪˌæsɪd
pseudoacid
ˈsjuːdəʊˌæsɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLACID

placenta
placentae
placental
placentate
placentation
Placentia
placentiform
placentology
placer
placet
placidity
placidly
placidness
placing
placings
placit
placita
placitory
placitum
plack

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLACID

acetic acid
adipic acid
amino acid
ascorbic acid
carboxylic acid
citric acid
fatty acid
folic acid
gamma-aminobutyric acid
hyaluronic acid
hydrochloric acid
hydroxy acid
lactic acid
lysergic acid
nonessential amino acid
nucleic acid
omega-3 fatty acid
sulfuric acid
trichloroacetic acid
uric acid

Synonyms and antonyms of placid in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PLACID»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «placid» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of placid

Translation of «placid» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLACID

Find out the translation of placid to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of placid from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «placid» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

温和的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

apacible
570 millions of speakers

English

placid
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सौम्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الهادئة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

спокойный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

plácido
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রশান্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

placide
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tenang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ruhig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

穏やかな
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

차분한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tenang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

yên lặng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அமைதியான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शांततेने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sakin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tranquillo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Placid
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спокійний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

placid
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

placid
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kalm
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

placid
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Placid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of placid

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLACID»

The term «placid» is quite widely used and occupies the 32.548 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLACID» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about placid

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5 QUOTES WITH «PLACID»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word placid.
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Josh Hamilton
The whole idea of the suburbs was to create these family-friendly places where people could flock and have more control over their existences, and keep things very controlled and placid and keep outside forces at bay.
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Patti Page
My music was called plastic, antiseptic, placid.
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Dawn Powell
Yet better for one of my nature to have it that way than to have life a peaceful, placid flow of quiet contentment. I must have days of rushing excitement.
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Eddie Rickenbacker
The sensation of dying is sweet, sensuous, placid.
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Lytton Strachey
Ignorance is the first requisite of the historian - ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLACID»

Discover the use of placid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to placid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mystery at Lake Placid
The Screech Owls hockey team is on its way to New York for an international peewee tournament when things start to go wrong, and it looks like someone is out to sabotage the team.
Roy MacGregor, 2013
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Ironman Lake Placid: Racing Tips and Strategies
The lessons learned paved the way to my best Ironman ever, and in this book, they will illustrate everything you need to know about racing in Lake Placid.
Raymond Britt, 2010
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Lake Placid Figure Skating: A History
For more than one hundred years, the Lake Placid community has worked together to support figure skating and skaters in this quiet Adirondack village. Local expert Christie Sausa tells this exciting story.
Christie Sausa, 2012
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More Clip Art for the Liturgical Year
This collection of his designs, in many cases combining images with verses from Scripture, will be a boon to those parishes and individuals seeking quality liturgical art to enhance bulletins, programs, and other printed material.
Placid Stuckenschneider, 1990
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Lake Placid
In 1932, Lake Placid hosted the third Winter Olympics, and in 1980 it hosted the thirteenth Winter Olympics. Lake Placid has placed an athlete on all but one winter Olympic roster since 1924.
Laura Russell Viscome, 2008
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Ethereal Mantras Affirmations and Notions for Placid Earth ...
My writings will facilitate your self-esteem, self acceptance, physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual balance and equilibrium and improve your personal and career performance and relationships.
No One, 2012
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Lake Placid
Tourists started coming to Lake Placid in the early 1850s, when the only public accommodations available were a few rooms in a nearby farmhouse.
Dean S. Stansfield, 2002
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Lake Placid Club, Organized 1895; Morningside, Moose Island, ...
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed.
Lake Placid Club, 2012
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Resort Hotels of the Adirondacks: The Architecture of a ...
"Castle Rustico, Lake Placid," stereo photograph, c. 1885 133 4-21. "Lake Placid House," stereo photograph, c. 1885 135 4-22. "Lake Placid House on Lakes Placid and Mirror," cover illustration 136 from booklet, Lake Placid House on Lakes ...
Bryant Franklin Tolles, 2003
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Saving Placid
Bernard Beckett. 2. SECRET SCDEttCE When Michelle stepped out of the car and saw the enormous building surrounded by a huge metal fence, she wanted to turn and run. Professor Patton stepped forward and placed his palm against the ...
Bernard Beckett, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLACID»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term placid is used in the context of the following news items.
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Firefighters continue to investigate cause of Lake Placid fire
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. —Fire officials are investigating a blaze that shut down Main Street in Lake Placid on the eve of an Ironman triathlon ... «WPTZ The Champlain Valley, Jul 15»
2
Lake Placid ice dancing competition expanding
The Lake Placid Summer Ice Dancing Competition this week will include an international field of skaters from Australia, Canada, China, Great ... «Washington Times, Jul 15»
3
Lake Placid to host Bassmaster
LAKE PLACID - Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday that this village will co-host a premier fishing tournament next summer, in part to ... «Lake Placid News, Jul 15»
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Ironman swim photos
LAKE PLACID - The 17th annual Ironman Lake Placid Triathlon began as scheduled around 7 a.m. today, despite a major fire to downtown ... «Lake Placid News, Jul 15»
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China's sudden arrival disrupting islanders' placid living
“It's painful because we've lived here all our lives,” says fisherman Ronald Colendres, who earns as little as $11 a day. He is shown at left on a ... «Albuquerque Journal, Jul 15»
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Athletes in cancer fight take on Ironman Lake Placid
Dave McQuillan had hoped to see his mother cheering him along the course during Sunday's Ironman Lake Placid. Instead, the 47-year-old ... «The Journal News | LoHud.com, Jul 15»
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Planting color in downtown Lake Placid
LAKE PLACID — As folks walked around the park carrying armfuls of arts and craft items, perusing a variety of food booths and mostly toting out ... «Highlands Today, Jul 15»
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LAKE PLACID VS. ANACONDA: Yeah, Someone Went and Did This
If you're taking the time to read this, I would imagine your mind is already made up whether or not Lake Placid vs. Anaconda is worth 90 ... «moviepilot.com, Jul 15»
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Ironman time
As the race director of the Ironman Lake Placid Triathlon, his job is making sure all the pieces fit smoothly together in a massive puzzle. "For the ... «Lake Placid News, Jul 15»
10
Warm (not hot) & fairly placid period through weekend
The light green zone for a minor thunderstorm risk on Thursday has been painted a little farther north than it was earlier -- basically Roanoke ... «Roanoke Times, Jul 15»

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