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tranquilize

tran·quil·ize/ˈtɹæŋkwɪlaɪ̯z/verb

tranquilize is spelled T-R-A-N-Q-U-I-L-I-Z-E: 11 letters and 3 syllables (tran·quil·ize). It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, tranquilize means “To calm (a person or animal) or put them to sleep using a tranquilizer dart” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in tranquilize?

Letters11: T-R-A-N-Q-U-I-L-I-Z-E
Syllables3: tran·quil·ize
In writingabout once in every 26 million words; the 155,937th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is tranquilize?

Tranquilize appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce tranquilize?

  • /ˈtɹæŋkwɪlaɪ̯z/
  • [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷæŋkwɪlaɪ̯z]
  • [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷæŋkwɪlaɪ̯z]

Tranquilize has 3 syllables, split tran·quil·ize in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tranquilize.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of tranquilize

  • tranquilizes present, singular, he/she/it
  • tranquilizing participle, present
  • tranquilized participle, past
  • tranquillize
  • tranquilise
  • tranquillise

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does tranquilize mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

verb

  1. 1

    To calm (a person or animal) or put them to sleep using a tranquilizer dart.

    The escaped lion was finally tracked down, tranquilized, and safely returned to the zoo.

  2. 2

    To make (something or someone) tranquil.

  3. 3

    obsoleterareTo become tranquil.

  4. 4

    To dart (a person or animal) with a sedative

    The bear should go down several minutes after being tranquilized.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you abbreviate tranquilize?

Wiktionary records one abbreviation of tranquilize: tranq.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Tranquilize in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchtranquilliser (to use a drug to sedate a person or animal)
Portuguesetranquilizar (to use a drug to sedate a person or animal)
Spanishdormir (to use a drug to sedate a person or animal), tranquilizar (to make something or someone tranquil), tranquilizarse (to become tranquil)
Germanruhig stellen (to make something or someone tranquil)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does tranquilize come from?

From Middle French tranquiliser. Analyzable as tranquil + -ize.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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