quiet

Etymology
From, from and , from , past participle of , ultimately from. .

Adjective

 * 1) With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
 * 2) Having little motion or activity; calm.
 * 3) Not busy, of low quantity.
 * 4) Not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved.
 * 5) Not showy; undemonstrative.
 * 6)  Requiring little or no interaction.
 * 1) Not busy, of low quantity.
 * 2) Not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved.
 * 3) Not showy; undemonstrative.
 * 4)  Requiring little or no interaction.
 * 1) Not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved.
 * 2) Not showy; undemonstrative.
 * 3)  Requiring little or no interaction.
 * 1)  Requiring little or no interaction.
 * 1)  Requiring little or no interaction.
 * 1)  Requiring little or no interaction.
 * 1)  Requiring little or no interaction.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:silent
 * See also Thesaurus:calm
 * See also Thesaurus:taciturn
 * See also Thesaurus:taciturn

Translations

 * Afrikaans: stil
 * Albanian:
 * Amharic:
 * Arabic: صَامِت, هَادِئ
 * Egyptian Arabic: هادي
 * Aragonese:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Aromanian: tãcut
 * Asturian: quietu, silenciosu
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: шым, тыныс
 * Belarusian:
 * Bengali: ,
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chamicuro: chkesi
 * Cherokee: ᎡᎷᏪᎢ, ᎡᏝᏪᎢ
 * Chickasaw: chokkíllissa
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, tyst
 * Dutch:, , , ,
 * Esperanto: mallaŭta
 * Estonian: vaikne
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: cuiet, cujet
 * Galician: silencioso, silandeiro, calmo
 * Georgian: ხმადაბალი, ჩუმი,, უხმაურო
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Ancient: ἤρεμος
 * Gujarati:
 * Hausa: shuru
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ख़ामोश
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Ingrian: hiljain, äänetöin
 * Interlingua: quiete
 * Irish: ciúin
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kannada:
 * Kazakh: тыныш
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:, وسکت
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Laboya: kawannara, karadda, kaʼdanna
 * Lao: ງຽບ, ຈ້ອຽ
 * Latin: tacitus,
 * Latvian: kluss
 * Lithuanian: tylus
 * Luxembourgish: roueg, stëll, lues
 * Macedonian: ти́вок, тих
 * Malay: ,
 * Jawi: ديام, سڽڤ
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese:
 * Maori: māika, hū
 * Marathi: शांत
 * Mirandese:
 * Mizo: reh
 * Mongolian: ,
 * Northern Sami: jaskat
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: stille
 * Occitan:
 * Odia:
 * Ottoman Turkish: صوص, خاموش
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:, , کم صدا
 * Plautdietsch: stell
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Punjabi: ਚੁੱਪ-ਚਾਪ
 * Rajasthani:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Samoan: fīlēmū
 * Sardinian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: sèimh, sàmhach, socair, ciùin
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ти̏х
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian: ,
 * Sinhalese: නිශ්ශබ්ද
 * Slovak: tichý
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: śichy
 * Spanish:, , , , , ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik:
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu:
 * Tetum: nonook
 * Thai:, ,
 * Tongan: longo
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: ýuwaş, sessiz
 * Ukrainian: ти́хий
 * Urdu: خاموش
 * Uzbek:
 * Venetian: chieto, chiet,, poxado, cucio
 * Vietnamese: (安靜),
 * Volapük:
 * Walloon: ,
 * Yiddish: שטיל, רויִק


 * Armenian: ,
 * Bashkir: тыныс
 * Basque: bare
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chickasaw: chokkíllissa
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:, მშვიდი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἥσυχος
 * Italian:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Latin: tranquillus
 * Maori: maho
 * Northern Sami: hiljit
 * Norwegian:
 * Ottoman Turkish: ساكن, دولك
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ми́ран, спо̏ко̄ја̄н
 * Roman: ,
 * Sinhalese: නිශ්චල
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Ukrainian: спокі́йний
 * Walloon: ,


 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * Greek:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Latvian: lēns
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: ти́хий


 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: calláu, quietu
 * Bashkir: шым, тыныс
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chickasaw: chokkíllissa
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Estonian: vaikne, tasane
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: ჩუმი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ingrian: hiljain, äänetöin
 * Italian: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: وسکت
 * Latin: tacitus
 * Latvian: kluss
 * Maori: māika, whakatakupe
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: stille
 * Persian:, کم گوی
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Sinhalese: නිශ්ශබ්ද
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish:
 * Walloon:
 * Yiddish: רויִק


 * Lithuanian: ,
 * Tuvaluan:

Verb

 * 1)  To cause (someone or something) to become quiet.
 * 2)  To become quiet or calm.
 * 1)  To become quiet or calm.
 * 1)  To become quiet or calm.
 * 1)  To become quiet or calm.
 * 1)  To become quiet or calm.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: cuietâ
 * Georgian: გაჩუმება
 * German:
 * Italian: ,
 * Latin:
 * Maori: whakamūmū
 * Northern Sami: jaskkodahttit, váidudit
 * Polish:, ,  ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:, успокоявам се
 * Dutch:, rustig worden
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, , ,
 * Georgian: გაჩუმება
 * Northern Sami: jaskkodit, váidut
 * Old English: gestillan
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish: (exclusively for sound) uciszyć się,, (sound/motion) uspokajać się, uspokoić się
 * Quechua: upallay
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ,
 * Norwegian: ,

Noun

 * 1) The absence of sound; quietness.
 * 2) The absence of movement; stillness, tranquility.
 * 3) The absence of disturbance or trouble; peace, security.
 * 1) The absence of movement; stillness, tranquility.
 * 2) The absence of disturbance or trouble; peace, security.

Translations

 * Adyghe: шъэфы
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: səssizlik, sakitlik,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto: kvieto
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: სიჩუმე, სიწყნარე
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σιγή, σιωπή
 * Hindi: ख़ामोशी
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kabardian:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:, وسکت
 * Latin: silentium
 * Latvian: klusums
 * Northern Sami: jaskatvuohta
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Punjabi: ਚੁੱਪੀ
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: sàmhchair, tosd
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Urdu: خاموشی


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: სიწყნარე
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἡσυχία
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Latin:
 * Old English: ǣmetta
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Georgian: ,

Interjection

 * 1) Be quiet.

Etymology
. Compare, which was inherited. .

Adjective

 * 1) calm, stopped

Noun

 * 1) water

Etymology
(13th c.), borrowed from. The masculine is a  backformation. Doublet of inherited and the earlier borrowing.

Adjective

 * 1)  tranquil, peaceful, placid

Usage notes

 * Its antonym is much more common.

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) calm, stopped