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quiet
English
Etymology
From Middle English quiete, from Old French quiet (adjective) and quiete (noun), from Latin qui?tus, past participle of qui?scere (“to keep quiet, rest”). Doublet of coy and quietus.
Pronunciation
- enPR: kw?'?t, IPA(key): /?kwa?.?t/
- (weak vowel merger) enPR: kw?'?t, IPA(key): /?kwa?.?t/
- Rhymes: -a??t
Adjective
quiet (comparative quieter or more quiet, superlative quietest or most quiet)
- With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
- Having little motion or activity; calm.
- Not busy, of low quantity.
- Not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved.
- Not showy; undemonstrative.
- (software) Requiring little or no interaction.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:quiet.
Synonyms
- (with little sound): See also Thesaurus:silent
- (having little motion): See also Thesaurus:calm
- (not busy): slow, unbusy
- (not talking): See also Thesaurus:taciturn
- (not showy): modest, plain, simple
Antonyms
- loud
- sounded
- vocal
Translations
Verb
quiet (third-person singular simple present quiets, present participle quieting, simple past and past participle quieted)
- To become quiet, silent, still, tranquil, calm.
- Synonyms: quiet down, quieten
- To cause someone to become quiet.
- Synonyms: quiet down, quieten
Translations
Noun
quiet (plural quiets)
- The absence of sound; quietness.
- the absence of movement; stillness, tranquility
Translations
Interjection
quiet
- Be quiet.
Related terms
Further reading
- quiet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- quiet in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- quiet at OneLook Dictionary Search
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “quiet”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- quite
Catalan
Etymology
First attested 1490. From Latin qui?tus, in this form probably a borrowing or a semi-learned term; cf. also the Old Catalan form quet, queda, which was likely inherited.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ki??t/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ki??t/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ki?et/
Adjective
quiet (feminine quieta, masculine plural quiets, feminine plural quietes)
- calm, stopped
- quiet
Synonyms
- aturat
- detingut
Related terms
- quedar
Copallén
Noun
quiet
- water
References
- Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin qui?tus, from qui?s (“rest”). Doublet of coi, which was inherited, and quitte, another borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kj?/
Adjective
quiet (feminine singular quiète, masculine plural quiets, feminine plural quiètes)
- (rare, literary) calm, quiet, peaceful, at ease
Synonyms
- See calme
Related terms
- quiétude
Usage notes
Its antonym inquiet is much more common.
Further reading
- “quiet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin qui?tus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?kjet]
Adjective
quiet m (feminine singular quieta, masculine plural quiets, feminine plural quietas)
- calm, stopped
- quiet
Synonyms
- suau
- tranquil
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becalm
English
Etymology
From be- +? calm.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /b??k??m/
Verb
becalm (third-person singular simple present becalms, present participle becalming, simple past and past participle becalmed)
- (transitive, obsolete) To make calm or still; make quiet; calm.
- 1589, John Clapham (translator), A philosophicall treatise concerning the quietnes of the mind, London: Thomas Newman,[1]
- […] there is neither house nor landes, nor great store of gold & siluer, nor honor and noblenes of blood, nor greatnes of office, and estate, nor the grace and vehemencie of speach, which doth so much lighten, and so sweetlie becalme the life of man, as an vndefiled conscience […]
- 1717, Delarivier Manley, Lucius, the First Christian King of Britain, London: John Barber, Act IV, Scene 1, p. 39,[2]
- Almighty Beauty quite becalms my Rage:
- In looking on thee, I forget thy Crimes:
- 1897, Opie Read, Old Ebenezer, Chicago: Laird & Lee, Chapter 6, p. 57,[3]
- “Pardon me,” he said, with a quietness that struck the company with a becalming awe.
- 1589, John Clapham (translator), A philosophicall treatise concerning the quietnes of the mind, London: Thomas Newman,[1]
- (transitive, nautical) To deprive (a ship) of wind, so that it cannot move (usually in passive).
- 1555, Richard Eden (translator), The decades of the newe worlde or west India conteynyng the nauigations and conquestes of the Spanyardes by Peter Martyr d’Anghiera, London: Edward Sutton, “The seconde v[o]yage to Guinea,” p. 351,[4]
- […] there we were becalmed the .xx. day of Nouember from .vi. of the clocke in the mornynge vntyll foure of the clocke at after none.
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 214:
- In the following two days, they made fast progress, strong easterly winds driving them down the Channel to where it opened out into the Atlantic; there, they were briefly becalmed.
- 1555, Richard Eden (translator), The decades of the newe worlde or west India conteynyng the nauigations and conquestes of the Spanyardes by Peter Martyr d’Anghiera, London: Edward Sutton, “The seconde v[o]yage to Guinea,” p. 351,[4]
Anagrams
- beclam, malbec
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