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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
quiet From the web:
- what quiet means
- what quiets noisy lifters
- what quiets a cough
- what quiets down the myometrium
- what quiets your child
- what does quiet mean
- what do quiet mean
- what is meant by quiet
facility
English
Etymology
From Middle French facilité, and its source, Latin facilit?s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??s?l?ti/
- Rhymes: -?l?ti
Noun
facility (countable and uncountable, plural facilities)
- The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty, simplicity. [from 16th c.]
- Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent. [from 16th c.]
- The facility she shows in playing the violin is unrivalled.
- The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc. [from 19th c.]
- Transport facilities in Bangkok are not sufficient to prevent frequent traffic collapses during rush hour.
- An institution specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.
- (Canada, US, in the plural) A toilet. [from 20th c.]
- (Scotland, law) A condition of mental weakness less than idiocy, but enough to make a person easily persuaded to do something against their better interest.
- (dated) Affability.
Derived terms
- correctional facility
Translations
facility From the web:
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- what facility is my usps package at
- what facility is my ups package at
- what facility basketball where created at
- what facility provides vision examinations
- what facility is shown in the image
- what facility is chris watts in
- what facility basketball were created
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