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quieter

English

Etymology

quiet +? -er

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?kwa?.?.t?/

Adjective

quieter

  1. comparative form of quiet: more quiet

Noun

quieter (plural quieters)

  1. One who quiets.
    • 2001, Robert Faggen, Robert Frost and the Challenge of Darwin (page 269)
      The motives that were previously so powerful now lose their force, and instead of them, the complete knowledge of the real nature of the world, acting as a quieter of the will, produces resignation […]

Anagrams

  • requite

Latin

Verb

qui?ter

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of qui?tor

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quieten

English

Etymology

From quiet +? -en (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?kwa?.?.t?n/

Verb

quieten (third-person singular simple present quietens, present participle quietening, simple past and past participle quietened)

  1. (transitive) To make quiet.
  2. (intransitive) To become quiet.

Usage notes

  • Not very common in US English, where the verb quiet is often preferred.

Translations

Anagrams

  • queen it

Spanish

Verb

quieten

  1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of quietar.
  2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present subjunctive form of quietar.
  3. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of quietar.

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