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Quiet

Definition: Quiet

Quiet

Adjective

1. Characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity; "a quiet life"; "a quiet throng of onlookers"; "quiet peace-loving people"; "the factions remained quiet for almost 10 years".

2. Free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound; "a quiet audience at the concert"; "the room was dark and quiet".

3. Not showy or obtrusive; "clothes in quiet good taste".

4. In a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand".

5. Without untoward incident or disruption; "a placid existence"; "quiet times".

6. Free from disturbance; "a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon"; "a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on the still water"; "unruffled water".

7. (astronomy; of the sun) characterized by a low level of surface phenomena like sun spots e.g.

Adverb

1. With little or no activity or especially agitation; "her hands rested quietly in her lap"; "the rock star was quietly led out the back door"; (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly' as in "sit here as quiet as you can").

Noun

1. A period of calm weather; "there was a lull in the storm".

2. An untroubled state; free from disturbances.

3. The absence of sound; "he needed silence in order to sleep"; "the street was quiet".

4. A disposition free from stress or emotion.

Verb

1. Become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered".

2. Make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "quiet" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Quiet

DomainDefinition

Solar

A descriptive word specifically meaning geomagnetic levels such that Ap < 8 (see Ap INDEX). (references)
 Solar activity levels with less than one chromospheric event per day. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Quiet

Synonyms: hushed (adj), muted (adj), placid (adj), restrained (adj), still (adj), subdued (adj), tranquil (adj), unruffled (adj), quietly (adv), lull (n), placidity (n), repose (n), serenity (n), silence (n), tranquility (n), tranquillity (n), calm (v), calm down (v), hush (v), pipe down (v), quiesce (v), quiet down (v), quieten (v), tranquilize (v), tranquillise (v), tranquillize (v). (additional references)
Antonyms: active (adj), noisy (adj), unquiet (adj), unquietly (adv), sound (n), agitate (v), louden (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Quiet

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Dissuasion

Disincline, indispose, shake, stagger; dispirit; discourage, dishearten; deter; repress, hold back, keep back; (restrain); render averse; repel; turn aside; (deviation); wean from; act as a drag; (hinder); throw cold water on, damp, cool, chill, blunt, calm, quiet, quench; deprecate.

Excitability

Indisturbance, imperturbation, sang froid, tranquility, serenity; quiet, quietude; peace of mind, mental calmness.

Easy-going, peaceful, placid, calm; quiet as a mouse; tranquil, serene; cool as a cucumber, cool as a custard; undemonstrative.

Inaction

Verb: not do, not act, not attempt; be inactive; abstain from doing, do nothing, hold, spare; not stir, not move, not lift a finger, not lift a foot, not lift a peg; fold one's arms, fold one's hands; leave alone, let alone; let be, let pass, let things take their course, let it have its way, let well alone, let well enough alone; quieta non movere; stare super antiquas vias; rest and be thankful, live and let live; lie rest upon one's oars; laisser aller, faire; stand aloof; refrain; (avoid) keep oneself from doing; remit one's efforts, relax one's efforts; desist; (relinquish); stop; (cease); pause; (be quiet).

Lie by, lie on the shelf, lie in ordinary, lie idle, lie to, lie fallow; keep quiet, slug; have nothing to do, whistle for want of thought.

Leisure

Adjective: leisure, leisurely; slow; deliberate, quiet, calm, undisturbed; at leisure, at one's ease, at loose ends, at a loose end.

Moderation

Tranquilize, pacify, assuage, appease, swag, lull, soothe, compose, still, calm, calm down, cool, quiet, hush, quell, sober, pacify, tame, damp, lay, allay, rebate, slacken, smooth, alleviate, rock to sleep, deaden, smooth, throw cold water on, throw a wet blanket over, turn off; slake; curb; (restrain); tame; (subjugate); smooth over; pour oil on the waves, pour oil on the troubled waters; pour balm into, mattre de l'eau dans son vin.

Noun: moderation, lenity; temperateness, gentleness; Adjective: sobriety; quiet; mental calmness; (inexcitability).

Adjective: moderate; lenient; gentle, mild, mellow; cool, sober, temperate, reasonable, measured; tempered; Verb: calm, unruffled, quiet, tranquil, still; slow, smooth, untroubled; tame; peaceful, peaceable; pacific, halcyon.

Peace

Piping time of peace, quiet life; neutrality.

Phrase: the storm blown over; the lion lies down with the lamb; "all quiet on the Potomac"; paritur pax bello; "peace hath her victories no less renowned than war"; "they make a desert and they call it peace".

Quiescence

Verb: be quiescent; Adjective: stand still, lie still; keep quiet, repose, hold the breath.

Quiet, tranquility, calm; repose; peace; dead calm, anticyclone; statue-like repose; silence; not a breath of air, not a mouse stirring; sleep; (inactivity).

Phrase: requiescat in pace; Deus nobis haec otia fecit; "the noonday quiet holds the hill".

Adjective: quiescent, still; motionless, moveless; fixed; stationary; immotile; at rest at a stand, at a standstill, at anchor; stock, still; standing still; Verb: sedentary, untraveled, stay-at-home; becalmed, stagnant, quiet; unmoved, undisturbed, unruffled; calm, restful; cataleptic; immovable; (stable); sleeping; (inactive); silent; still as a statue, still as a post, still as a mouse, still as death; vegetative, vegetating.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Quiet

English words defined with "quiet": In quietkeep quietOut of quietquiet down. (references)
Specialty definitions using "quiet": air harborBabes, basic thermal radiation, BEE WORKERchair mat, C-index, Conscience, CSMA/CD, CSMACDDeer, diskless workstation, Doctors, Dying SayingsExpiratory Reserve VolumeFunctional Residual CapacityGEOPHYSICAL EVENTS, GrundyHalcyon Days, Hesychastsinkjet printer, Inspiratory Capacity, Inspiratory Reserve Volume, IQSYJephthah, Jolly Good FellowKnittingLOVERMAGNETIC BAY, magnetic quiet-day solar daily variationPele's hair, Pro.'sRoaring BoysSchool Teacher, seadrome, seismic gap, Seraiah, Shaving, Sleep like a Top, sleeping porch, Sleepy Hollow, special break during noisy work, subband encodingTidal VolumeVery Vulgar VulgarismsWesley Clark. (references)
Etymologies containing "quiet": tranquil. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Quiet" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (calm, quiet).

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Modern Usage: Quiet

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Can you be quiet, your disrupting the Mass (While You Were Sleeping; writing credit: Daniel G. Sullivan; Fredric LeBow)

Quiet, quiet (Forrest Gump; writing credit: Eric Roth)

It's just a fairytale these guys told you to keep you quiet. Just thought you should know, faggot (The Green Mile; writing credit: Frank Darabont)

In the quiet words of the Virgin Mary come again (Snatch.; writing credit: Guy Ritchie)

In fact, you don't normally approach girls - am I right? The truth is that you're a quiet sensitive type but, if I'm prepared to take a chance, I might just get to know the inner you: witty, adventurous, passionate, loving, loyal (Trainspotting; writing credit: Irvine Welsh; John Hodge)

Lyrics

Always quiet then ben dichon to my madre (Life Story; performing artist: Black Rob)

Quiet conversation makes me warm (Summer Rain; performing artist: Carl Thomas)

A quiet man of music (Leader Of The Band; performing artist: Dan Fogelberg)

To find a way to make me quiet now (The Sad Caper; performing artist: Hootie & The Blowfish)

Oh didn't quiet hit the note (Runaway; performing artist: Janet Jackson)

Clever

Honk if you love peace and quiet. (references; author: unknown)

To truly hear, you must quiet the mind. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

A Quiet Day in Belfast (1974)

The Quiet Revolution (1974)

A Quiet Wave (1971)

Le Quiet Squad (1967)

The Quiet Racket (1966)

Song Titles

Cum On Feel The Noize (performing artist: Quiet Riot)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Quiet

DomainTitle

Books

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  • Gsx-190 9pin Narr 270cps Par 240x216 Dpi 8kb Quiet Color Command (reference)

  • Panasonic Kx-P3626 Quiet 24-Pin 300 Cps Wide Par Epson Lq-1170/IBM Xl24E (reference)

  • Startech 8x2.5 Cm Tx3 Quiet Long-life Ball Bearing Pc Case Fan Motor (reference)

    (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

  

Consumer Goods

  • Conair 060QD 1875-Watt Full-Size Quiet Hair Dryer (reference)

  • Ingersoll-Rand IR-311A Heavy Duty Air Dual Action Quiet Sander with 6" Pad (reference)

  • Leviton 837-2653-W CO/ALR 3-Way Quiet Switch (reference)

    (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Quiet

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Photo Album: Quiet

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A quiet bay off St. Thomas. Credit: America's Coastlines.

A quiet passage through marsh vegetation on the Patuxent. Credit: America's Coastlines.

"A Quiet Evening on the Barrier". In: "The Heart of the Antarctic", Volume I, by E. H. Shackleton, 1909. P. 78. Library Call Number G149 S52. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

A quiet cove on the west side of Santa Catalina Island. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

A quiet bay in paradise. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The Mud Snail, Batillaria attramentaria, is abundant on soft mud or high intertidal zones of quiet bays and estuaries from Boundary Bay, British Columbia, to Elkhorn Slough, California . The shell is long, slender, and about 35mm long. It was introduced from Japan to the U.S. and is common where Japanese oysters were planted. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

A motmot bird who thought he'd found a quiet place to roost for the night. Credit: Small World.

Salmon rest in a quiet pool before resuming their migration. Credit: Gary Kramer.

Kids play in the quiet street at the completed self help homes in Placerville, CA. Credit: USDA.

This mirror image reflection is what you might encounter on a quiet morning in the back waters of Squaw Lake. Credit: Lori Cook.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Quiet
 

"Quiet night" by Mathew Patterson
Commentary: "Three people contemplating the ocean at dusk in Kiama, south of Sydney."
"A Quiet Drive in the Smoky Mts" by Jean Ilderton
Commentary: "Near Gaitlinburg TN October ~ ."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Quiet

AuthorQuotation

Euripides

The good and the wise lead quiet lives.

Francois FTNelon

How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak.

Henry David Thoreau

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

Johann Friedrich Von Schiller

Think with awe on the slow and quiet power of time.

Napoleon Bonaparte

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

Shakespeare

A killing tongue, but a quiet sword.

Thomas Middleton

Anything for a Quiet Life.

Walter Savage Landor

O what a thing is age! Death without death's quiet.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Quiet

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

And no doubt Ulysses, who was a prudent man, preached up passive obedience, and exhorted them to a quiet submission, by representing to them of what concernment peace was to mankind; and by shewing the inconveniences might happen, if they should offer to resist Polyphemus, who had now the power over them. (Second Treatise of Government)

Winston S. Churchill

1946

When I stand here this quiet afternoon I shudder to visualize what is actually happening to millions now and what is going to happen in this period when famine stalks the earth. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Quiet

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

Mr. Weston must be quiet, and every thing deliberately arranged

Sylvie and Bruno Concluded

Carroll, Lewis

All he needs now, they say, is rest, and perfect quiet, and good nursing

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

Quiet and dark, beside him stood the Phantom, with its outstretched hand

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

A tendency to speculation, though it may keep woman quiet, as it does man, yet makes her sad.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

who leaves me quiet.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

He had a quiet toneless voice and urbane manners and on a finger of his plump clean hand he displayed at moments a signet ring

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

I shall not sleep in quiet at the Tower

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

His wife was beside him, and the quiet children behind

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Quiet

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The child may be shy or quiet. (references)

Most are shy, quiet, and eager to please the teacher. (references)

As a result, the voices of these individuals often sound weak, quiet and breathy or whispery. (references)

Business

Quantum also offers 2 models for desktop PC (Fireball Ict/Fireball Plus) and 2 models for workstations and servers (Atlas 10K II), all incorporating SPB II (shock protection system II), DPS (data protection system) and QDT (quiet drive technology). (references)

Civil Liberties

Pakistan

Reports of intimidation, heavy-handed surveillance, and legal action to quiet the unduly curious or nondeferential reporter were common in the past, but these reports have declined significantly since the coup. (references)

Economic History

Czech Republic

The population, cowed by the "normalization," was quiet. (references)

Lebanon

As an uneasy quiet settled over Beirut, security conditions in the south began to deteriorate. (references)

Political Economy

Ireland

The Irish labor environment is relatively quiet in comparison to the late 1970s and early 1980s, especially in the private sector. (references)

Chad

After a series of battles in late 2000, this rebellion has been quiet for several months, but it is still perceived as a potential threat to the current government. (references)

Travel

Bahamas

Business lunches are common in The Bahamas, and invitations to discuss matters over lunch in a quiet restaurant are common practice. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Quiet

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Lisa French

I liked Terry. Terry was very reserved. He was very quiet. He just did not have very strong communication skills. So sometimes he was kind of hard to talk to for me.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Quiet

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809The love of peace so much cherished in the bosoms of our citizens, which has so long guided the proceedings of their public councils and induced forbearance under so many wrongs, may not insure our continuance in the quiet pursuits of industry.

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837While the true boundary remains in doubt by either party it is difficult to give effect to those measures which are necessary to the protection and quiet of our numerous citizens residing near that frontier.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981At the same time, we are negotiating with quiet confidence, without haste, with careful determination, to ease the tensions between us and to ensure greater stability and security.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989By his own admission, he is a quiet man, not a showman.

George W. Bush

2001-2005In the quiet of American conscience, we know that deep, persistent poverty is unworthy of our nation's promise.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Quiet

"Quiet" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 96.12% of the time. "Quiet" is used about 5,503 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)96.12%5,2891,848
Lexical Verb (base form)2.6%14326,451
Noun (singular)0.73%4054,274
Lexical Verb (infinitive)0.51%2865,706
Noun (proper)0.05%3202,518
                    Total100.00%5,503N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Quiet

The following table summarizes the usage of "quiet" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
QuietLast name17042,425
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Quiet

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "quiet".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
HenN/ABiblical

Quiet

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Expressions: Quiet

Expressions using "quiet": all quiet on the front at quiet be quiet become quiet dead quiet grow quiet in quiet keep everybody quiet keep quiet keep quiet about keep smth. quiet keeping quiet live a quiet life on the quiet out of quiet peace and quiet quiet as a mouse quiet child quiet code quiet conscience quiet corner quiet day quiet down quiet evening quiet footsteps quiet life quiet lime quiet manner quiet manners quiet of the tomb quiet period quiet person quiet place quiet rainless centre quiet restaurant quiet sea quiet step quiet title. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "quiet": quiet-coloured, quiet-it, quiet-like, quiet-looking, quiet-mannered, quiet-moving, quiet-spoken, quiet-voiced.

Ending with "quiet": far-from-quiet, line-up-outside-the-door-and-you-can't-come-in-until-you're-quiet, once-quiet, q-quiet, ultra-quiet, whisper-quiet.

Containing "quiet": nice-quiet-guy-who-lives-next-door.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Quiet

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

all quiet on the western front

432

flight quiet

26

quiet riot

384

quiet fan

23

the quiet american

144

2 bose comfort quiet

22

quiet

138

quiet dishwasher

22

quiet storm

91

all quiet on the western front summary

20

quiet man

88

quiet vibrator

20

quiet water park

83

quiet title action

19

quiet time

81

paradise quiet

18

air conditioner quiet

60

quiet computer

18

lyrics quiet riot

60

birdmen quiet

18

author front quiet western

55

quiet place

17

quiet pc

54

alls quiet on the western front

17

its oh so quiet

49

board flight quiet surf

17

emerson quiet kool

43

amana quiet zone

17

quiet generator

43

bose quiet comfort

17

cannon quiet

35

quiet cpu fan

16

emerson quiet cool

33

my quiet book

15

quiet title

32

its lyrics oh quiet so

15

quiet revolution

29

quiet riot tab

14

quiet power supply

27

quiet water

14
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Quiet

Language Translations for "quiet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

kalm (calm, tranquil), kalmeer (appease, calm, soothe, still). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

qetësoj (allay, appease, assuage, balsam, becalm, calm, calm down, comfort, conciliate, cool down, ease, gentle, hush, lull, mollify, pacificate, pacify, palliate, placate, propitiate, quieten, reassure, relieve, salve, settle, soften, soothe, tranquilize, tranquillize), qetësisht (calmly, composedly, peacefully, silently), qetësi (calm, calmness, composure, coolness, countenance, dispassion, ease, equanimity, imperturbability, keep quiet, languor, mum, order, peace, placidity, quiescence, quiescency, quietness, quietude, serenity, shut up, silence, still, stillness, tranquility, tranquillity, unconcern), resht (pacify, quiet down, quieten, stop, tail away), modest (decent, decently, demure, diffident, discreet, humble, lowly, modest, neat, unassertive, unobtrusive, unpretentious), jo e fortë, i urtë (acquiescent, canny, compliant, docile, ductile, meek, mild, placable, prudent, sage, sapient, sapiential, silent, Solomon, still, sweet-tempered, tame, wise), i qetë (at ease, balanced, calm, canny, collected, comfortable, comfy, composed, cool, cool-headed, dispassionate, easeful, equable, even, even-minded, halcyon, laid back, level, level headed, mild, noiseless, orderly, Pacific, passionless, peaceable, peaceful, placid, quiescent, reposeful, retired, secure, sedate, self possessed, serene, settled, silent, smooth, sober-blooded, stationary, still, stilly, tranquil, unconcern, unconcerned, uneventful, unruffled), i pazhurmshëm (noiseless, stealthy, still), i pandier (noiseless), i padëgjuar (inglorious, unheard, unprecedented), i heshtur (antisocial, cagey, cagy, catlike, close-mouthed, dumb, latent, mute, silent, sleepy, taciturn, tight lipped, wordless), i fshehtë (backdoor, clandestine, close, colorable, colourable, confidential, cryptic, dark, deep, deep-seated, elfish, elvish, esoteric, furtive, hidden, hole-and-corner, insidious, internal, latent, occult, Perdue, private, privy, secret, secretive, sly, stealthy, subterranean, under the counter, under the table, under wraps, undercover, underhand, underhanded, unearthly, veiled), heshturazi, heshtje (mutism, pause, quietness, quietude, reticence, silence, still, stillness). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏وديع (facile, gentle, humble, meek, placid, tame), ‏أهدأ (calm, calm down, cool down, moderate, settle down, stay), ‏خرس (dry up, dumb, muteness, mutism, silence), ‏صامت (dumb, mum, mute, noiseless, silenced, silent, speechless, still, surd, tacit, tight lipped, unvoiced, voiceless, whist, wordless), ‏عذب (agonize, agreeable, bedevil, benign, charming, chasten, crucify, devil, dulcet, freshen, grilled, harrow, harry, hearty, leisurely, liquid, murder, palmy, persecute, pillory, plague, rack, rack one's brains, scourge, silken, silky, sleek, smite, smooth, smooth spoken, soft, suave, sweet, sympathetic, tantalize, tease, tender, torment, torture, wrench, wring), ‏سكت (hold one's tongue, hush, keep mum, reduce, shut up, subside, whist), ‏رقيق (aerial, affectionate, airy, angelic, bland, bleeding heart, dainty, delicate, feminine, filmy, fine, flimsy, fluffy, fragile, frothy, gauzy, gentle, gingerly, gossamery, gracious, hearty, kind hearted, kindly, lovely, mellow, mincing, nice, orchidaceous, pastel, photogenic, piano, refined, romance, sharp, sloppy, smooth, soft-hearted, suave, subtle, sugary, superfine, tender, tenuous, thin, thinning, tilery, trick, warm, watery), ‏سكن (alleviate, appease, assuage, attemper, calm, cool, dwell, dwelling, dwelt, ease, fall, gentle, habitation, hostel, house, hut, kill, live, lodging, lull, occupy, pacify, palliate, place, qualify, quarters, quieten, remit, repose, residence, salve, set together, settle, solace, soothe, stay, still, supple, tenant), ‏منعزل (bleak, downcast, hideaway, insulate, isolated, lone, lonely, lonesome, private, recluse, retired, secluded, separate, separated, shy, solitary, withdrawn), ‏هدوء (calm, calmness, composure, countenance, dispassion, ease, philosophy, placidity, quiescence, quietness, quietude, remission, silence, still, stillness, tranquility, tranquillity), ‏هادئ (calm, cloistered, composed, cool, dispassionate, easygoing, even, impassive, imperturbable, laid back, peaceable, peaceful, piping, placid, possessed, quiescent, reposeful, restful, self possessed, serene, sober, steady, still, tranquil, undisturbed, uneventful, unflappable, unmoved, unruffled, windless), ‏هادي (calming, guide-rod), ‏مطمئن (at ease, calm, peaceful, reassured, safe, secure, tranquil, unconcerned), ‏مطمئن البال, ‏مسالم (defenceless, inoffensive, pacific, pacified, pacifist, peace, peaceable, peaceful, placid, unassailable, undefended), ‏سكون (calmness, easement, hush, inactivity, placidity, quiescence, quietude, remission, repose, rest, sedation, sleep, still, stillness, tranquillity). (various references)

   

Basque

  

lasaituta. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

тишина (calm, calmness, mum, quietness, quietude, serenity, silence, stillness, tranquility), покой (calm, ease, peace, quiescence, quiescency, quietude, repose, rest, slumber), безмълвен (dumb, mute, noiseless, silent, speechless, still, wordless), безшумен (mousey, noiseless, silent, soundless, still), безшумно (noiselessly, quietly, soundlessly, stealthily), лек (airy, bland, cool, cure, cushy, easy, expedite, facile, fairy, flimsy, gentle, gossamer, gossamery, gradual, lambent, lenient, light, lightsome, lightweight, medicine, mild, mobile, potty, remedy, skyey, slick, slight, snap, soft, subtle, tenuous, unsound, unsubstantial), замлъкнал (silent), заглъхвам (die away, die down, die out, muffle, trail), мир (accord, concord, pax, peace, quietude, rest, serenity, world), мирен (amicable, halcyon, law abiding, peaceable, peaceful, pi, piping, restful, still), мълчалив (buttoned up, mum, mute, secret, secretive, silent, taciturn, tight lipped, tongue tied, uncommunicative, unspoken), дискретен (discreet, unobtrusive), кротък (dovelike, meek, mild, mousey, placid), стихвам (drop, hush, lull, moderate, quiet down, quieten, sink, slacken, stand still, still, subside), тих (airless, breathless, calm, canny, dreamy, halcyon, low, noiseless, peaceful, placid, restful, silent, sleepy, slow, small, soft, stealthy, still, stilly, tearless, tranquil, under, uneventful), тихо (hist, hush, inwardly, low, mum, piano, quietly, silently, soft, sotto voce, soundlessly, stilly), хрисим (amenable, pi, submissive, tractable), спокоен (arcadian, calm, clear, collected, contented, cool, dreamy, easeful, easy, equable, equal, even tempered, even-minded, halcyon, immovable, impassive, imperturbable, leisurely, level, nerveless, peaceful, philosophical, piping, placid, reposeful, restful, secure, sedate, self possessed, self-collected, settled, smooth, soft, staid, steady, steady-going, still, stirless, unalarmed, unbuttoned, unconcerned, undisturbed, uneventful, unflappable, unmolested, unruffled, untroubled), спокойно (calmly, easy, evenly, gently, leisurely, quietly, smooth), спокойствие (calm, calmness, composure, countenance, ease, easiness, immovability, impassivity, imperturbability, peace, placidity, poise, quietness, quietude, repose, rest, security, serenity, stillness, tranquility, tranquillity), смекчавам (break down, chastise, correct, cushion, extenuate, humanize, lighten, melt, mince, mitigate, moderate, modify, mollify, palliate, qualify, retouch, season, smooth out, soften, subdue, tame, temper, turn, water down), скромен (abstemious, chaste, conservative, decent, decorous, demure, frugal, humble, maidenlike, maidenly, mean, modest, obscure, quakerish, retiring, shamefaced, simple, small, unambitious, unassuming, unobtrusive, unpresuming, unpretending, unpretentious), скромно (decently, frugally, humbly, meanly, quietly, simply), утихвам (calm down, fall, spend, subside, tranquilize), успокоявам (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm, calm down, comfort, compose, conciliate, cool, ease, hush, lull, mitigate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quiet down, quieten, reassure, relieve, salve, settle, silence, sleek, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize, unbend), обикновен (accustomed, average, common, commonplace, everyday, familiar, frequent, homely, humdrum, low, matter of fact, mere, moderate, mundane, ordinary, plain, regular, routine, run of the mill, simple, trite, trivial, unaffected, undistinguished, unexceptional, unremarkable, usual, wonted). (various references)

   

Catalan

  

silenci (calm, silence). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(placid, tranquil), (calm, content, peace, still, to pacify), 安定 (calm and orderly, maintain, settled, stabilize, stabilized, stable), 安生 (peaceful, restful, still), 安靜 (calm, peaceful), (secluded), 寂靜 , (peaceful), (calm, not moving, still), 沉寂, (late), (drag, easy), (pacify), , (live alone), (sad). (various references)

   

Czech

  

ticho (calm, calmness, hush, quietness, silence, still, stillness), tichý (calm, mum, noiseless, Pacific, peaceable, restful, silent, soundless, still, stock-still, subdued, tacit, tranquil, unspoken). (various references)

   

Danish

  

rolig (calm, tranquil). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

stil (calm, motionless, noiseless, silent, silently), rustig (calm, leisurely, quietly, tranquil), kalm (calm, leisurely, quietly, tranquil), bedaard (calm, tranquil). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

trankviligi (appease, calm, soothe, still), kvieto (calm, silence), kvieta (calm). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

stillur (calm), róligur (calm, tranquil). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

سکون (Equilibrium, Inaction, Inertia, Lull, Slack, Station, Stay), ساکن (Calm, Denizen, Habitant, Inert, Inhabitant, Inmate, Lodger, Occupant, Occupier, Quiescent, Resting, Static, Stationary), ساکت کردن (Appease, Calm, Conciliate, Shush, Silence, Still, Whist), خموش (Hush, Silent), خاموش (Silent, Still, Tacit, Taciturn, Uncommunicative, Whist), ارامش (Calmness, Composure, Equilibrium, Lull, Peace, Serenity, Silence, Solace), ارام کردن (Acquiesce, Allay, Alleviate, Appease, Assuage, Conciliate, Cool, Gentle, Lull, Pacify, Placate, Silence, Smooth, Solace, Still), ارام (Bland, Calm, Daft, Douce, Gentle, Hush, Imperturbable, Moderate, Pacific, Peaceable, Peaceful, Placid, Sedate, Serene, Silent, Staid, Taciturn, Tranquil, Unblenched, Unruffled, Whist), رفاه (Welfare), بیصدا (Silent). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tyyni (calm, placid, serene, tranquil, untroubled). (various references)

   

French

  

tranquille (quiescent), paisible, calme (quiescent, quietness), quiet. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

stil (calm). (various references)

   

German

  

still (calm, dormant, hidden, hush, motionless, mum, mumly, placid, quiescent, quietly, secret, silent, silently, sleeping, still, tacit, tranquil), ruhig (calm, calmly, cold, collectedly, composed, composedly, easeful, easy, level, orderly, peaceable, peaceful, placid, placidly, quiescent, quiescently, quietly, relaxed, reposeful, restful, restfully, sedate, sedately, self-composed, serene, silent, smooth, smoothly, staid, steadily, steady, still, stilly, subdued, tranquil, tranquilly, uneventful, unexcited, unflustered, unharried, unruffled, untroubled), leise (faint, gentle, light, lightly, low, quietly, silently, slight, sneaking, soft, softly, sotto voce, subtle), beruhigen (allay, appease, becalm, calm, calm down, comfort, ease, lull, pacify, quieten, quieten down, reassure, relieve, salve, sedate, settle, settle down, smooth, soothe, still, to allay, to appease, to calm, to compose, to pacify, to reassure, to sedate, to tranquilize, to tranquillize), sanft (bland, blandly, calm, caressing, delicate, gentle, gently, kindly, meek, meekly, mellow, mild, mildly, peaceful, placidly, silken, smooth, smoothly, soft, softly, suave, undulating). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σιγή (silence, stillness), πράοσ (benign, biddable, bland, gentle, meek, mild, placid), ηρεμώ (calm, calm down, compose, cool off, quieten, relax), ησυχάζω (allay, becalm, calm, calm down, ease, hush, lull, pacify, quiesce, settle down), ησυχασμός (peace, tranquillity), ησυχία (calmness, ease, noislessness, oyster, privacy, quiescence, quiescency, quietness, quietude, stillness), ήρεμοσ (calm, collected, composed, dispassionate, even tempered, placid, quiescent, serene, still, tranquil), ήσυχα (calmly, gently, quietly), ήσυχοσ (calm, placid, quiescent, sedate, still, tranquil, uneventful, windless), ήσυχος. (various references)

   

Guarani

  

porãmínte (quiet nice). (various references)

   

Hawaiian

  

hesht (be quiet). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מנוחה (ease, relaxing, repose, rest, resting place, tranquillity), מנוח (deceased, ease, late, peace, rest, resting place, sanctuary), להשקיט (allay, calm, lull, pacify, slake, still, tranquillize), שלום (comfort, peace, safety, tranquillity), שקט (calmness, dummy, hush, peaceful, quiescent, quietude, secluded, silence, silent, still, stillness, tranquil), חשאי (clandestine, discreet, inmost, secret, silent, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, under cover, underhand), חרישי (noiseless, soft, still), דממה (hush, muteness, silence, still, stillness), דמי (bloody, gory, haematic, silence, stillness), דומם (dumb, immobile, in silence, inanimate, inorganic, lifeless, silently, speechless, speechlessly, still), נחתנות (calm, moderation), נחת (calm, contentment, ease, gratification, mildness, peace, repose, rest, satisfaction, tranquillity). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

nyugodt (calm, calm-glassy, comfortable, composed, good tempered, good-tempered, imperturbable, in all conscience, leisurely, level-headed, peaceful, placid, quiescent, reassured, relaxed, secure, sedate, self possessed, serene, staid, still, stilly, to be at ease, tranquil, unruffled, unstirred, untroubled), csendes (calm, low, mum, Pacific, peaceful, quiescent, restful, sequestered, serene, silent, still, stilly, tranquil, unruffled, whist). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

tenang (composed, pacific, peaceful, placid, serene, staid, still), sepi (lonely), kebisubatuan (totally mute), anteng (being quiet), antap, angler (smooth). (various references)

   

Irish

  

ciúin. (various references)

   

Italian

  

calmare (abate, allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm, calm down, compose, cool, ease, hush, lull, pacify, quell, quieten, reassure, sober, soothe, still, to appease), sommesso (humble, low, quietly, silent, soft), placare (appease, calm, calm down, pacify, placate, quieten, relent, soften, soothe, still), calmo (calm, composed, cool, equal, even tempered, halcyon, passionless, peaceable, sedate, serene, settled, silent, silently, smooth, still, tranquil, unexcited). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

鎮静 (appeasement, calm, pacification, tranquility), 静か (peaceful), 閑静 , 閑散 (inactivity, leisure), 閑寂 (tranquility), 神妙 (faithful, meek), 悠々 (calm, leisurely), 安い (cheap, gossipy, inexpensive, peaceful, thoughtless). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

のどか (calm, tranquil), へいぜん (calm, cool), へいおん (calm, peaceful, restful, the usual temperature, tranquil), へいたん (beginning of hostilities, bocca chiusa, closed end, communications, end of wind instrument, even, flat, hostilities, level, simple, supply train), ものしずか (calm, still), やすい (cheap, easy, gossipy, inexpensive, peaceful, thoughtless), ゆうじゃく (sequestered), ゆうじゃくみ (solitude), ゆうゆう (calm, leisurely), ゆうゆうたる (dark, deep), あんのん (peace, tranquility), かんじゃく (tranquility), かんせい (accomplishment, cheer, complete, completion, control, dry, dryness, government-manufactured, government-regulated organization or facility etc., inertia, perfection, pitfall, sense, sensitiveness, sensitivity, shout, shout of joy, snoring sound, tranquil, trap), ちんせい (appeasement, calm, dullness, pacification, stillness, tranquility), せいかん (can manufacturing, careful supervision, fearless, grand spectacle, intrepid, peaceful, reaching the home plate, returning alive, seminal duct, sexual feelings, tranquility, watchful waiting), おんびん (euphonic change, euphony, gentle, peaceable), ふかっぱつ (dull, inactive, lethargic, slow, sluggish), ひっそり (deserted, silent, still), しんみょう (faithful, meek), しんかんとした (silent as a graveyard, still), しゅくぜん (longstanding desire, silent, solemn), しいんと (silent), しぶい (an aura of refined masculinity, astringent, bitter, grim, sober, stingy, sullen, tasteful), なごやか (calm, gentle, harmonious, mild), しずか (peaceful), おだやか (calm, gentle), おちついた (calm, composed), おとなしい (docile, obedient), おんけん (dependable, moderate, uniform), かんさん (change, conversion, exchange, inactivity, joys and sorrows, leisure, sweetness and bitterness). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

고요함. (various references)

   

Manx

  

meen (bland, darling, dear, patient, pet, sweet), feagh (at rest, calm, composed, docile, piano, restful, still), feaee, fea (quietness, rest, stillness), fastagh (cautious in speech, grave, inarticulate, modest, mum, noncommittal, pensive, secretive, taciturn, tight-lipped, uncommunicative), fast (silence), beg (dwarf, few, model, narrow, poky, short, slight, small). (various references)

   

Maya

  

cheen (to be quiet). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

stillhet, stille (silent), rolig (calm, easy). (various references)

   

Occitan

  

suau (still, sweet). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ietquay.(various references)

   

Polish

  

spokój (calm, silence). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

sossego (calm, ease, peace, placidity, requiem, rest, silence, time-out), sossegado (calm, half-light, pacific, peaceable, peace-loving, placid, quiescent, restful, sedate, sequestered, serene, silent, sober-blooded, still, stilly, tranquil), quietude (calm, hush, quiescence, quiescency, quietness, quietude, rest, serenity, silence, still, time-out), quieto (calm, still), calmo (calm, collected, composed, cool, cool-headed, dispassionate, douce, even, even-minded, halcyon, half-light, imperturbable, irresponsive, leisurely, mild, noiseless, passionless, peaceable, peaceful, peace-loving, philosophic, philosophical, phlegmatic, placable, placid, plodder, quiescent, reposeful, restful, sedate, self-collected, sequestered, serene, smooth, sober, sober-blooded, staid, still, stilly, tranquil, uneventful, unprovoked, unruffled, unstirred, untroubled), calma (aplomb, calm, calmness, composure, cool, coolness, countenance, détente, easygoing, halcyon, hush, imperturbability, indifference, lenience, leniency, phlegm, placidity, quietness, self-possession, serenity, silence, still, temper, tranquility, tranquillity). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

potoli (becalm, compromise, dulcify, dull, hush, lighten, lull, mollify, quench, reassure, relieve, slack, slake, smooth, smooth down, sober, solace, stay, still, subdue, suppress, sweeten, temper, tranquillize), astâmpãr (peace, rest), astâmpãra (appease, calm down, satisfy), calm (calm, calmly, calmness, collected, collectedness, composed, composure, cool, coolness, dispassionate, easily, easy, equal, equanimity, even, even tempered, evenness, genial, halcyon, lull, passionless, peace, peaceful, peacefully, phlegmatic, placid, placidity, poise, quiescent, reposeful, sedate, serene, serenity, silence, smooth, sober, sobriety, still, temper, tranquil, tranquillity, unhurried, unruffled, untroubled), calma (allay, appease, becalm, calm, chasten, compose, ease, kill, mollify, pacify, salve, settle, smooth, smooth down, sober, soften, soothe, steady, still, temper, tranquillize), cuminte (clever, dutiful, foreseeing, good, level, quietly, reasonable, sapient, sensible, serious, unassuming, well advised, wise, wisely), domol (don't hurry, gently, gradually, leisurely, mild, not so fast, slow, slowly, softly), domoli (allay, appease, assuage, calm, lighten, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, reassure, remit, soften, soothe), fãrã pretenţii (unpretending), lin (flowing, gentle, mild, slowly, smooth, smoothly, soft, sweet, tench), linişte (calm, calmness, composure, ease, easiness, hist, hush, lull, pax, peace, placidity, q.t., quietness, quietude, repose, rest, serenity, silence, sobriety, soft, still, stillness, stop talking, temper, tranquillity), linişti (abate, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, cease, comfort, compose, ease, hush, mitigate, mollify, pacify, quieten, reassure, recompose, rest, salve, serene, settle, smooth, smooth down, soothe, still), liniştit (breathless, calm, calmly, comfortable, composed, cool, dead, dispassionate, easy, even, gentle, gently, gently-sloping, halcyon, imperturbable, in comfortable circumstances, mild, noiseless, orderly, Pacific, passive, peaceable, peaceful, peacefully, placid, placidly, quiescent, reposeful, restful, secure, sedate, serene, silent, slow, smooth, sober, soft, still, tranquil, unabashed, unruffled, untroubled), ascuns (abstruse, backstairs, blind, cagey, close, concealed, covert, cryptic, dark, furtive, hidden, masked, mystic, occult, postern, privy, q.t., recondite, secluded, secret, secretive, self contained, sneaking, stealthy, sunken, ulterior, uncommunicative, underground, underhand, undiscovered), paşnic (irenic, orderly, Pacific, pacifically, peace loving, peaceable, peaceably, peaceful, peacefully, placid, restful), tihnit (comfortable, easeful, leisured, leisurely, patriarchal, recumbent, reposeful), potolit (becalmed, calm, dim, mellow, relieved, sedate, sober, still, undisturbed), repaus (easy, repose, rest, sleep, spell, truce), retras (covert, drawn, lone, lonely, private, recluse, remote, reserved, retired, retiring, secluded, seclusive, secret, separate, sequestered, solitary, unfrequented), risipi (broadcast, cast away, chase, chuck away, clear, consume, crumble, disappear, dispel, disperse, dissipate, remove, repel, riot, scatter, settle, solve, spend, sprinkle, squander, strew, throw away, vanish, waste), se linişti (anchor, calm, compose, cool, moderate, still, take one's ease), se potoli (abate, burn down, calm, dampen, die away, fall, flatten, lull, remit, settle, smooth down, soften, subside), secret (arcanum, close, confidential, cover, covertly, hidden, hugger mugger, internal, mysterious, mystery, occult, private, privy, reticence, secrecy, secret, secretly, ulterior, underground, undisclosed, unspoken, untold), simplu (agrestic, artless, austere, average, bald, bare, common, easy, elementary, grave, home-bred, homely, homespun, humble, humbly, mere, modest, natural, neat, patriarchal, plain, plainly, primitive, pure, ready, russet, segregate, simple, simple minded, simply, single, singular, soft-headed, straight, straightforward, unaffected, unassuming, undisguised, unpretending, unpretentious, unsophisticated, unvarnished), slab (adynamic, angular, bad, cold, cranky, crazy, dicky, dim, Dotty, dull, faint, faintly, feckless, feeble, feebly, female, flabby, flaccid, flat, fleshless, flimsy, footless, forceless, frail, gaunt, groggy, helpless, impotent, inner, jaded, jejune, languid, languishing, languorous, lax, lean, Lenten, light, loose, low, meager, meagre, mean, mild, milk and water, namby-pamby, nerveless, one horse, pale, peaked, penny-a-line, pimping, poor, poorly, powerless, remotely, rickety, scraggy, scrawny, shaky, sickly, silly, skinny, slack, slight, small, soft, sorry, spare, squeal, stringent, tender, thin, washy, weak, weakly), tãcere (calm, dumbness, hush, mum, peace, quietness, silence, still, stillness, tranquillity, voicelessness), tãcut (close-lipped, discreet, dumb, mousy, mum, reserved, silent, silently, still, sullen, tacit, voiceless), tainic (close, cover, covert, dark, hidden, inmost, inner, innermost, inside, intimate, isolated, mysterious, mysteriously, mystic, obscure, private, privy, secret, stealthy), tihnã (comfort, ease, easiness, leisure, rest), modest (cheap, demure, diffident, discreet, frugal, grave, homely, humble, humbly, low, lowly, maiden, maidenly, modest, plain, quakerish, retiring, simple, unassuming, unobtrusive, unpretending, unpretentious). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

успокаиваться (calm down, compose oneself, ease off, ease up, quiet down, quieten, simmer down, subside, tranquilize), успокаивать тишин тихий, успокаивать (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm, calm down, conciliate, hush, mince, mollify, pacify, quiet down, quieted, quieten, quieting, reassure, smooth, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), скрытый (arcane, clandestine, concealed, covert, cryptic, delitescent, dormant, esoteric, hidden, in disguise, inside, larval, latent, masked, obscure, occult, offstage, secret, stealthy, supressed, ulterior), спокойный (calm, calmer, composed, cool-headed, cosh, douce, easeful, easy, even tempered, even-minded, even-tempered, imperturbable, laid back, laid-back, level headed, placid, reposeful, secure, sedate, serene, settled, sober-blooded, still, tranquil, untroubled), тайком (in hugger-mugger, in petto, on the sly, stealth, under the rose), тайный (arcane, backdoor, clandestine, cryptic, dark, esoteric, furtive, hole-and-corner, hugger mugger, offscreen, private, privy, secret, sly, sneaking, stealthy, surreptitious, under the table, undercover, underground, underhand, underhanded), тихо (quietly, stilly, under one's breath), тихий (halcyon, mild, mild-mannered, silent, soft-spoken, still, stilly, untroubled), тишина (calm, calmness, peace, quietness, quietude, silence, silentness, still), неяркий (half-light), мирный (peaceable, peaceful, placid), покой (ease, peace, quiescence, quiescency, quietness, quietude, repose, rest, sabbath). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

tàmh (dwelling, rest, sleep, staying), suaimhneach (calm, genial, secure), soirbh (courteous, easy, facile, pliant, prosperous; safe), socair (at your ease, comfort : air do shocair, ease, gentle, mild, rest, steady, take), sìochaint (peace, repose), sàmhach (calm, peaceful, still), iorrach, bìth (gum, pitch, resin, silent, tar, tranquil). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

tiho (noiselessly, peacefully, quietly, still, stilly), tih (douce, halcyon, low, noiseless, peaceful, placid, stealthy, still, stilly), stišati (becalm, calm, mollify, pacify, placate, soothe, tranquilize), smiriti (appease, becalm, calm, lull, pacify, quieten, settle, tranquillize), odmor (break, caesura, holiday, intermission, pastime, pause, recess, reposal, repose, respite, rest, vacation), neprometan (incommunicable, unnegotiable), mirnoća (calm, calmness, peacefulness, placidity, quietness, quietude, temper, tranquillity), mirno (calmly, peacefully, quietly, still, stilly), miran (calm, composed, douce, halcyon, orderly, peaceful, placid, reposeful, restful, smooth, still, stilly, tranquil), mir (calm, peace, peacefulness, still, stillness, tranquility, tranquillity). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

silencio (calm, hush, keep quiet, mum, pause, quietness, rest, silence, still), quieto (calm, halcyon, quiescent, still), sosegar (appease, calm, lull, rest, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), silencioso (mute, noiseless, quiescent, silent, silently, soundless, still), calmar (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm, calm down, cool, damp, dampen, lull, moderate, mollify, pacify, quell, quieten, settle, sober down, soothe, still). (various references)

   

Sranan

  

tantiri (be quiet). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tyst (hush, implicit, in silence, mental reservation, mum, mute, noiseless, quietly, silence, silent, silently, still, tacit), stillsam (sedate). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

waláng-kibô (calm), tahímik (calm). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kuytu (corner, cranny, hidden, Lee, nook, obscure, retired, sheltered, snug), dindirmek (abate, alleviate, assuage, attemper, ease, kill, quench, quieten, relieve, salve, soothe, stop, suppress), dingin (calm, equal, halcyon, hushed, inert, passive, static), dinginlik (calm, calmness, composure, inertia, passivity, quietness, serenity), dinlendirici (balmy, balsamic, calming, recreative, relaxing, reposeful, restful, soothing), dinme (alleviation, ease, failure, let up), durgun (airless, bovine, calm, depressed, ditch water, ditchwater, flat, halcyon, in the doldrums, inactive, languid, lifeless, placid, quiescent, serene, settled, slack, sleepy, stagnant, standing, static, still, stock-still, tranquil, unruffled, untroubled, windless), gürültüsüz (calm, noiseless, soundless, without a sound), gizli (arcane, back door, blind, camera, clandestine, classified, closet, concealed, confidential, covert, cryptic, cryptical, crypto-, disguised, esoteric, furtive, hidden, hole-and-corner, hugger mugger, huggermugger, hush hush, inner, intimate, latent, masked, occult, perdu, Perdue, private, privy, restricted, sealed, secluded, secret, secretly, slinky, sneaking, sneakingly, sneaky, snug, stealthy, sub rosa, submerged, submersed, subterranean, subterraneous, surreptitious, ulterior, under cover, underarm, undercover, underground, underhand, underhanded, undisclosed, unsearchable, unseen), hareketsizlik (immobility, inaction, inactivity, inertia, inertness, quietness, quietude, rest, stagnancy, stagnation, still, stillness), huzur (audience, comfort, composure, ease, evenness, languor, peace, presence, quietness, quietude, serenity, tranquility, tranquillity), asayiş (order, public order, public security), huzurlu (calm, easy, peaceful, reposeful, restful, serene, tranquil), yatıştırmak (abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, comfort, compose, conciliate, defuse, disarm, ease, hush, lull, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, quell, quieten, remit, salve, sedate, settle, smooth down, smother up, soften, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), sükunet (hush, languor, lull, peace, placidity, quiescence, quietness, quietude, repose, serenity, still, tranquility, tranquillity), sakin (airless, calm, citizen, comfortable, composed, composedly, dispassionate, domicilled, dweller, equal, even, even tempered, habitant, halcyon, hushed, imperturbable, in repose, indweller, inhabitant, inmate, laidback, local, nerveless, noiseless, Pacific, peaceable, peaceful, philosophic, philosophical, placid, quiescent, reposeful, resident, sedate, serene, smooth, steady, still, tenant, tranquil, unperturbed, unruffled, untroubled), sakinleşmek (become tranquilized, calm down, compose oneself, cool down, hush, let one's hair down, let up, quiet down, quieten, resettle, simmer down, slacken, smooth, smooth down, still, subside), sakinleştirmek (allay, appease, becalm, calm, hush, pacify, placate, smooth, smooth down, soothe, steady, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), sessiz (close-tongued, dumb, hushed, mum, mute, muted, noiseless, nonviolent, non-violent, quiescent, reserved, reticent, silent, soundless, speechless, still, surd, tacit, taciturn, tuneless, unvoiced, voiceless, without a sound, wordless), sessizlik (hush, muteness, mutism, noiselessness, peace, quiescence, quietness, quietude, repose, silence, speechlessness, stillness, taciturnity), susmak (be quiet, be tongue-tied, hold one's peace, hush, keep mum, keep quiet, pipe down, quiet down, quieten, shush, shut up, stop speaking), susturmak (blanket, Burke, confute, cut short, gag, hush, outtalk, quieten, score off, settle smb.'s hash, shush, shut up, silence, squelch, still, Stow, wither), uslu (docile, good, sedate, squeezable, tame, well-behaved), yatışmak (calm down, come off the boil, cool, cool down, quiet down, resettle, settle, simmer down, still, subside), huzur veren (balmy, balsamic, calming, piping, relaxing, restful, smooth, soothing). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

rahat (peaceful), яuwaю (slow, slowly), imi-sala (peaceful), domma (reserved), arkaяynlamak (make still). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

скромний (bashful, blushing, chaste, coy, decent, demure, discreet, humble, lowly, maidenlike, maidenly, modest, nice, retiring, sedate, simple, spare, unobtrusive), спокійний (balanced, calm, canny, collected, composed, cool, cool-headed, deft, easeful, even-minded, halcyon, impassive, laidback, leisurable, orderly, placid, quiescent, relaxed, reposeful, restful, secure, sound, together, tranquil, unruffled), спокій (balance, calm, calmness, composure, coolness, countenance, ease, easiness, impassivity, order, peace, placidity, quiescence, quiescency, quietness, quietude, repose, requiescence, rest, serene, serenity, tranquility, tranquillity), тихий (airless, calm, dormant, low, noiseless, peaceful, silent, soundless, still, stilly, under), тиша (calm, calmness, hush, quietness, quietude, silence, still), одноманітний (equable, same, uniform), неяскравий (half-light, sullen), нерухомий (fixed, immobile, immovable, motionless, moveless, real estate, sedate, set, stationary, still, unmoved), мир (pax, peace, quietude), заспокоювати (appease, assuage, assure, becalm, calm, comfort, conciliate, cool down, ease, lull, mollify, plaster, propitiate, quell, quieten, relieve, salve, satisfy, smooth, soften, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), затихати. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

yên lặng (calmly, quiescent, quietly, silently, tranquil), yên ổn, thanh bình; thanh thản thầm kín, sự yên tĩnh (peace, quietness, silence, still, stillness, tranquillity), sự yên lặng (calm, calmness, quiescence, quiescency, quietness, still, stillness, tranquillity), sự thanh thản (ease, easiness, equanimity, quietness, rest, serenity), sự thanh bình (serenity, tranquillity), sự êm ả sự yên ổn, lặng, không hình thức, kín đáo đơn giản. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

tawelwch (calm, tranquillity), tawel (calm, still, tranquil), llonyddwch (quietness), llonyddu (appease, assuage, becalm, calm, still), llonydd (calm, still), heddwch (peace, tranquillity), distewi (calm, silence), distawrwydd (silence), distaw (silent), arafu (moderate, slow, take time). (various references)

   

Zulu

  

-thula (be quiet). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Quiet

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

clemens, clemente, clementes, clementia, clementibus, clementis, consedere, otio, otium, placidus, quies, quies quietis, quieta, quietam, quiete, quietem, quieti, quietis, quietissimus, quieto, quietum, quietus, sana, sanaballat, sanabant, sanabat, sanaberis, sanabit, sanabitur, sanabo, sanabor, sanabuntur, sanandi, sanando, sanandum, sanans, sanare, sanarentur, sanaret, sanari, sanarique, sanasti, sanastis, sanat, sanata, sanatae, sanati, sanator, sanatum, sanatus, sanavi, sanavit, sanem, sanetur, silentium, submisso, submissoque, tranquillam, tranquillum. (various references)

Avestan200-600

airime. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Quiet

LanguageDateSourceMark Chapter 14, Verse 61
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintO de esiwpa kai ouden apekrinato palin o arciereuV ephrwta auton kai legei autw su ei o cristoV o uioV tou euloghtou
Latin405VulgateIlle autem tacebat et nihil respondit rursum summus sacerdos interrogabat eum et dicit ei tu es Christus Filius Benedicti
Old English990West SaxonÞa sæde se hælend ic eom. & ge ge-seoð mannes sune on swiðren healfe sitten.his maignes. & cumende mid heofenes ge-nipen.
Middle English1395WyclifBut he was stille, and answeride no thing. Eftsoone the hiyest prest axide hym, and seide to hym, Art thou Crist, the sone of the blessid God?
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd he helde his peace and answered noothinge. Agayne the hyeste Preste axed him and sayde vnto him: Arte thou Christ the sonne of the blessed?
Jacobean English1611King JamesBut he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
Victorian English1833WebsterBut he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said to him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
Basic English1964OgdenBut he kept quiet and said nothing. Again the high priest questioning him said, Are you the Christ, the son of the Holy One?

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Quiet

LanguageMark Chapter 14, Verse 61
CebuanoApan siya nagpakahilum lamang ug wala motubag. Unya ang labawng sacerdote nangutana pag-usab nganag-ingon, "Ikaw ba ang Cristo, ang Anak sa Dalaygon?"
CroatianA on je šutio i ništa mu nije odgovarao. Veliki ga sveæenik ponovo upita: "Ti li si Krist, Sin Blagoslovljenoga?"
DanishMen han tav og svarede intet. Atter spurgte Ypperstepræsten ham og siger til ham: "Er du Kristus, den Højlovedes Søn?"
DutchMaar Hij zweeg stil, en antwoordde niets. Wederom vraagde Hem de hogepriester, en zeide tot Hem: Zijt Gij de Christus, de Zoon des gezegenden Gods?
FinnishMutta hän oli vaiti eikä vastannut mitään. Taas ylimmäinen pappi kysyi häneltä ja sanoi hänelle: "Oletko sinä Kristus, sen Ylistetyn Poika?"
FrenchJésus garda le silence, et ne répondit rien. Le souverain sacrificateur l`interrogea de nouveau, et lui dit: Es-tu le Christ, le Fils du Dieu béni?
GaelicAch dh` fhan esan na thosd, agus cha tuirt e guth. Agus dh` fharraid an t-ard-shagart dheth rithist, is thuirt e ris: An tu an Chiosda, Mac an De bheannaichte?
GermanEr aber schwieg still und antwortete nichts. Da fragte ihn der Hohepriester abermals und sprach zu ihm: Bist du Christus, der Sohn des Hochgelobten?
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariTetapi Yesus diam saja. Ia tidak menjawab sama sekali. Lalu imam agung itu bertanya sekali lagi kepada-Nya, "Apakah Engkau Raja Penyelamat, Anak Allah Mahakudus?"
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaTetapi Yesus diam sahaja, tiada Ia menyahut barang apa pun. Maka lagi pula Imam Besar itu bertanya kepada-Nya, katanya, "Sungguhkah Engkau Kristus, Anak Allah Yang Dipuji itu?"
MaoriHeoi kihai ia i kuihi, kahore hoki he kupu i whakahokia e ia. Na ka ui ano te tino tohunga, ka mea ki a ia, Ko koe ranei a te Karaiti, te Tama a Tera e whakapaingia nei?
NorwegianMen han tidde og svarte intet. Atter spurte ypperstepresten ham og sa til ham: Er du Messias, den Velsignedes Sønn?
PortugueseEle, porém, permaneceu calado, e nada respondeu. Tornou o sumo sacerdote a interrogá-lo, perguntando-lhe: És tu o Cristo, o Filho do Deus bendito?   
RumanianIsus tqcea, wi nu rqspundea nimic. Marele preot L -a kntrebat iarqw, wi I -a zis: ,,Ewti Tu, Hristosul, Fiul Celui binecuvkntat?``
ShuarTura Jesus takamtak aimtsuk pujumiayi. Patri uuntri atak chicharuk "¿Ame nekas Yusa Anaikiamurinkaitiam. Ii Yusri Uunt tajinia nuna Uchirinkaitiam?"
SwahiliLakini yeye akakaa kimya; hakusema hata neno moja. Kuhani Mkuu akamwuliza tena, "Je, wewe ndiwe Kristo, Mwana wa Mungu Mtukufu?"
SwedishMen han teg och svarade intet. Åter frågade översteprästen honom och sade till honom: "Är du Messias, den Högtlovades Son?"
UmaAga Yesus, uma-i winihi, uma-i metompoi' nau' hamelaa. Hangkani-pi Imam Bohe mpekune' -i: "Ha Iko mpu'u-mi Magau' Topetolo', Ana' Alata'ala to Moroli'?"

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Quiet

Derivations

Words beginning with "quiet": quieted, quieten, quietened, quietening, quietens, quieter, quieters, quietest, quieting, quietism, quietisms, quietist, quietistic, quietists, quietly, quietness, quietnesses, quiets, quietude, quietudes, quietus, quietuses. (additional references)

Words ending with "quiet": disquiet, inquiet, ultraquiet, unquiet. (additional references)

Words containing "quiet": disquieted, disquieting, disquietingly, disquietly, disquiets, disquietude, disquietudes, inquieted, inquieting, inquiets, inquietude, inquietudes, unquieter, unquietest, unquietly, unquietness, unquietnesses, unquiets. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Quiet" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: guiet, Qeziot, Qift, qite, qiute, qoite, quae, quaeh, quaet, quaft, quait, quaite, quate, Quatek, qubet, queat, quee, queeb, queec, queef, Queeg, queem, queep, queert, queet, queev, queex, queey, queez, quei, queid, queit, quemt, quent, quept, quete, queti, quetz, queyt, quiad, quiar, quiat, quibe, quiced, quide, quidem, quidt, quie, quiea, quieb, quied, quief, quiek, quiel, quiem, quien, quient, quiep, quier, quies, quieta, quiete, quieth, quieto, quiev, quiex, quiey, quife, quift, quige, quije, quile, quileute, quime, quiner, quinet, quiod, quiot, quiota, quipt, quise, quiteh, quiten, quitey, quith, quitt, quity, quiu, quivet, quiw, quiwe, quiwet, quixt, qujite, qule, quoe, quoet, quoie, quoite, quy, quyte, squiet. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Quiet"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "quiet" (pronounced kwī"ut)
5k w ī" u tdisquiet.
3-ī" u tdiet, guyot, riot.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Quiet

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: quite.

Words within the letters "e-i-q-t-u"

-1 letter: etui, quit.

-2 letters: tie, tui.

-3 letters: et, it, ti, ut.

 Words containing the letters "e-i-q-t-u"
 

+1 letter: equity, piquet, quiets, quinte.

 

+2 letters: antique, briquet, equites, inquest, inquiet, liquate, mesquit, mezquit, picquet, piquets, querist, quieted, quieten, quieter, quietly, quietus, quillet, quilted, quilter, quinate, quintes, quintet, quirted, quitted, quitter, quixote, quoited, requite, tequila, unquiet.

 

+3 letters: antiqued, antiquer, antiques, bedquilt, boutique, briquets, critique, disquiet, equality, equating, equation, equinity, equiseta, equitant, equities, inequity, inquests, inquiets, liquated, liquates, mesquite, mesquits, mezquite, mezquits, miquelet, misquote, mystique, picquets, postique, pratique, quainter, quakiest, quantile, quantize, quartile, querists, questing, question, quickest, quickset, quietens, quieters, quietest, quieting, quietism, quietist, quietude, quillets, quilters, quintets, quintile, quipster, quitches, quitrent, quitters, quixotes, quotient, requital, requited, requiter, requites, sequitur, squinted, squinter, squirted, squirter, tequilas, uniquest, unquiets.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Spoken
14. Quotations: Speeches
15. Usage Frequency
16. Names: Frequency
17. Names: Derived from
18. Expressions
19. Expressions: Internet
20. Translations: Modern
21. Translations: Ancient
22. Bible Trace
23. Derivations
24. Rhymes
25. Anagrams
26. Bibliography


  

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