Quiet

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Often confused with 2 English 2.1 Adjective 2.1.1 Translations 2.2 Verb 2.2.1 Translations 2.3 Related words

English

Often confused with

• quite

English

Adjective

quiet (quieter , quietest )

• 1 - with little or no sound; denoting absence of disturbing noise
• 2 - absence of significant motion or activity; calm (the sea was quiet; a quiet night at home;all quiet on the Western front)
• 3 - low quantity; (the traffic was quiet for a Monday morning; business was quiet for the season)
• 4 - the human attribute of not talking much; or of not talking loudly

Translations

Which meanings do these translations apply to ?

• CJK Characters: 侐
• Chinese: 安靜 的, 安静 的
• Dutch: stil , still, zwijgzaam (about a person), rustig (about a place)
• French: tranquille ; calme ; silencieux m, silencieuse f
• German: ruhig
• Greek: ήρεμος m, ήρεμη f, ήρεμο n
• Italian: calmo m, calma f
• Japanese: 静かな
• Korean: 조용한
• Lithuanian: ramus m, tykus m
• Portuguese: silencioso m, silenciosa f, tranquilo m, tranquila f, calmo m, calma f; quieto m, quieta f
• Russian: тихий m, тихая f, тихое n, тихие pl
• Spanish: tranquilo m, tranquila f; reservado m, reservada f

Verb

to quiet

1. to become quiet, silent, still, tranquil, calm.

Translations

• French: apaiser, calmer , se taiser , tranquilliser

  ciunas

• Portuguese: silenciar , tranquilizar , acalmar
• Spanish: calmar
• Russian: успокаиваться

Related words

• quietly
• disquiet
• inquietude
• quieten