verb
Meaning 1
To remain silent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- Granny is asleep, so keep quiet while you play.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
keep quiet
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verb
Meaning 2
To refrain from talking about something; to keep a secret.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- Remember it's a surprise party, so keep quiet about it. — Okay. I'll keep it still
- I'm quitting my job by the end of the month, but my boss doesn't know. Please keep it quiet.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
refrain from divulging sensitive information; keep quiet about confidential information
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Don't tell him any secrets--he cannot keep his mouth shut!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shut one's mouth, keep one's mouth shut
Antonyms: talk
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
105 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: صَمَتَ (ṣamata) — remain silent
- Armenian: լռել (lṙel) — remain silent
- Aromanian: tac — remain silent
- Azerbaijani: susmaq — remain silent
- Belarusian: маўча́ць (mawčácʹ) — remain silent
- Bulgarian: мълча́ (mǎlčá) — remain silent
- Catalan: callar — remain silent
- Chinese Mandarin: 緘默 /缄默 (jiānmò) — remain silent
- Chinese Mandarin: 沉默 (chénmò) — remain silent
- Ngazidja Comorian: urua — remain silent
- Czech: mlčet — remain silent
- Dalmatian: tacar — remain silent
- Danish: tie — remain silent
- Dutch: zwijgen — remain silent
- Estonian: vait olema — remain silent
- Estonian: vaikima — remain silent
- Finnish: olla hiljaa — remain silent
- Finnish: vaieta — remain silent
- French: se taire — remain silent
- French: garder le silence — remain silent
- Friulian: tasê — remain silent
- Georgian: სიჩუმის დაცვა (sičumis dacva) — remain silent
- Georgian: გაჩუმდება (gačumdeba) — remain silent
- German: schweigen — remain silent
- Greek: σωπαίνω (sopaíno) — remain silent
- Hawaiian: noho mālie — remain silent
- Hebrew: שָׁתַק (shaták) — remain silent
- Hindi: चुप रहना (cup rahnā) — remain silent
- Hungarian: csendben van — remain silent
- Hungarian: csendes — remain silent
- Hungarian: csendesen van — remain silent
- Hungarian: hallgat — remain silent
- Hungarian: csendben marad — remain silent
- Icelandic: þegja — remain silent
- Italian: tacere — remain silent
- Japanese: 黙る (damaru) — remain silent
- Japanese: 沈黙する (chinmoku suru) — remain silent
- Kashubian: môłczec — remain silent
- Kazakh: үндемеу (ündemeu) — remain silent
- Kazakh: сөйлемеу (söilemeu) — remain silent
- Kazakh: айтпау (aitpau) — remain silent
- Korean: 조용히 하다 (joyonghi hada) — remain silent
- Korean: 침묵하다 (chimmukhada) — remain silent
- Korean: 말하지 않다 (malhaji anta) — remain silent
- Kyrgyz: унчукпоо (uncukpoo) — remain silent
- Kyrgyz: үндөбөө (ündöböö) — remain silent
- Kyrgyz: сүйлөбөө (süylöböö) — remain silent
- Ladin: scuté — remain silent
- Lao: ມິດ (mit) — remain silent
- Latin: taceō — remain silent
- Latvian: klusēt — remain silent
- Lithuanian: tylėti — remain silent
- Lushootseed: ʔiyəqcut — remain silent
- Macedonian: мо́лчи (mólči) — remain silent
- Macedonian: ќу́ти (ḱúti) — remain silent
- Māori: whakahū — remain silent
- Norwegian Bokmål: tie — remain silent
- Norwegian Nynorsk: teia — remain silent
- Occitan: calar — remain silent
- Church Slavic: мльчати (mlĭčati) — remain silent
- Old East Slavic: мълчати (mŭlčati) — remain silent
- Polish: milczeć — remain silent
- Portuguese: ficar quieto — remain silent
- Portuguese: calar-se — remain silent
- Kalo Finnish Romani: ȟukkar — remain silent
- Romanian: tăcea — remain silent
- Russian: молча́ть (molčátʹ) — remain silent
- Sardinian: cagliai — remain silent
- Sardinian: cagliare — remain silent
- Sardinian: citiri — remain silent
- Serbo-Croatian: мучати — remain silent
- Serbo-Croatian: ћутати — remain silent
- Serbo-Croatian: ћутјети — remain silent
- Serbo-Croatian: mučati — remain silent
- Serbo-Croatian: ćutati — remain silent
- Serbo-Croatian: ćutjeti — remain silent
- Sicilian: taciri — remain silent
- Sicilian: tàciri — remain silent
- Slovak: mlčať — remain silent
- Slovene: molčati — remain silent
- Lower Sorbian: mjelcaś — remain silent
- Upper Sorbian: mjelčeć — remain silent
- Spanish: callar — remain silent
- Swedish: tiga — remain silent
- Swedish: hålla tyst — remain silent
- Tajik: хомӯш будан (xomüš budan) — remain silent
- Tajik: сукут кардан (sukut kardan) — remain silent
- Tajik: хомӯш шудан (xomüš šudan) — remain silent
- Thai: นิ่ง (nîng) — remain silent
- Thai: เงียบ (ngîiap) — remain silent
- Thai: เงียบขรึม (ngîiap-krʉ̌m) — remain silent
- Turkish: susmak — remain silent
- Ukrainian: мовча́ти (movčáty) — remain silent
- Uzbek: sukut qilmoq — remain silent
- Uzbek: jim turmoq — remain silent
- Vietnamese: im lặng — remain silent
- Vietnamese: lặng thinh — remain silent
- Welsh: tewi — remain silent
- Yiddish: שווײַגן (shvaygn) — remain silent
- Chinese Mandarin: 守口如瓶 (shǒukǒurúpíng) — refrain from talking about something
- Finnish: pitää suunsa kiinni — refrain from talking about something
- Hungarian: hallgat — refrain from talking about something
- Russian: ума́лчивать (umálčivatʹ) — refrain from talking about something
- Russian: ута́ивать (utáivatʹ) — refrain from talking about something
- Russian: недогова́ривать (nedogovárivatʹ) — refrain from talking about something