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• /ˈkwaɪ̯.ət/
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• [ˈkhw̥aɪ̯.ət]
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From Middle English quiete, from Old French quiet (adjective) and quiete (noun), from Latin quiētus, past participle of quiēscere (“to keep quiet, rest”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kwyeh1- (“rest”). Doublet of coy, quit, quite, and quietus. Largely displaced native English still in the sense of "with little or no sound".

436 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: stil — with little sound
• Albanian: i qetë — with little sound
• Southern Altai: јобош (ǰoboš) — with little sound
• Southern Altai: тыныш (tïnïš) — with little sound
• Amharic: ጸጥታ (ṣäṭta) — with little sound
• Arabic: صَامِت (ṣāmit) — with little sound
• Arabic: هَادِئ (hādiʔ) — with little sound
• Arabic: هادي (hādi) — with little sound
• Armenian: հանգիստ (hangist) — with little sound
• Armenian: հանդարտ (handart) — with little sound
• Aromanian: tãcut — with little sound
• Asturian: quietu — with little sound
• Asturian: silenciosu — with little sound
• Azerbaijani: səssiz — with little sound
• Bashkir: шым (şım) — with little sound
• Bashkir: тыныс (tınıs) — with little sound
• Belarusian: ці́хі (cíxi) — with little sound
• Bengali: শান্ত (śanto) — with little sound
• Bengali: খামোশ (khamōś) — with little sound
• Breton: sioul — with little sound
• Bulgarian: тих (tih) — with little sound
• Burmese: ဆိတ် (hcit) — with little sound
• Catalan: silenciós — with little sound
• Catalan: tranquil — with little sound
• Chamicuro: chkesi — with little sound
• Cherokee: ᎡᎷᏪᎢ (eluwei) — with little sound
• Cherokee: ᎡᏝᏪᎢ (etlawei) — with little sound
• Chickasaw: chokkíllissa — with little sound
• Chinese Mandarin: 安靜 /安静 (ānjìng) — with little sound
• Chinese Mandarin: 寧靜 /宁静 (níngjìng) — with little sound
• Czech: tichý — with little sound
• Danish: stille — with little sound
• Danish: tyst — with little sound
• Dutch: stil — with little sound
• Dutch: rustig — with little sound
• Dutch: vredig — with little sound
• Dutch: geruisloos — with little sound
• Dutch: geluidloos — with little sound
• Esperanto: mallaŭta — with little sound
• Estonian: vaikne — with little sound
• Finnish: hiljainen — with little sound
• Finnish: äänetön — with little sound
• French: calme — with little sound
• French: silencieux — with little sound
• Friulian: cuiet — with little sound
• Friulian: cujet — with little sound
• Galician: silencioso — with little sound
• Galician: silandeiro — with little sound
• Galician: calmo — with little sound
• Georgian: ხმადაბალი (xmadabali) — with little sound
• Georgian: ჩუმი (čumi) — with little sound
• Georgian: წყნარი (c̣q̇nari) — with little sound
• Georgian: უხმაურო (uxmauro) — with little sound
• German: still — with little sound
• German: ruhig — with little sound
• German: leise — with little sound
• Greek: ήρεμος (íremos) — with little sound
• Greek: σιγανός (siganós) — with little sound
• Greek: σιωπηλός (siopilós) — with little sound
• Ancient Greek: ἤρεμος (ḗremos) — with little sound
• Gujarati: શાંત (śānt) — with little sound
• Hausa: shuru — with little sound
• Hebrew: שֶׁקֶט (shakét) — with little sound
• Hindi: शांत (śānt) — with little sound
• Hindi: ख़ामोश (xāmoś) — with little sound
• Hungarian: csendes — with little sound
• Hungarian: halk — with little sound
• Icelandic: hljóður — with little sound
• Ido: quieta — with little sound
• Ingrian: hiljain — with little sound
• Ingrian: äänetöin — with little sound
• Interlingua: quiete — with little sound
• Irish: ciúin — with little sound
• Italian: quieto — with little sound
• Italian: silenzioso — with little sound
• Japanese: 静かな (shizuka na) — with little sound
• Kazakh: тыныш (tynyş) — with little sound
• Khmer: ស្ងាត់ (sngat) — with little sound
• Korean: 조용하다 (joyonghada) — with little sound
• Central Kurdish: ھێمن (hêmin) — with little sound
• Central Kurdish: وسکت (wiskit) — with little sound
• Kyrgyz: тынч (tınc) — with little sound
• Laboya: kawannara — with little sound
• Laboya: karadda — with little sound
• Laboya: kaʼdanna — with little sound
• Lao: ງຽບ (ngīap) — with little sound
• Lao: ຈ້ອຽ (chǭi) — with little sound
• Latin: tacitus — with little sound
• Latin: silens — with little sound
• Latvian: kluss — with little sound
• Lithuanian: tylus — with little sound
• Luxembourgish: roueg — with little sound
• Luxembourgish: stëll — with little sound
• Luxembourgish: lues — with little sound
• Macedonian: ти́вок (tívok) — with little sound
• Macedonian: тих (tih) — with little sound
• Malay: diam — with little sound
• Malay: senyap — with little sound
• Malay: ديام — with little sound
• Malay: سڽڤ — with little sound
• Māori: māika — with little sound
• Māori: hū — with little sound
• Marathi: शांत (śānta) — with little sound
• Mizo: reh — with little sound
• Mongolian: тайван (tajvan) — with little sound
• Mongolian: тогтуун (togtuun) — with little sound
• Khiamniungan Naga: sēisēi — with little sound
• Norwegian Bokmål: stille — with little sound
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stille — with little sound
• Occitan: silenciós — with little sound
• Persian: خاموش (xâmuš) — with little sound
• Persian: آرام (ârâm) — with little sound
• Persian: کم صدا (kam sedâ) — with little sound
• Plautdietsch: stell — with little sound
• Polish: cichy — with little sound
• Portuguese: quieto — with little sound
• Portuguese: silencioso — with little sound
• Punjabi: ਚੁੱਪ-ਚਾਪ (cuppa-cāp) — with little sound
• Romanian: încet — with little sound
• Romanian: liniștit — with little sound
• Romanian: silențios — with little sound
• Russian: ти́хий (tíxij) — with little sound
• Northern Sami: jaskat — with little sound
• Samoan: fīlēmū — with little sound
• Scottish Gaelic: sèimh — with little sound
• Scottish Gaelic: sàmhach — with little sound
• Scottish Gaelic: socair — with little sound
• Scottish Gaelic: ciùin — with little sound
• Serbo-Croatian: ти̏х — with little sound
• Serbo-Croatian: tȉh — with little sound
• Sicilian: cuetu — with little sound
• Sicilian: quetu — with little sound
• Sinhalese: නිශ්ශබ්ද (niśśabda) — with little sound
• Slovak: tichý — with little sound
• Slovene: tih — with little sound
• Lower Sorbian: śichy — with little sound
• Spanish: quieto — with little sound
• Spanish: silencioso — with little sound
• Spanish: tranquilo — with little sound
• Spanish: calmo — with little sound
• Spanish: pacífico — with little sound
• Spanish: silente — with little sound
• Spanish: callado — with little sound
• Swedish: tyst — with little sound
• Swedish: stilla — with little sound
• Tajik: паст — with little sound
• Tamil: அமைதி (amaiti) — with little sound
• Telugu: నిశ్శబ్దం (niśśabdaṁ) — with little sound
• Tetum: nonook — with little sound
• Thai: เงียบ (ngîiap) — with little sound
• Thai: นิ่ง (nîng) — with little sound
• Thai: สงบ (sà-ngòp) — with little sound
• Tongan: longo — with little sound
• Turkish: sessiz — with little sound
• Ottoman Turkish: صوص (sus) — with little sound
• Ottoman Turkish: خاموش (hamuş) — with little sound
• Turkmen: ýuwaş — with little sound
• Turkmen: sessiz — with little sound
• Ukrainian: ти́хий (týxyj) — with little sound
• Urdu: خاموش (xāmoś) — with little sound
• Uzbek: tinch — with little sound
• Venetan: chieto — with little sound
• Venetan: chiet — with little sound
• Venetan: cet — with little sound
• Venetan: poxado — with little sound
• Venetan: cucio — with little sound
• Vietnamese: yên tĩnh — with little sound
• Vietnamese: im lặng — with little sound
• Volapük: stilik — with little sound
• Walloon: påjhire — with little sound
• Walloon: påjhûle — with little sound
• Welsh: tawel — with little sound
• Welsh: distaw — with little sound
• Yiddish: שטיל (shtil) — with little sound
• Yiddish: רויִק (ruik) — with little sound
• Zyphe: dee — with little sound
• Armenian: հանգիստ (hangist) — having little motion
• Armenian: հանդարտ (handart) — having little motion
• Bashkir: тыныс (tınıs) — having little motion
• Basque: bare — having little motion
• Bulgarian: мирен (miren) — having little motion
• Bulgarian: спокоен (spokoen) — having little motion
• Catalan: quiet — having little motion
• Catalan: tranquil — having little motion
• Chickasaw: chokkíllissa — having little motion
• Czech: klidný — having little motion
• Dutch: rustig — having little motion
• Dutch: kalm — having little motion
• Esperanto: trankvila — having little motion
• Finnish: hiljainen — having little motion
• Finnish: rauhallinen — having little motion
• French: tranquille — having little motion
• French: calme — having little motion
• French: paisible — having little motion
• Galician: quieto — having little motion
• Georgian: წყნარი (c̣q̇nari) — having little motion
• Georgian: მშვიდი (mšvidi) — having little motion
• German: still — having little motion
• Greek: ήσυχος (ísychos) — having little motion
• Ancient Greek: ἥσυχος (hḗsukhos) — having little motion
• Italian: calmo — having little motion
• Central Kurdish: ھێمن (hêmin) — having little motion
• Latin: tranquillus — having little motion
• Māori: maho — having little motion
• Norwegian: rolig — having little motion
• Persian: آرام (ârâm) — having little motion
• Polish: spokojny — having little motion
• Portuguese: quieto — having little motion
• Romanian: liniștit — having little motion
• Romanian: calm — having little motion
• Russian: споко́йный (spokójnyj) — having little motion
• Northern Sami: hiljit — having little motion
• Serbo-Croatian: ми́ран — having little motion
• Serbo-Croatian: спо̏ко̄ја̄н — having little motion
• Serbo-Croatian: míran — having little motion
• Serbo-Croatian: spȍkōjān — having little motion
• Sicilian: sodu — having little motion
• Sicilian: cuetu — having little motion
• Sinhalese: නිශ්චල (niścala) — having little motion
• Spanish: tranquilo — having little motion
• Spanish: detenido — having little motion
• Spanish: quieto — having little motion
• Spanish: calmo — having little motion
• Swedish: lugn — having little motion
• Tamil: அசைவற்ற (acaivaṟṟa) — having little motion
• Telugu: ప్రశాంతం (praśāntaṁ) — having little motion
• Ottoman Turkish: ساكن (sakin) — having little motion
• Ottoman Turkish: دولك (dölek) — having little motion
• Ukrainian: спокі́йний (spokíjnyj) — having little motion
• Walloon: påjhire — having little motion
• Walloon: påjhûle — having little motion
• Armenian: հանգիստ (hangist) — not busy
• Catalan: poc — not busy
• Catalan: mica — not busy
• Chinese Mandarin: 闲散 (xiánsǎn) — not busy
• Chinese Mandarin: 閒散 /闲散 (xiánsǎn) — not busy
• Danish: rolig — not busy
• Danish: stille — not busy
• Dutch: rustig — not busy
• Finnish: hiljainen — not busy
• French: calme — not busy
• Georgian: წყნარი (c̣q̇nari) — not busy
• Greek: ήσυχος (ísychos) — not busy
• Hindi: अव्यस्त (avyast) — not busy
• Japanese: 閑散たる (kansan taru) — not busy
• Japanese: 閑静 (kansei) — not busy
• Central Kurdish: ھێمن (hêmin) — not busy
• Latvian: lēns — not busy
• Norwegian: rolig — not busy
• Persian: آرام (ârâm) — not busy
• Portuguese: calmo — not busy
• Portuguese: tranqüilo — not busy
• Russian: ти́хий (tíxij) — not busy
• Sicilian: cuetu — not busy
• Spanish: poco — not busy
• Swedish: lugn — not busy
• Ukrainian: ти́хий (týxyj) — not busy
• Albanian: i qetë — not talking
• Armenian: լռակյաց (lṙakyacʻ) — not talking
• Asturian: calláu — not talking
• Asturian: quietu — not talking
• Bashkir: шым (şım) — not talking
• Bashkir: тыныс (tınıs) — not talking
• Bulgarian: мълчалив (mǎlčaliv) — not talking
• Catalan: silenciós — not talking
• Chickasaw: chokkíllissa — not talking
• Czech: tichý — not talking
• Danish: stille — not talking
• Dutch: zwijgzaam — not talking
• Dutch: stil — not talking
• Dutch: rustig — not talking
• Estonian: vaikne — not talking
• Estonian: tasane — not talking
• Finnish: hiljainen — not talking
• Finnish: vaisu — not talking
• French: silencieux — not talking
• French: discret — not talking
• Georgian: ჩუმი (čumi) — not talking
• German: ruhig — not talking
• German: still — not talking
• Greek: ήρεμος (íremos) — not talking
• Hindi: शांत (śānt) — not talking
• Hindi: मौन (maun) — not talking
• Ingrian: hiljain — not talking
• Ingrian: äänetöin — not talking
• Italian: quieto — not talking
• Italian: taciturno — not talking
• Central Kurdish: وسکت (wiskit) — not talking
• Latin: tacitus — not talking
• Latvian: kluss — not talking
• Māori: māika — not talking
• Māori: whakatakupe — not talking
• Norwegian Bokmål: stille — not talking
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stille — not talking
• Persian: آرام (ârâm) — not talking
• Persian: کم گوی (kam guy) — not talking
• Portuguese: calado — not talking
• Portuguese: silencioso — not talking
• Romanian: tăcut — not talking
• Romanian: silențios — not talking
• Russian: споко́йный (spokójnyj) — not talking
• Russian: ти́хий (tíxij) — not talking
• Sicilian: muturru — not talking
• Sinhalese: නිශ්ශබ්ද (niśśabda) — not talking
• Spanish: reservado — not talking
• Spanish: callado — not talking
• Spanish: silencioso — not talking
• Swedish: tyst — not talking
• Tamil: மௌனம் (mauṉam) — not talking
• Telugu: మౌనం (maunaṁ) — not talking
• Turkish: suskun — not talking
• Walloon: sins brut — not talking
• Yiddish: רויִק (ruik) — not talking
• Armenian: լռություն (lṙutʻyun) — absence of sound
• Azerbaijani: səssizlik — absence of sound
• Azerbaijani: sakitlik — absence of sound
• Azerbaijani: sükut — absence of sound
• Bulgarian: тишина (tišina) — absence of sound
• East Circassian: щэху (śɛxwu) — absence of sound
• West Circassian: шъэфы (ŝɛfə) — absence of sound
• Czech: ticho — absence of sound
• Danish: stilhed — absence of sound
• Danish: ro — absence of sound
• Egyptian: s-g:r-A2 (sgr) — absence of sound
• Esperanto: kvieto — absence of sound
• Finnish: hiljaisuus — absence of sound
• French: silence — absence of sound
• Georgian: სიჩუმე (sičume) — absence of sound
• Georgian: სიწყნარე (sic̣q̇nare) — absence of sound
• Greek: ησυχία (isychía) — absence of sound
• Ancient Greek: σιγή (sigḗ) — absence of sound
• Ancient Greek: σιωπή (siōpḗ) — absence of sound
• Hindi: शांति (śānti) — absence of sound
• Hindi: सन्नाटा (sannāṭā) — absence of sound
• Hindi: ख़ामोशी (xāmośī) — absence of sound
• Hungarian: csend — absence of sound
• Hungarian: nyugalom — absence of sound
• Irish: ciúnas — absence of sound
• Italian: silenzio — absence of sound
• Japanese: 沈黙 (chinmoku) — absence of sound
• Japanese: 静寂 (seijaku) — absence of sound
• Central Kurdish: ھێمن (hêmin) — absence of sound
• Central Kurdish: وسکت (wiskit) — absence of sound
• Latin: silentium — absence of sound
• Latvian: klusums — absence of sound
• Portuguese: calada — absence of sound
• Portuguese: silêncio — absence of sound
• Punjabi: ਚੁੱਪੀ (cuppī) — absence of sound
• Russian: тишина́ (tišiná) — absence of sound
• Northern Sami: jaskatvuohta — absence of sound
• Scottish Gaelic: sàmhchair — absence of sound
• Scottish Gaelic: tosd — absence of sound
• Spanish: silencio — absence of sound
• Swedish: tystnad — absence of sound
• Telugu: నిశ్శబ్దం (niśśabdaṁ) — absence of sound
• Ukrainian: тиша (tyša) — absence of sound
• Urdu: خاموشی (xāmośī) — absence of sound
• Armenian: հանգիստ (hangist) — absence of movement
• Bulgarian: спокойствие (spokojstvie) — absence of movement
• Danish: ro — absence of movement
• Finnish: hiljaisuus — absence of movement
• French: silence — absence of movement
• French: calme — absence of movement
• Georgian: სიწყნარე (sic̣q̇nare) — absence of movement
• Greek: ησυχία (isychía) — absence of movement
• Ancient Greek: ἡσυχία (hēsukhía) — absence of movement
• Hindi: गतिहीनता (gatihīntā) — absence of movement
• Italian: pace — absence of movement
• Italian: tranquillità — absence of movement
• Japanese: 平静 (heisei) — absence of movement
• Central Kurdish: ھێمن (hêmin) — absence of movement
• Latin: quiēs — absence of movement
• Old English: ǣmetta — absence of movement
• Portuguese: quietude — absence of movement
• Russian: споко́йствие (spokójstvije) — absence of movement
• Russian: поко́й (pokój) — absence of movement
• Spanish: calma — absence of movement
• Spanish: tranquilidad — absence of movement
• Swedish: lugn — absence of movement
• Southern Altai: јобоштоор (ǰoboštoor) — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• Bulgarian: успокоявам (uspokojavam) — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• Catalan: calmar — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• Dutch: kalmeren — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• Finnish: hiljentää — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• Finnish: rauhoittaa — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• French: apaiser — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• French: calmer — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• Friulian: cuietâ — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• Georgian: გაჩუმება (gačumeba) — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• German: ruhen — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• Hindi: शांत करना (śānt karnā) — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• Hindi: चुप कराना (cup karānā) — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• Italian: calmare — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• Italian: placare — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• Latin: pācō — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• Māori: whakamūmū — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• Polish: uciszać — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• Polish: uciszyć — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• Polish: uspokajać — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• Polish: uspokoić — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• Portuguese: silenciar — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• Portuguese: tranquilizar — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• Portuguese: acalmar — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• Russian: успока́ивать (uspokáivatʹ) — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• Russian: успоко́ить (uspokóitʹ) — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• Northern Sami: jaskkodahttit — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• Northern Sami: váidudit — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• Spanish: calmar — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• Spanish: callar — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• Swedish: tysta — to cause (someone or something) to become quiet
• Bulgarian: стихвам (stihvam) — to become quiet or calm
• Bulgarian: успокоявам се (uspokojavam se) — to become quiet or calm
• Dutch: kalmeren — to become quiet or calm
• Dutch: rustig worden — to become quiet or calm
• Finnish: hiljentyä — to become quiet or calm
• Finnish: rauhoittua — to become quiet or calm
• French: s'apaiser — to become quiet or calm
• French: se calmer — to become quiet or calm
• French: se taire — to become quiet or calm
• French: se tranquilliser — to become quiet or calm
• Georgian: გაჩუმება (gačumeba) — to become quiet or calm
• Hindi: शांत होना (śānt honā) — to become quiet or calm
• Old English: gestillan — to become quiet or calm
• Persian: ساکت شدن (sâket šodan) — to become quiet or calm
• Persian: آرام شدن (ârâm šodan) — to become quiet or calm
• Polish: uciszyć się — to become quiet or calm
• Polish: zamilknąć — to become quiet or calm
• Polish: uspokajać się — to become quiet or calm
• Polish: uspokoić się — to become quiet or calm
• Quechua: upallay — to become quiet or calm
• Russian: успока́иваться (uspokáivatʹsja) — to become quiet or calm
• Russian: успоко́иться (uspokóitʹsja) — to become quiet or calm
• Northern Sami: jaskkodit — to become quiet or calm
• Northern Sami: váidut — to become quiet or calm
• Spanish: callar — to become quiet or calm
• Swedish: tystna — to become quiet or calm