verb
Meaning 1
To make quiet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, transitive
Examples
- quieten the class
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
quieten
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈkwaɪ.ə.tən/
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verb
Meaning 2
To become quiet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, intransitive
Examples
- quieten down please, the speaker is going to start.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
cause to be quiet or not talk
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Please silence the children in the church!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hush, silence, still, shut up, hush up
Antonyms: louden
Broader terms: suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
Narrower terms: shush, lull, calm down, shout down, gag, muzzle
verb
Meaning 4
make calm or still
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- quiet the dragons of worry and fear
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, lull, still
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: comfort, soothe, console, solace
Narrower terms: lull, compose, pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle, reassure, assure
verb
Meaning 5
become quiet or quieter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The audience fell silent when the speaker entered
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hush, quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down
Antonyms: louden
Broader terms: change intensity
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwyeh1- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *kwyéh1tis Proto-Italic *kwjētis Latin quiēs Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin quiēscō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin quiētusder. French quietder. Middle English quiete English quiet English -en English quieten From quiet + -en (verbal suffix).
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: успокоявам (uspokojavam) — to make quiet
- Finnish: hiljentää — to make quiet
- French: apaiser — to make quiet
- Georgian: დამშვიდება (damšvideba) — to make quiet
- Georgian: გაჩუმება (gačumeba) — to make quiet
- Georgian: მიჩუმება (mičumeba) — to make quiet
- Māori: whakamāhaki — to make quiet
- Māori: whakamūmū — to make quiet
- Māori: whakamahuru — to make quiet
- Polish: uciszać — to make quiet
- Polish: uciszyć — to make quiet
- Polish: uspokajać — to make quiet
- Polish: uspokoić — to make quiet
- Russian: приглуши́ть (priglušítʹ) — to make quiet
- Russian: заглуши́ть (zaglušítʹ) — to make quiet
- Russian: утиша́ть (utišátʹ) — to make quiet
- Russian: утиши́ть (utišítʹ) — to make quiet
- Russian: унима́ть (unimátʹ) — to make quiet
- Russian: уня́ть (unjátʹ) — to make quiet
- Bulgarian: стихвам (stihvam) — to become quiet
- Bulgarian: успокоявам се (uspokojavam se) — to become quiet
- Finnish: hiljentyä — to become quiet
- French: se calmer — to become quiet
- Georgian: დამშვიდება (damšvideba) — to become quiet
- Georgian: დაწყნარება (dac̣q̇nareba) — to become quiet
- Māori: māī — to become quiet
- Polish: ucichać — to become quiet
- Polish: ucichnąć — to become quiet
- Polish: uciszać się — to become quiet
- Polish: uciszyć się — to become quiet
- Polish: uspokajać się — to become quiet
- Polish: uspokoić się — to become quiet
- Portuguese: acalmar-se — to become quiet
- Russian: утиха́ть (utixátʹ) — to become quiet
- Russian: ути́хнуть (utíxnutʹ) — to become quiet
- Russian: притиха́ть (pritixátʹ) — to become quiet
- Russian: прити́хнуть (pritíxnutʹ) — to become quiet
- Russian: унима́ться (unimátʹsja) — to become quiet
- Russian: уня́ться (unjátʹsja) — to become quiet