silence

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• /ˈsaɪ̯ləns/
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• [ˈsaɪ̯ləns] ~ [ˈsaɪ̯ln̩s]
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From Middle English silence, from Old French silence, from Latin silentium (“silence”), from silēns (“quiet, silent”, present participle of silēre) + -ium. Displaced native Old English swīġe and sālnes.

From silence.

278 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: صَمْتًا! (ṣamtan!) — be silent
• Arabic: صَهٍ! (ṣahin!) — be silent
• Arabic: هس! (huss) — be silent
• Asturian: chite — be silent
• Asturian: chute — be silent
• Bulgarian: тишина́ (tišiná) — be silent
• Chinese Mandarin: 安靜! /安静! (ānjìng!) — be silent
• Dutch: stilte! — be silent
• Esperanto: silentu! — be silent
• Finnish: hiljaa! — be silent
• French: silence! — be silent
• Georgian: ჩუმად! (čumad!) — be silent
• Georgian: ხმა! (xma!) — be silent
• Georgian: კრინტი არ დაძრა! (ḳrinṭi ar daʒra!) — be silent
• Georgian: ხმა არ გაიღო! (xma ar gaiɣo!) — be silent
• German: Ruhe! — be silent
• Hindi: चुप! (cup!) — be silent
• Hindi: शांत! (śānt!) — be silent
• Hindi: ख़ामोश! (xāmoś!) — be silent
• Hungarian: csönd! — be silent
• Hungarian: csöndet! — be silent
• Hungarian: csönd legyen! — be silent
• Hungarian: csend! — be silent
• Hungarian: csendet! — be silent
• Hungarian: csend legyen! — be silent
• Icelandic: þögn! — be silent
• Indonesian: diam! — be silent
• Northern Kurdish: bêdeng! — be silent
• Northern Kurdish: hiş! — be silent
• Ladino: kayades! — be silent
• Latin: pax! — be silent
• Macedonian: ти́шина (tíšina) — be silent
• Malay: diam! — be silent
• Māori: hoihoi! — be silent
• Māori: turituri! — be silent
• Navajo: nizééʼ — be silent
• Navajo: geʼ — be silent
• Norwegian: stille! — be silent
• Norwegian: hysj! — be silent
• Portuguese: silêncio! — be silent
• Romanian: tăcere! — be silent
• Romanian: liniște! — be silent
• Romanian: taci! — be silent
• Russian: ти́хо! (tíxo!) — be silent
• Russian: молчи́! (molčí!) — be silent
• Russian: молча́ть! (molčátʹ!) — be silent
• Slovak: ticho — be silent
• Spanish: ¡cállate! — be silent
• Swedish: tyst! — be silent
• Thai: หุบปาก (hùp-bpàak) — be silent
• Thai: เงียบ (ngîiap) — be silent
• Urdu: خاموش (xāmoś) — be silent
• Vietnamese: im — be silent
• Vietnamese: im lặng — be silent
• Afrikaans: stilte — lack of sound
• Albanian: heshtje — lack of sound
• Southern Altai: унчукпас (unčukpas) — lack of sound
• Arabic: صَمْت (ṣamt) — lack of sound
• Arabic: سُكُوت (sukūt) — lack of sound
• Arabic: سكوت (sukūt) — lack of sound
• Armenian: լռություն (lṙutʻyun) — lack of sound
• Asturian: silenciu — lack of sound
• Azerbaijani: sükut — lack of sound
• Bashkir: тынлыҡ (tınlıq) — lack of sound
• Belarusian: цішыня́ (cišynjá) — lack of sound
• Belarusian: маўча́нне (mawčánnje) — lack of sound
• Breton: didrouz — lack of sound
• Bulgarian: тишина́ (tišiná) — lack of sound
• Bulgarian: мълча́ние (mǎlčánie) — lack of sound
• Catalan: silenci — lack of sound
• Chinese Mandarin: 沉默 (chénmò) — lack of sound
• Crimean Tatar: süküt — lack of sound
• Czech: ticho — lack of sound
• Czech: mlčení — lack of sound
• Danish: tavshed — lack of sound
• Danish: stilhed — lack of sound
• Dutch: stilte — lack of sound
• Egyptian: s-g:r-A2 (sgr) — lack of sound
• Esperanto: silento — lack of sound
• Estonian: vaikus — lack of sound
• Faroese: tøgn — lack of sound
• Finnish: hiljaisuus — lack of sound
• Finnish: äänettömyys — lack of sound
• French: silence — lack of sound
• Galician: silencio — lack of sound
• Georgian: დუმილი (dumili) — lack of sound
• German: Stille — lack of sound
• German: Schweigen — lack of sound
• German: Stili — lack of sound
• Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (þahains) — lack of sound
• Greek: σιωπή (siopí) — lack of sound
• Greek: σιγή (sigí) — lack of sound
• Greek: ησυχία (isychía) — lack of sound
• Ancient Greek: σιγή (sigḗ) — lack of sound
• Ancient Greek: σιωπή (siōpḗ) — lack of sound
• Ancient Greek: ἀκή (akḗ) — lack of sound
• Hebrew: שקט (shéket) — lack of sound
• Hebrew: דממה (dmamá) — lack of sound
• Hindi: शांति (śānti) — lack of sound
• Hindi: सन्नाटा (sannāṭā) — lack of sound
• Hindi: ख़ामोशी (xāmośī) — lack of sound
• Hindi: चुप्पी (cuppī) — lack of sound
• Hindi: मौनता (mauntā) — lack of sound
• Hungarian: csend — lack of sound
• Hungarian: csönd — lack of sound
• Hungarian: hallgatás — lack of sound
• Icelandic: þögn — lack of sound
• Icelandic: ró — lack of sound
• Ido: silenco — lack of sound
• Irish: tost — lack of sound
• Italian: silenzio — lack of sound
• Japanese: 静けさ (shizukesa) — lack of sound
• Japanese: 静寂 (seijaku) — lack of sound
• Japanese: 黙秘 (mokuhi) — lack of sound
• Japanese: 沈黙 (chinmoku) — lack of sound
• Kazakh: тыныштық (tynyştyq) — lack of sound
• Kazakh: жайшылық (jaişylyq) — lack of sound
• Korean: 침묵 (chimmuk) — lack of sound
• Central Kurdish: بێدەنگ (bêdeng) — lack of sound
• Northern Kurdish: bêdengî — lack of sound
• Kyrgyz: унчукпоо (uncukpoo) — lack of sound
• Latin: silentium — lack of sound
• Latvian: klusums — lack of sound
• Lithuanian: tyla — lack of sound
• Macedonian: ти́шина (tíšina) — lack of sound
• Macedonian: мо́лчење (mólčenje) — lack of sound
• Macedonian: шта́ма (štáma) — lack of sound
• Māori: haumūmūtanga — lack of sound
• Marathi: शांतता (śānttā) — lack of sound
• Mongolian: нам гүм (nam güm) — lack of sound
• Nepali: मौनता (maunatā) — lack of sound
• Norwegian: ro — lack of sound
• Norwegian: taushet — lack of sound
• Norwegian: togn — lack of sound
• Norwegian Bokmål: stillhet — lack of sound
• Occitan: silenci — lack of sound
• Old Church Slavonic: тишина (tišina) — lack of sound
• Old English: swīġe — lack of sound
• Old English: stilnes — lack of sound
• Old Norse: þǫgn — lack of sound
• Pashto: ګنګه روژه — lack of sound
• Pashto: چوپتيا — lack of sound
• Persian: خاموشی (xâmuši) — lack of sound
• Persian: سکوت (sokut) — lack of sound
• Polish: cisza — lack of sound
• Polish: milczenie — lack of sound
• Polish: milczenie — lack of sound
• Portuguese: silêncio — lack of sound
• Quechua: upalla — lack of sound
• Romanian: liniște — lack of sound
• Romanian: tăcere — lack of sound
• Russian: тишина́ (tišiná) — lack of sound
• Russian: молча́ние (molčánije) — lack of sound
• Northern Sami: jaskatvuohta — lack of sound
• Samoan: fīlēmū — lack of sound
• Scots: seelence — lack of sound
• Scottish Gaelic: tosd — lack of sound
• Scottish Gaelic: sàmhchair — lack of sound
• Serbo-Croatian: тишѝна — lack of sound
• Serbo-Croatian: му̑к — lack of sound
• Serbo-Croatian: tišìna — lack of sound
• Serbo-Croatian: mȗk — lack of sound
• Slovak: ticho — lack of sound
• Slovak: mlčanie — lack of sound
• Slovene: tišina — lack of sound
• Slovene: molk — lack of sound
• Spanish: silencio — lack of sound
• Swahili: kimya — lack of sound
• Swedish: tystnad — lack of sound
• Tagalog: katahimikan — lack of sound
• Tamil: அமைதி (amaiti) — lack of sound
• Tamil: மௌனம் (mauṉam) — lack of sound
• Tatar: тынлык (tınlıq) — lack of sound
• Telugu: నిశ్శబ్దము (niśśabdamu) — lack of sound
• Telugu: మౌనము (maunamu) — lack of sound
• Tetum: nonook — lack of sound
• Thai: ความเงียบ (kwaam ngîap) — lack of sound
• Tocharian B: ām — lack of sound
• Tongan: fakalongo — lack of sound
• Turkish: sessizlik — lack of sound
• Turkish: sükut — lack of sound
• Turkmen: ümsümlik — lack of sound
• Ukrainian: ти́ша (týša) — lack of sound
• Ukrainian: мовча́ння (movčánnja) — lack of sound
• Urdu: خاموشی (xāmośī) — lack of sound
• Vietnamese: sự yên lặng — lack of sound
• Volapük: seil — lack of sound
• Welsh: distawrwydd — lack of sound
• Welsh: tawelwch — lack of sound
• Yiddish: שטילקייט (shtilkeyt) — lack of sound
• Yucatec Maya: ch’een — lack of sound
• Yucatec Maya: ch’ench’enki — lack of sound
• Zulu: ukuthula — lack of sound
• Afrikaans: stilswye — refraining from speaking
• Bulgarian: мълчание (mǎlčanie) — refraining from speaking
• Dutch: zwijgen — refraining from speaking
• Finnish: vaikeneminen — refraining from speaking
• Finnish: hiljeneminen — refraining from speaking
• German: Schweigen — refraining from speaking
• Greek: σιωπή (siopí) — refraining from speaking
• Hungarian: hallgatás — refraining from speaking
• Hungarian: hallgatni — refraining from speaking
• Macedonian: мо́лчење (mólčenje) — refraining from speaking
• Spanish: sho — refraining from speaking
• Dutch: stilzwijgen — form of meditation or prayer
• Greek: σιωπή (siopí) — form of meditation or prayer
• Ancient Greek: σιωπή (siōpḗ) — form of meditation or prayer
• Japanese: 静寂 — form of meditation or prayer
• Arabic: صَمَّتَ (ṣammata) — to make something silent
• Arabic: يسكت (yesaket) — to make something silent
• Aramaic: שתק — to make something silent
• Armenian: լռեցնել (lṙecʻnel) — to make something silent
• Bulgarian: смълчавам (smǎlčavam) — to make something silent
• Bulgarian: заглуша́вам (zaglušávam) — to make something silent
• Czech: utišit — to make something silent
• Czech: umlčet — to make something silent
• Esperanto: silentigi — to make something silent
• Finnish: hiljentää — to make something silent
• Finnish: vaientaa — to make something silent
• German: zum Schweigen bringen — to make something silent
• Greek: ησυχάζω (isycházo) — to make something silent
• Hebrew: השתיק (hishtík) — to make something silent
• Hindi: शांत करना (śānt karnā) — to make something silent
• Hungarian: elnémít — to make something silent
• Hungarian: elcsendesít — to make something silent
• Hungarian: lecsendesít — to make something silent
• Irish: cuir ina thost — to make something silent
• Irish: ciúnaigh — to make something silent
• Italian: silenziare — to make something silent
• Italian: azzittire — to make something silent
• Northern Kurdish: bêdeng kirin — to make something silent
• Macedonian: за́молчи (zámolči) — to make something silent
• Macedonian: за́молкне (zámolkne) — to make something silent
• Malay: tolong senyap — to make something silent
• Māori: whakamūmū — to make something silent
• Māori: whakangū — to make something silent
• Marathi: शांत करणे (śānta karṇe) — to make something silent
• Norwegian: roe — to make something silent
• Polish: uciszać — to make something silent
• Polish: uciszyć — to make something silent
• Portuguese: silenciar — to make something silent
• Russian: заглуша́ть (zaglušátʹ) — to make something silent
• Russian: заглуши́ть (zaglušítʹ) — to make something silent
• Russian: заста́вить замолча́ть (zastávitʹ zamolčátʹ) — to make something silent
• Northern Sami: váidudit — to make something silent
• Northern Sami: jaskkodahttit — to make something silent
• Slovak: utíšiť — to make something silent
• Slovak: umlčať — to make something silent
• Spanish: silenciar — to make something silent
• Swahili: nyamazisha — to make something silent
• Swedish: tysta — to make something silent
• Turkish: susturmak — to make something silent
• Ukrainian: затихати (zatyxaty) — to make something silent
• Ukrainian: затихнути (zatyxnuty) — to make something silent
• Welsh: gostegu — to make something silent
• Welsh: rhoi taw ar — to make something silent
• Bulgarian: заглуша́вам (zaglušávam) — to suppress criticism
• Czech: umlčet — to suppress criticism
• Finnish: vaientaa — to suppress criticism
• Finnish: hiljentää — to suppress criticism
• German: zum Schweigen bringen — to suppress criticism
• Hungarian: elhallgattat — to suppress criticism
• Hungarian: elfojt — to suppress criticism
• Hungarian: elnémít — to suppress criticism
• Irish: cuir ina thost — to suppress criticism
• Italian: silenziare — to suppress criticism
• Italian: mettere a tacere — to suppress criticism
• Macedonian: за́молчи (zámolči) — to suppress criticism
• Polish: uciszać — to suppress criticism
• Polish: uciszyć — to suppress criticism
• Portuguese: silenciar — to suppress criticism
• Russian: затыка́ть рот (zatykátʹ rot) — to suppress criticism
• Russian: заткну́ть рот (zatknútʹ rot) — to suppress criticism
• Northern Sami: šiggut — to suppress criticism
• Northern Sami: jaskkodahttit — to suppress criticism
• Slovak: umlčať — to suppress criticism
• Spanish: hacer callar — to suppress criticism
• Swedish: tysta — to suppress criticism