silent

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• /ˈsaɪ̯lənt/
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• [ˈsaɪ̯lənt] ~ [ˈsaɪ̯ln̩t]
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• /ˈsaːlənt/ Southern US, Midland US, General South African
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• [ˈsaːlənt] ~ [ˈsaːln̩t] Southern US, Midland US, General South African
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From Latin silēns (“silent”), present participle of sileō (“be silent”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyl- (“still, windless, quiet, slow”). Related to Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽 (anasilan, “to cease, grow still, be silent”), Old English sālnes (“silence”).

243 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: аҭынч (atənč) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Southern Altai: унчукпаар (unčukpaar) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Arabic: صَامِت (ṣāmit) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Arabic: سَاكِت (sākit) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Arabic: ساكت (saket) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Arabic: ساكتة (sakta) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Armenian: խաղաղ (xaġaġ) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Armenian: հանգիստ (hangist) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Armenian: հանդարտ (handart) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Asturian: silenciosu — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Belarusian: ці́хі (cíxi) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Belarusian: маўча́ць (mawčácʹ) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Bengali: খামোশ (khamōś) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Bulgarian: тих (tih) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Bulgarian: безшумен (bezšumen) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Burmese: တိတ် (tit) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Catalan: silenciós — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Catalan: callar — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Chinese Cantonese: 安靜 /安静 — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Chinese Cantonese: 恬靜 /恬静 (tim4 zing6, tim5 zing6) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Chinese Cantonese: 靜 /静 (zing6) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Hakka Chinese: 安靜 /安静 (ôn-chhin) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Hakka Chinese: 恬靜 /恬静 (tiâm-chhin) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Hakka Chinese: 恬 (tiâm) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Hakka Chinese: 恬恬 (tiâm-tiâm) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Chinese: 安靜 /安静 (zh-min-nan) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Chinese: 恬恬 (zh-min-nan) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Chinese: 恬靜 /恬静 (zh-min-nan) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Chinese: 恬 (zh-min-nan) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Chinese Mandarin: 安靜 /安静 (ānjìng) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Chinese Mandarin: 恬靜 /恬静 (tiánjìng) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Czech: tichý — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Czech: mlčet — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Danish: tyst — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Dutch: stil — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Esperanto: kvieta — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Finnish: hiljainen — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Finnish: äänetön — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• French: silencieux — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• French: se taire — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Georgian: ჩუმი (čumi) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• German: still — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• German: schweigen — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Greek: αθόρυβος (athóryvos) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Ancient Greek: ἤρεμος (ḗremos) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Ancient Greek: ἀκέων (akéōn) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Hindi: चुप (cup) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Hindi: ख़ामोश (xāmoś) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Hungarian: csendes — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Hungarian: hangtalan — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Hungarian: zajtalan — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Icelandic: hljóður — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Ingrian: hiljain — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Ingrian: äänetöin — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Irish: i do thost — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Irish: tostach — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Italian: silenzioso — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Japanese: 静かな (shizuka na) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Japanese: 無音の (muon no) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Karachay-Balkar: тынч (tınç) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Khmer: ស្ងៀម (sngiəm) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Khmer: ស្ងាត់ (sngat) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Korean: 조용하다 (joyonghada) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Kyrgyz: унчукпоо (uncukpoo) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Lao: ມິດ (mit) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Lao: ນິ້ງ (ning) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Lao: ສງັດ (sa ngat) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Latgalian: kluss — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Latgalian: trāps — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Latin: silens — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Latin: tacitus — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Latvian: kluss — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Macedonian: тих (tih) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Macedonian: молчи (molči) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Macedonian: ќу́ти (ḱúti) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Maltese: sieket — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Maltese: siekta — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Māori: mōhū — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Mongolian: номхон (nomxon) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Norman: silencieux — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Norwegian Bokmål: lydløs — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Occitan: silenciós — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Old English: swīġe — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Old English: swīgian — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Old Saxon: swigon — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Persian: خاموش (xâmuš) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Persian: بیصدا (bi-sedâ) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Persian: آرام (ârâm) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Plautdietsch: stell — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Polish: cichy — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Polish: bezszelestny — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Portuguese: silencioso — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Quechua: upalla — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Romanian: liniștit — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Russian: ти́хий (tíxij) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Russian: молча́ть (molčátʹ) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Northern Sami: jaskat — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Serbo-Croatian: tih — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Serbo-Croatian: му́чати — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Serbo-Croatian: тих — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Serbo-Croatian: múčati — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Serbo-Croatian: tih — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Slovak: tichý — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Slovak: mlčať — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Slovene: tih — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Slovene: molčati — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Lower Sorbian: mjelcaś — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Spanish: silencioso — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Spanish: callar — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Spanish: silente — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Swedish: tyst — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Tagalog: tahimik — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Thai: เงียบ (ngîiap) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Thai: นิ่ง (nîng) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Thai: สงัด (sà-ngàt) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Turkish: sessiz — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Ottoman Turkish: صوص (sus) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Ottoman Turkish: خاموش (hamuş) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Ukrainian: ти́хий (týxyj) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Ukrainian: мовча́ти (movčáty) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Vietnamese: yên lặng — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Volapük: stilik — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Welsh: tewi — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Yiddish: שטום (shtum) — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Zazaki: béveng — free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
• Armenian: լուռ (luṙ) — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Bulgarian: безмълвен (bezmǎlven) — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Cherokee: ᎡᏝᏪᎢ (etlawei) — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Chinese Cantonese: 沉默 (cam4 mak6) — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Chinese Cantonese: 緘默 /缄默 (gaam1 mak6, zin1 mak6) — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Chinese Mandarin: 沉默 (chénmò) — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Chinese Mandarin: 緘默 /缄默 (jiānmò) — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Dutch: zwijgend — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Dutch: zwijgzaam — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Esperanto: silenta — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Esperanto: muta — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Finnish: hiljainen — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Finnish: vaitelias — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• French: silencieux — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• French: muet — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Georgian: ჩუმი (čumi) — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• German: schweigsam — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Ancient Greek: σιγηρός (sigērós) — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Hindi: चुप (cup) — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Hungarian: csendes — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Hungarian: hallgatag — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Hungarian: szótlan — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Irish: i do thost — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Irish: tostach — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Italian: muto — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Italian: silenzioso — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Japanese: 黙っている (damatte iru) — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Japanese: 無言の (mugon no) — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Latin: tacitus — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Māori: mōhū — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Māori: karangatā — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Māori: whakakeke — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Norman: silencieux — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tagal — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Persian: خاموش (xâmuš) — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Persian: ساکت (sâket) — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Persian: لال (lâl) — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Portuguese: silencioso — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Portuguese: quieto — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Romanian: tăcut — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Russian: молчали́вый (molčalívyj) — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Russian: безмо́лвный (bezmólvnyj) — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Swedish: tystlåten — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Turkish: dilsiz — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Turkish: lal — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Ottoman Turkish: خاموش (hamuş) — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Vietnamese: lặng lẽ — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Vietnamese: câm lặng — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Yiddish: שטום (shtum) — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Zazaki: sukut — not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn
• Armenian: խաղաղ (xaġaġ) — keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed
• Armenian: հանդարտ (handart) — keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed
• Finnish: tyyni — keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed
• German: still — keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed
• Italian: silente — keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed
• Italian: tranquillo — keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed
• Latin: tranquilis — keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed
• Khiamniungan Naga: tànglō — keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed
• Persian: آرام (ârâm) — keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed
• Northern Sami: hiljit — keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed
• Turkish: sakin — keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed
• Bulgarian: непроизносим (neproiznosim) — not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent
• Finnish: hiljainen — not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent
• French: muet — not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent
• German: stumm — not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent
• Greek: αθόρυβος (athóryvos) — not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent
• Hungarian: néma — not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent
• Norwegian: stum — not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent
• Persian: خاموش (xâmuš) — not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent
• Polish: bezdźwięczny — not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent
• Portuguese: silencioso — not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent
• Romanian: silențios — not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent
• Russian: непроизноси́мый (neproiznosímyj) — not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent
• Russian: немо́й (nemój) — not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent
• Swedish: stum — not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent
• Turkish: sessiz — not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent
• Zazaki: isız — not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent
• Finnish: äänetön — having no effect; not operating; inefficient
• Finnish: tehoton — having no effect; not operating; inefficient
• Persian: ناکار (nâkâr) — having no effect; not operating; inefficient
• Turkish: etkisiz — having no effect; not operating; inefficient
• Bulgarian: заглушен (zaglušen) — in silent mode, on silent, with the sound turned off
• Finnish: äänetön — in silent mode, on silent, with the sound turned off
• Finnish: äänettömällä — in silent mode, on silent, with the sound turned off
• Finnish: äänettömälle — in silent mode, on silent, with the sound turned off
• German: lautlos — in silent mode, on silent, with the sound turned off
• German: leise — in silent mode, on silent, with the sound turned off
• German: stumm — in silent mode, on silent, with the sound turned off
• Polish: bezdźwięczny — in silent mode, on silent, with the sound turned off
• Russian: беззву́чный (bezzvúčnyj) — in silent mode, on silent, with the sound turned off
• Bulgarian: ням (njam) — without audio capability
• Finnish: hiljainen — without audio capability
• Italian: muto — without audio capability
• Italian: silenzioso — without audio capability
• Persian: لال (lâl) — without audio capability
• Persian: گنگ (gong) — without audio capability
• Portuguese: mudo — without audio capability
• Zazaki: lal (diq) — without audio capability
• Finnish: hiljainen — hidden, unseen
• Turkish: sessiz — hidden, unseen
• Turkish: sakin — hidden, unseen
• Finnish: hiljainen — not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence
• French: silencieux — not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence
• Italian: silenzioso — not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence
• Portuguese: silencioso — not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence
• Spanish: silencioso — not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence
• Zazaki: bévengey — not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence
• Bulgarian: безсимптомен (bezsimptomen) — undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms
• Finnish: piilevä — undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms
• French: silencieux — undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms
• Italian: silenzioso — undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms
• Portuguese: silencioso — undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms
• Spanish: silencioso — undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms
• Finnish: hiljaisuus — that which is silent
• Italian: silenzio — that which is silent
• Persian: خاموش (xâmuš) — that which is silent
• Portuguese: silêncio — that which is silent
• Zazaki: xemis — that which is silent