Definitions for quietenˈkwaɪ ɪ tn
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
qui•et•en*ˈkwaɪ ɪ tn(v.t.; v.i.)
to quiet.
Category: British
* Chiefly Brit..
Origin of quieten:
1820–30
qui′et•en•er(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
quieten, hush, quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down(verb)
become quiet or quieter
"The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"
calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still(verb)
make calm or still
"quiet the dragons of worry and fear"
hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up(verb)
cause to be quiet or not talk
"Please silence the children in the church!"
Wiktionary
quieten(Verb)
To make quiet.
quieten(Verb)
To become quiet.
Translations for quieten
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
quieten(verb)
(often with down ) to make or become quiet
I expect you to quieten down when I come into the classroom.
- kalmeerAfrikaans

- يَهْدأArabic

- замлъквамBulgarian

- calar-sePortuguese (BR)

- ztišit (se)Czech

- ruhig werdenGerman

- være stilleDanish

- ησυχάζω, κάνω κπ. να ησυχάσειGreek

- calmar(se)Spanish

- rahustama, rahunemaEstonian

- ساکت کردنFarsi

- hiljentyäFinnish

- (se) calmerFrench

- לְהַשקִיטHebrew

- शान्त करनाHindi

- utišati seCroatian

- megnyugtat; megnyugszikHungarian

- menjadi tenangIndonesian

- róast, stillastIcelandic

- calmare, calmarsiItalian

- 静かにするJapanese

- 조용해지다Korean

- nuraminti, nurimtiLithuanian

- nomierināt; apklusināt; nomierināties; apklustLatvian

- menyenyapkanMalay

- kalmerenDutch

- dempe, falle til roNorwegian

- uspokoić (się)Polish

- ساکت کردنPersian

- ارام کولPashto

- calar-sePortuguese

- a (se) liniştiRomanian

- успокаиватьсяRussian

- utíšiť (sa)Slovak

- umiriti (se)Slovenian

- utišati seSerbian

- få tyst på, tystnaSwedish

- ทำให้เงียบThai

- susturmakTurkish

- 使安靜,變安靜Chinese (Trad.)

- затихатиUkrainian

- خاموش ہونا یا کرناUrdu

- trở lại yên tĩnhVietnamese

- 使平静,使安静Chinese (Simp.)

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