Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 73458 6550606 2009-05-07T11:05:26Z AutoFormat 32732 sorted/rebalanced translations ==English== {{rank|difficult|top|tone|803|silent|takes|honour|individual}} ===Etymology=== {{etyl|la}} ''[[silens]]'', ''-entis'', [[present participle]] of {{term|silere||to be silent}}; akin to [[Gothic]] ''ana-silan''. ===Pronunciation=== * {{IPA|/ˈsaɪlənt/}}, {{SAMPA|/"saIl@nt/}} * {{audio|en-us-silent.ogg|Audio (US)}} ===Adjective=== {{en-adj|er|more}} # [[free|Free]] from [[sound]] or [[noise]]; absolutely [[still]]; perfectly [[quiet]]. #* [[Shakespeare]]: #*: How '''silent''' is this town! #* '''1825''', Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy, ''The Works of Samuel Johnson'', Talboys and Wheeler, page 52: #*: What was formerly performed by fleets and armies, by invasions, sieges, and battles, has been of late accomplished by '''more silent''' methods. #* '''1906''', William Dean Howells and Sidney Dillon Ripley, ''Certain Delightful English Towns: With Glimpses of the Pleasant Country Between'', Harper & Brothers, page 152: #*: The voice of the auctioneer is slow and low [...]; after a pause, which seems no '''silenter''' than the rest of the transaction, he ceases to repeat the bids, and his fish, in the measure of a bushel or so, have gone for a matter of three shillings. # Not [[speaking]]; [[indisposed]] to [[talk]]; [[speechless]]; [[mute]]; [[taciturn]]; not [[loquacious]]; not [[talkative]]. #:* Ulysses, adds he, was the most eloquent and most '''silent''' of men. ''[[Broome]]''. #:* This new-created world, whereof in hell Fame is not '''silent'''. ''[[w:John Milton|John Milton]]''. # Keeping at [[rest]]; [[inactive]]; [[calm]]; [[undisturbed]]; as, the wind is '''silent'''. ''[[Parnell]]''. Sir W. Raleigh. # (''[[pronunciation]]'') Not [[pronounce]]d; having no sound; [[quiescent]]; as, "e is silent in fable." # Having no effect; not [[operate|operating]]; [[inefficient]]. #* Cause ... '''silent''', virtueless, and dead. ''[[w:Sir Walter Raleigh|Sir Walter Raleigh]]''. # {{technology}} Without audio capability. #: The Magnavox Odyssey was a '''silent''' console. ====Related terms==== * [[Silent partner|silent partner]] * [[Dormant partner|dormant partner]] ====Synonyms==== * [[mute]] * [[taciturn]] * [[dumb]] * [[speechless]] * [[quiet]] * [[still]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|խաղաղ|tr=xaġaġ|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}}, {{t-|hy|հանգիստ|tr=hangist|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}}, {{t|hy|հանդարտ|tr=handart|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|hiljainen}}, {{t+|fi|äänetön}} {{trans-mid}} * German: {{t+|de|still}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|csendes}}, {{t-|hu|hangtalan}}, {{t-|hu|zajtalan}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|լուռ|tr=luṙ|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|hiljainen}} {{trans-mid}} * German: {{t-|de|schweigsam}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|csendes}}, {{t-|hu|hallgatag}}, {{t-|hu|szótlan}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|խաղաղ|tr=xaġaġ|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}}, {{t|hy|հանդարտ|tr=handart|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} {{trans-mid}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|tyyni}} * German: {{t+|de|still}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|hiljainen}} * German: {{t+|de|stumm}} {{trans-mid}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|néma}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|having no effect; not operating; inefficient}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|äänetön}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|without audio capability}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|hiljainen}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{checktrans-top}} * {{ttbc|Greek}}: [[σιωπηλός]] {{checktrans-mid}} * {{ttbc|Portuguese}}: [[silencioso]], [[mudo]] * {{ttbc|Spanish}}: [[silencioso]], [[callado]] {{checktrans-bottom}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # {{uncountable}} That which is [[#Adjective|silent]]; a time of [[silence]]. #:* The '''silent''' of the night. ''[[Shakespeare]]'' # A silent [[movie]] #* {{quote-news|year=2007|date=August 12|author=Woody Allen|title=The Man Who Asked Hard Questions|work=New York Times|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/movies/12alle.html |passage=All kinds, '''silents''' and talkies. }} ====Translations==== {{trans-top|that which is silent}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|hiljaisuus}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:Talking]] [[de:silent]] [[et:silent]] [[el:silent]] [[fa:silent]] [[fr:silent]] [[io:silent]] [[it:silent]] [[kk:silent]] [[ku:silent]] [[lo:silent]] [[hu:silent]] [[oc:silent]] [[pl:silent]] [[ru:silent]] [[fi:silent]] [[sv:silent]] [[ta:silent]] [[te:silent]] [[vi:silent]] [[tr:silent]]