inquiet

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inquietare: compare French inquiéter. See quiet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪŋˈkwaɪət/

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

Verb

inquiet (third-person singular simple present inquiets, present participle inquieting, simple past and past participle inquieted)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To disquiet.
   • 1530-1531, King Henry VIII, Public Act 22:

     His saide subiectes […] shall [not] be sued, vexed, nor inquieted in theyr bodies goodes landes nor cattalles

Related terms

• quiet

References

• “inquiet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inquiētus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [iŋ.kiˈet]

Adjective

inquiet (feminine inquieta, masculine plural inquiets, feminine plural inquietes)

1. worried

   Synonym: neguitós

Related terms

• inquietar
• inquietud
• quiet

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inquiētus. By surface analysis, in- +‎ quiet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.kjɛ/

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

inquiet (feminine inquiète, masculine plural inquiets, feminine plural inquiètes)

1. worried
2. anxious

Derived terms

• inquiéter
• inquiétude

Related terms

• coi
• quiet
• quitte

Further reading

• “inquiet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.