quieten

English

Etymology

From quiet +‎ -en (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwaɪ.ə.tən/

• Audio (US):

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Verb

quieten (third-person singular simple present quietens, present participle quietening, simple past and past participle quietened)

1. (transitive, Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) To make quiet.

   quieten the class

   • 2013, Dianne Pegler, The Sacred Order of the Magi, page 149:

     Take deep, deep breaths and quieten your mind while you contemplate what has been revealed within my latest journallings to you.

2. (intransitive, Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) To become quiet.

   quieten down please, the speaker is going to start.

Usage notes

• Somewhat rare in US English, where the verb quiet is usually preferred.

Derived terms

• quieten down

Translations

to make quiet

• Bulgarian: успокоявам (bg) (uspokojavam)
• Finnish: hiljentää (fi)
• French: apaiser (fr)
• Georgian: დამშვიდება (damšvideba), გაჩუმება (gačumeba), მიჩუმება (mičumeba)
• Maori: whakamāhaki, whakamūmū, whakamahuru
• Russian: приглуши́ть (ru) pf (priglušítʹ), заглуши́ть (ru) pf (zaglušítʹ), утиша́ть (ru) impf (utišátʹ), утиши́ть (ru) pf (utišítʹ), унима́ть (ru) impf (unimátʹ), уня́ть (ru) pf (unjátʹ)

to become quiet

• Bulgarian: стихвам (bg) (stihvam), успокоявам се (uspokojavam se)
• Finnish: hiljentyä (fi)
• French: se calmer (fr)
• Georgian: დამშვიდება (damšvideba), დაწყნარება (dac̣q̇nareba)
• Maori: māī
• Polish: ucichać impf, ucichnąć pf
• Portuguese: acalmar-se
• Russian: утиха́ть (ru) impf (utixátʹ), ути́хнуть (ru) pf (utíxnutʹ), притиха́ть (ru) impf (pritixátʹ), прити́хнуть (ru) pf (pritíxnutʹ), унима́ться (ru) impf (unimátʹsja), уня́ться (ru) pf (unjátʹsja)

Anagrams

• queen it

Spanish

Verb

quieten

1. inflection of quietar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative