From en.wiktionary.org:
[SILENT]
** English
*** Alternative forms
- [en] [hypercorrect]
*** Etymology
From [en], present [participle] of [la], from [en]. Related to Gothic [got],
Old English [ang].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Adjective
[er]
1. Free from sound or noise ; absolutely still ; perfectly quiet .
2. * [5]
3. * 1825 , 吴语: Samuel Johnson , Arthur Murphy, _The Works of Samuel Johnson_ , Talboys and Wheeler, page 52:
4. *: What was formerly performed by fleets and armies, by invasions, sieges, and battles, has been of late accomplished by MORE SILENT methods.
5. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1906 | author=William Dean Howells; Sidney Dillon Ripley | title=Certain Delightful English Towns: With Glimpses of the Pleasant Country Between | page=152 | publisher=Harper & Brothers
|passage=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.}}
1. Not speaking ; indisposed to talk ; speechless ; mute ; taciturn ; not loquacious ; not talkative .
2. * [passage=Ulysses, adds he, was the most eloquent and most SILENT of men.]
3. * [book=IV]
4. * [en]
5. Keeping at rest ; inactive ; calm ; undisturbed .
6. * {{ quote-text | en | year=a. 1718 | author=w:Thomas Parnell | title=Hesiod; or, the Rise of Woman
|passage=The winds were SILENT, all the waves asleep, / And heaven was trac'd
upon the flattering deep}}
1. [en] Not pronounce d; having no sound; quiescent .
2. Having no effect; not operating ; inefficient .
3. * [passage=Cause [...] SILENT , virtueless, and dead.]
4. [en] With the sound turned off; usually _on silent_ or in _silent mode_ .
5. [en] Without audio capability.
6. Hidden , unseen .
7. Of an edit or change to a text, not explicitly acknowledged.
8. * [en]
9. [en] Not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence.
10. Undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms.
11. Of distilled spirit : having no flavour or odour.
**** Synonyms
- [free from sound or noise] [en] ; see also Thesaurus:silent
- [not speaking; indisposed to talk] [en] , [en] ; see also Thesaurus:taciturn
- [not speaking; mute] [en] , [en] ; see also Thesaurus:mute
- [keeping at rest] [en] , [en] ; see also Thesaurus:inactive
- [not pronounced] [en] , [en] , [en]
- [hidden; unseen] [en] , [en] , [en] ; see also Thesaurus:hidden
**** Derived terms
{{col3|en |silent as the tomb|silent fart|silent listing|silent Sam |be
silent|radio silent|silent as a grave|silent whistle|silent-but-violent |fall
silent |on silent|right to remain silent |pseudosilent |serosilent |silent
agitator |silent alarm |silent as the grave |silent auction |silent barter
|silent butler |silent cinema |silent commerce |silent cop |silent killer
|silent disco |silent film |silent forest syndrome|silent _e_|silent
_h_|Silent Valley |silentish |silent key |silently |silent majority |silent
miscarriage |silent mode |silent mutation |silent number |silent partner
|silent policeman |Silent Sam |silent service |silent treatment |silent vote
|strong silent type }}
**** Related terms
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
**** Translations
[free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet]
- Abkhaz: [ab]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Armenian: [hy] , [hy] , [hy]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Belarusian: [be] , [verb "to be silent"] [be]
- Bengali: [bn]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Burmese: [my]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca] [verb "to be silent"]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] [verb "to be silent"]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [verb "to be silent"] [fr]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [verb "to be silent"] [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Ingrian: [izh] , [izh]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Karachay-Balkar: [krc]
- Khmer: [km] , [km]
- Korean: [ko]
- Kyrgyz: [ky]
- Lao: [lo] , [lo] , [lo]
- Latgalian: [ltg] , [ltg]
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk] [verb "to be silent"] , [mk] [verb "to be silent]
- Maltese: [mt] , [mt]
- Maori: [mi]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Norman: [nrf]
- Northern Sami: [se]
- Norwegian:
- Occitan: [oc]
- Old English: [ang] , [ang] [verb "to be silent"]
- Old Saxon: [osx] [verb "to be silent"]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] , [ota]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa] , [fa]
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Quechua: [qu]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] [verb "to be silent"]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh]
- Slovak: [sk] , [sk] [verb "to be silent"]
- Slovene: [sl] , [sl] [verb "to be silent"]
- Sorbian:
- Southern Altai: [alt]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] [verb "to be silent"]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Thai: [th] , [th] , [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] [verb "to be silent"]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Volapük: [vo]
- Welsh: [verb "to be silent"] [cy]
- Yiddish: [yi]
- Zazaki: [zza]
[trans-bottom]
[not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Cherokee: [chr]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek:
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Latin: [la]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi] [remaining quiet when called] , [mi]
- Norman: [nrf]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa] , [fa]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi]
- Yiddish: [yi]
- Zazaki: [zza]
[trans-bottom]
[keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed]
- Armenian: [hy] , [hy]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Khiamniungan Naga: [kix]
- Latin: [la]
- Northern Sami: [se]
- Persian: [fa]
- Turkish: [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Zazaki: [zza]
[trans-bottom]
[having no effect; not operating; inefficient]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Persian: [fa]
- Turkish: [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[in silent mode, on silent, with the sound turned off]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Polish: [pl]
- Russian: [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[without audio capability]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Zazaki: [zza]
[trans-bottom]
[hidden, unseen]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Italian: [it]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Spanish: [es]
- Zazaki: [zza]
[trans-bottom]
[undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Italian: [it]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[to refrain from speaking]
[checktrans-top]
- Greek: [el]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] That which is silent ; a time of silence .
2. * [act=I]
3. A silent movie
4. * [en]
**** Translations
[that which is silent]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Italian: [it]
- Persian: [fa]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Zazaki: [zza]
[trans-bottom]
*** Further reading
- [R:Century 1911]
- [R:Webster 1913]
- [R:OneLook]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Catalan
*** Etymology
From [ca].
*** Pronunciation
- [ca-IPA]
*** Adjective
[ca-adj]
1. [en]
*** Further reading
- [R:ca:IEC2]
- [R:ca:GDLC]
- [R:ca:DNV]
- [R:ca:DCVB]
** French
*** Verb
[fr]
1. [fr]
*** Anagrams
- [fr]
** Latin
*** Verb
[la]
1. [la]