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quiet

/kˈwaɪət/KWIGH-uht
/kˈwaɪət/KWIGH-uht

Meaningat rest

Common meaning: making little noise

Journey through time

  1. Latinquiēs; quiētus‘rest’
  2. Englishmeaning shiftsrest → making little noisequiet‘making little noise’ · today

quiet also in: quitdisquietacquiesce

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin quiēs; quiētus ‘rest; at rest’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry quiēs, p. 1512 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

acquiescedisquietquit

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