Dictionary

quietness en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English quietnes, quietnesse, quietenesse, qwietnesse, qwietenesse, equivalent to quiet + -ness.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Absence of sound; silence or hush.
2. (countable, uncountable) Absence of disturbance; calm, stillness or serenity.
   • He put his thumbs in his galluses and looked out the window, taking credit for the quietness. 1949, Dorothy M. Johnson, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 94:

Forms

Relateds

quietude

Synonyms

roo (absence of sound) · silence (absence of sound)

Translations (25)

es tranquilidad (absence of disturbance) · sv stillhet (absence of disturbance) · es calladura (absence of sound) · sv ro (absence of disturbance) · vo seil (absence of sound) · es calladidad (absence of sound) · ka მყუდროება (absence of disturbance) · es tranquilidad (absence of sound) · eo kvieteco (absence of sound) · es quietud (absence of disturbance) · es calladeza (absence of sound) · tr sükût (absence of sound) · ota سكوت (absence of sound) · gd tost (absence of sound) · tr sessizlik (absence of sound) · gd sìth (absence of disturbance) · ka სიწყნარე (absence of sound) · es calladez (absence of sound) · ka სიმშვიდე (absence of sound) · gd suaimhneas (absence of disturbance) · sv lugn (absence of disturbance) · bg тишина (absence of sound) · sv tystnad (absence of sound) · bg спокойствие (absence of disturbance) · es quietud (absence of sound)