quieten - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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- 2.1 Verb

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From quiet + -en (verbal suffix).

IPA(key): /ˈkwaɪ.ə.tən/

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

(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.
(intransitive, Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) To become quiet.
quieten down please, the speaker is going to start.

Somewhat rare in US English, where the verb quiet is usually preferred.
quieten down
quietener

to make quiet

Bulgarian: успокоявам (bg) (uspokojavam)
Finnish: hiljentää (fi)
French: apaiser (fr)
Georgian: დამშვიდება (damšvideba), გაჩუმება (gačumeba), მიჩუმება (mičumeba)
Māori: whakamāhaki, whakamūmū, whakamahuru
Polish: uciszać (pl) impf, uciszyć (pl) pf, uspokajać (pl) impf, uspokoić (pl) pf
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)
Māori: māī
Polish: ucichać impf, ucichnąć pf, uciszać się impf, uciszyć się pf, uspokajać się impf, uspokoić się 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)
queen it

quieten

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

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