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

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

quietness (countable and uncountable, plural quietnesses)

1. Absence of sound; silence or hush.
2. Absence of disturbance; calm, stillness or serenity.

• (absence of sound): silence, roo

absence of sound

• Bulgarian: тишина (bg) f (tišina)

• Esperanto: kvieteco

• Georgian: სიმშვიდე (simšvide), სიწყნარე (sic̣q̇nare)

• Scottish Gaelic: tost m

• Spanish: tranquilidad (es), quietud (es), calladidad f, calladeza f, calladez f, calladura f

• Swedish: tystnad (sv) c

• Volapük: seil (vo)

• quietude

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