Quiesce — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

become quiet or quieter

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kwɪˈɛs/

🇬🇧British English

/kwɪˈɛs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kwɪˈɛs/

1 syllable Say it as /kwɪˈɛs/.

Examples

The audience fell silent when the speaker entered

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

quiet pipe down quiet down quieten hush

Antonyms

louden

Parts of Speech

verb	become quiet or quieter “The audience fell silent when the speaker entered”

Word Forms

hush	noun	(poetic) tranquil silence
quiet	noun	the absence of sound
quiescent	adjective	being quiet or still or inactive

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Ruhe

leiser oder leiser werden

🇫🇷French

mettre au repos

devenir silencieux ou plus silencieux

🇪🇸Spanish

callarse

volverse más silencioso o más silencioso

🇳🇱Dutch

rust

stil of stiller worden

🇵🇹Portuguese

aquietar

ficar quieto ou mais quieto

🇷🇺Russian

затишье

стать тише или тише

India

🇮🇳Hindi

शांत हो जाओ

शांत या शांत हो जाओ

🇧🇩Bengali

শান্ত

শান্ত বা শান্ত হত্তয়া

🇮🇳Tamil

அமைதிப்படுத்து

அமைதியாக அல்லது அமைதியாக ஆக

🇮🇳Telugu

నిశ్శబ్దం

నిశ్శబ్దంగా లేదా నిశ్శబ్దంగా మారండి

🇮🇳Marathi

शांतता

शांत किंवा शांत व्हा

🇮🇳Gujarati

શાંત થવું

શાંત અથવા શાંત બનો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಶಾಂತಗೊಳಿಸು

ಶಾಂತವಾಗಿ ಅಥವಾ ನಿಶ್ಯಬ್ದವಾಗಿರಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ശാന്തമാക്കുക

നിശ്ശബ്ദതയോ നിശ്ശബ്ദതയോ ആകുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਚੁੱਪ

ਸ਼ਾਂਤ ਜਾਂ ਸ਼ਾਂਤ ਹੋ ਜਾਓ

🇵🇰Urdu

خاموشی

خاموش یا خاموش ہو جاؤ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

静止

变得安静或更安静

🇯🇵Japanese

静止する

静かになる、または静かになる

🇰🇷Korean

정지하다

조용해지거나 조용해지다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

im lặng

trở nên yên tĩnh hoặc yên tĩnh hơn

🇹🇭Thai

ความเงียบ

เงียบลงหรือเงียบลง

🇮🇩Indonesian

diam

menjadi tenang atau lebih tenang

🇵🇭Filipino

tahimik

maging tahimik o mas tahimik

🇲🇾Malay

senyap

menjadi senyap atau lebih senyap

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

هدوء

تصبح هادئة أو أكثر هدوءا

🇮🇷Persian

ساکت کردن

ساکت یا ساکت تر شدن

🇹🇷Turkish

sessizlik

sessiz ol ya da daha sessiz ol

🇮🇱Hebrew

להרגיע

להיות שקט או שקט יותר

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The primary meaning of 'quiesce' is 'become quiet or quieter'.

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