silence

si·lence

 (sī′ləns)

n.

1. The condition or quality of being or keeping still and silent.

2. The absence of sound; stillness.

3. A period of time without speech or noise.

4. Refusal or failure to speak out.

v.tr. si·lenced, si·lenc·ing, si·lenc·es

1. To make silent or bring to silence: silenced the crowd with a gesture.

2. To curtail the expression of; suppress: silencing all criticism; silenced their opponents.

3. Genetics To interfere with the expression of (a gene or gene segment) so that its biological function is suppressed.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin silentium, from silēns, silent-, present participle of silēre, to be silent.]

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silence

(ˈsaɪləns)

n

1. the state or quality of being silent

2. the absence of sound or noise; stillness

3. refusal or failure to speak, communicate, etc, when expected: his silence on the subject of their promotion was alarming.

4. a period of time without noise

5. oblivion or obscurity

vb (tr)

6. to bring to silence

7. to put a stop to; extinguish: to silence all complaint.

[C13: via Old French from Latin silēntium, from silēre to be quiet. See silent]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

si•lence

(ˈsaɪ ləns)

n., v. -lenced, -lenc•ing,
interj. n.

1. absence of any sound or noise; stillness.

2. the state or fact of being silent.

3. absence or omission of mention or comment.

4. the state of being forgotten; oblivion.

5. concealment; secrecy.

v.t.

6. to put or bring to silence; still.

7. to put (doubts, fears, etc.) to rest; quiet.

interj.

8. be silent!

[1175–1225; < Old French < Latin silentium. See silent, -ence]

Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

silence

• obmutescence, obmutescent - Obmutescence is the act of becoming mute or silent—usually a stubborn, willful act; if you are inclined to silence, you are obmutescent.
• oyez - Meaning a call for silence and attention, it descends from Anglo-Norman oyez/oiez, "to hear" or "hear ye."
• silential - Describing something performed in silence.
• omerta - The code of silence in the Mafia, from the Italian word for "humility."

Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

Silence

 

See Also: SECRECY

1. Behaved a little like a stuffed frog with laryngitis —P. G. Wodehouse
2. A brief silence, like an indrawn breath —Sylvia Plath
3. A brittle silence stretched like iced cords through the kitchen —Anthony E. Stockanes
4. Dole out his words like federal grants —Shelby Hearon
5. Dumb as a drum with a hole in it —Charles Dickens
6. Dumb as a yearning brute —Martin Cruz Smith
7. The enfolding silence was like an echo —William Styron
8. Fall silently, like dew on roses —John Dryden
9. A great painful silence came down, as after the ringing of a church bell —Loren D. Estleman
10. Grew still, like a congregation in silent prayer —Edgar Lee Masters
11. Hears the silence … like a heart that has ceased to beat —Joyce Carol Oates
12. (The room was suddenly full of … ) heavy silence, like a fallen cake —Raymond Chandler
13. Her silence bore down on him like a tombstone —Heinrich Böll
14. Her silence had a frequency all its own … like one of those dog whistles that make a sound only dogs can hear —a sound that cracked eggs, or something —Larry McMurtry
15. He tried to say something but his tongue hung in his mouth like a dried fruit on a tree —Bernard Malamud
16. (The crowded courtroom grew as) hushed and still as a deserted church —Robert Traver
17. Hushed like a holy place —Lynn Sharon Schwartz
18. A hush prevailed like that in an art gallery —Jean Stafford
19. A hush rose like a noisy fog —Bernard Malamud
20. I’ll be like an oyster —Ivan Turgenev

    The character making this statement in A Month in the Country underscores it with not another syllable.

21. Men fear silence as they fear solitude, because both give them a glimpse of the terror of life’s nothingness —André Maurois
22. Moving as silently as fish under water —Ross Macdonald
23. Mute like a faded tapestry —Louis MacNeice
24. Mute as a fish —John Melton
25. Mute as a gargoyle —Sharon Sheehe Stark
26. My tongue lay like a stone in my mouth —Pat Conroy
27. Noiseless as fear in a wilderness —John Keats
28. Quiet as the visible murmur is their vaporizing breath —William Faulkner
29. Quiet and meaningless as wind in dry grass —T. S. Eliot
30. Quiet as a lady’s fart —Harold Adams
31. Quiet as a lamb —William Langland
32. Quiet as a mouse —Anon
33. Quiet as an eel swimming in oil —Arthur Baer
34. Quiet as a nun —William Wordsworth

    English novelist Antonia Fraser borrowed Wordsworth’s simile for a mystery novel about a nun.

35. (It was) quiet as a prayer —Mary Lee Settle
36. (The whole immense room … was) quiet as a sepulchre —Walter De La Mare
37. Quiet as a stone —John Keats
38. Quiet as a street at night —Rupert Brooke
39. Quiet as a street of tombs in a buried city —John Ruskin
40. Quiet as a wasp in one’s nose —John Ray’s Proverbs
41. Quiet as a wooden-legged man on a tin roof —Anon

    This is one of many American folk similes incorporated by Carl Sandburg into his unique long poem, The People, Yes.

42. (The house was as) quiet as death, as the inside of a skull —John Fowles
43. Quiet as dust —Ken Kesey
44. (Her mind was) quiet, as if a needle had been lifted from a phonograph record —Ellen Gilchrist
45. (The town was all as) quiet as the hills —A. E. Coppard
46. Quiet as two tombs —Robert B. Parker
47. Quietly as a moth —Louis Bromfield
48. Quietly as smoke rising —Loren D. Estleman
49. Quiet … pressed on her eardrums like a weight —Hortense Calisher
50. Quiet settled in the room like snow —Rumer Godden
51. Significant silences like fingers that point —William Bronk
52. The silence seemed to come drifting down like flakes of snow —Katherine Mansfield
53. Silence fell like a guillotine in the middle of raw, bleeding conversations —Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
54. The silence around them, like the silence inside a mouth, squirms with colors —James Dickey
55. Silence as absolute as death —Robert Penn Warren
56. Silence as deep as held breath —John Yount
57. (It was Sunday, and there was a feeling of quietness,) a silence as though nature were at rest —W. Somerset Maugham
58. Silence beat about them like waves —Mavis Gallant
59. The silence between us … it lay coiled like a sleeping cat, graceful in its way but liable to claw if stroked indelicately —Scott Spencer

    See Also: PEOPLE, INTERACTION

60. Silence descending over the room like a blackwinged bird —John Rechy
61. Silence drifting in … settling like dust —Helen Hudson
62. The silence [at the other end of telephone] … felt absolute, as if he had been trying to telephone God —William Mcllvanney
63. Silence filled the space [of empty room] like water in a lock —Julia Whedon
64. Silence filled the sunlit room like gas —Harvey Swados
65. Silence grand as Versailles —Lorrie Moore
66. Silence heavy in the air like a threat —William Boyd
67. Silence … hung in the air like a dead pheasant —Penelope Gilliatt
68. Silence is deep as eternity —Thomas Carlyle
69. Silence is his delight and instruction now … as if a blessed quiet came to him like water made into music —George Garrett
70. Silence … like a great hand pressed across a mouth struggling to give vent to a scream —Stephen French Whitman
71. Silence … like an explosion —John Fowles
72. The silence like an ocean rolled, and broke against my ear —Emily Dickinson
73. The silence of the place was like a sleep, so full of rest it seemed —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
74. Silence … poured in between them like a drifting dune —Lawrence Durrell
75. The silence ran between them like a fuse —William McIlvanney
76. Silence, rather like somebody had died —Elizabeth Spencer
77. Silence … rich and winey, like a rest in music —Zona Gale
78. Silence rose like a mountain —Arthur A. Cohen
79. Silence settled on him like a mist —Frank Ross
80. Silence … so intense that it was like a third presence in the room —Antonia White
81. Silence so thick that he imagined he could cut a slice out of it, like a succulent melon —Ella Leffland
82. Silence … steadily filling up the bare white room, like water rising in a tank —Christopher Isherwood
83. Silence stretched out like membrane on the point of tearing —Ross Macdonald
84. Silence [in tension-filled room] stretched like a wire vibrating with impulses that were never heard —Hortense Calisher
85. Silence that falls between them … like deep snow —Donald Justice
86. Silence that fell upon her like a restraining hand —Nadine Gordimer
87. Silence that made his own breathing seem like the breaking of distant surf —Mark Helprin
88. Silence walked beside them like the ghost of a dead man —W. Somerset Maugham
89. The silence [in the room] was like an invasion, a possession by the great silent mountains —Gina Berriault
90. The silence was like a tranquilizer —Mignon F. Ballard
91. Silent as a burglar behind a curtain —Raymond Chandler
92. Silent as a cat on velvet —Reynolds Price
93. Silent as a country churchyard —Thomas Babington Macaulay
94. Silent as a ghost —Percy Bysshe Shelley
95. (Rooms) silent as a lantern —Daniela Gioseffi
96. Silent as a midnight thought —Anne Finch
97. Silent as a prisoner —Richard Ford
98. Silent as a snowflake settled on the ground —Donald Seaman
99. Silent as a standing pool —William Wordsworth
100. Silent as a stuffed sausage —Helen Hudson
101. Silent as a white shark —Diane Ackerman
102. Silent as despair —John Greenleaf Whittier
103. Silent as despairing love —William Blake

     A modern variant: “Silent as a breaking heart.”

104. Silent as flight —Wendell Berry
105. (An object) silent as pillows —Diane Wakoski
106. Silent as rain or fleece —Lawrence Durrell
107. [Thoughts] silent … as space —Lord George Byron

     Here is the complete simile as it appeared in Don Juan: “There was a depth of feeling to embrace … thoughts, boundless, deep, but silent too as space.”

108. Silent as the moon —John Milton

     Many writers continue to link the moon with silence, with frequent twists and extensions. Some examples from contemporary literature include: “She was as silent and distant as the moon” from a short story by Kate Wheeler and “Silent as the dark side of the moon” from Water Music by T. Coraghessan Boyle.

109. Silent as the pictures on the wall —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
110. Silent as the rays of the sun —Slogan, Silent Glow Oil Burner Corporation
111. Silent as thought —Sir William Davenant
112. Silent as your shadow —Colley Cibber
113. Silent … like an empty room —Carlos Baker
114. Silent like a stockpiled bomb —C.D.B. Bryan
115. Silently as a dream —William Cowper

     “Silent as a dream” variations include: “Dumb as a dream” by Algernon Charles Swinburne and “Mute as any dream” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

116. (Made his way through the yard as) silently as a tom-cat on the prowl —Donald Seaman
117. Silently as a turtle —John Hersey
118. Silent men, like still waters, are deep and dangerous —H. G. Bohn’s Handbook of Proverbs
119. (The crowd was) silent … totally, in a hush like the air in the treetops —Paul Horgan
120. A small silence came between us, as precise as a picture hanging on a wall —Jean Stafford
121. So quiet … it felt like Sunday without church —Elizabeth Spencer
122. (You were) so silent it was like playing with a snowman —Martin Cruz Smith
123. Soundless as a gong before it’s struck —Donald Justice
124. Soundless as any breeze —Dame Edith Sitwell
125. The sound of the silence was like the hum of her own nerves stretched taut —William Humphrey
126. Speechless as an anchorite —Lawrence Durrell
127. Speechless as though his tongue were paralyzed —Ouida
128. Stealthy silence as of a neatly executed crime —Joseph Conrad
129. (The house was) still as a bottomless well —Hugh Walpole
130. Still as a desert —Anon
131. Still as a mouse —Richard Flecknoe

     An extension of this by Sir Walter Scott: “Quiet as a mouse in a hole.”

132. Still as a stone —The Holy Bible/Exodus
133. Still as mourners —Mark Strand
134. Still as the grave —William Shakespeare
135. Still like gulls —W. H. Auden
136. Stillness struck like a stopped guitar —Sharon Sheehe Stark
137. A sudden silence … shook them like an inaudible explosion —Frank Tuohy
138. There seemed to be a lot of silence in the house, like something deep and sticky you had to wade through —Jane Rogers
139. There was absolute silence. It said as plainly as if silence were a language itself, “Go back.” —Flannery O’Connor
140. (They walk close together,) silent as painted people —Julie Hayden
141. Tight-lipped as a Sioux —Charles Johnson
142. Tongues tight as immigrants —Daniel Berrigan
143. Untalkative as native Vermonters —Max Lerner on commuters
144. Unheard like dog whistles pitched too high for human ears —George Garrett
145. Uses silence like a blackjack —Tim O’Brien
146. Vocal chords seem glued together like two uncut pages in a book —Elyse Sommer
147. Withdraw behind a wall of silence like children confronted with the disapproval of an authority figure —Margaret Millar

Similes Dictionary, 1st Edition. © 1988 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

Silence

 

(See also SECRECY.)

have an ox on the tongue See BRIBERY.

lose one’s tongue To lose temporarily the power of speech, to be struck dumb. Such speechlessness is usually attributed to emotions such as shyness, fear, or surprise.

pipe down To become quiet or mute; to cease talking. In this expression, pipe may carry any of its numerous sound-related meanings, ranging from a shrill noise to the vocal cords themselves. In contemporary usage, the phrase is most often imperative.

“Pipe down,” replied the husband. “What do you expect for a $10 paint job, grand opera?” (Kansas City Star, March, 1932)

see a wolf To temporarily lose one’s voice, to become tongue-tied. The phrase expresses the old belief that if a man saw a wolf before the wolf’saw him, the man would temporarily lose the power of speech. The expression dates from the late 16th century.

Our young companion has seen a wolf, … and has lost his tongue in consequence. (Sir Walter Scott, Quentin Durward, 1823)

Picturesque Expressions: A Thematic Dictionary, 1st Edition. © 1980 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

silence

Past participle: silenced
Gerund: silencing

Imperative

silence

silence

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	silence - the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking); "there was a shocked silence"; "he gestured for silence" condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
	2.	silence - the absence of sound; "he needed silence in order to sleep"; "the street was quiet" quiet hush, stillness, still - (poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night" speechlessness - the property of being speechless quietness, soundlessness - the property of making no sound sound property - an attribute of sound sound - the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause; "the sound of rain on the roof"; "the beautiful sound of music"
	3.	silence - a refusal to speak when expected; "his silence about my contribution was surprising" muteness uncommunicativeness - the trait of being uncommunicative
	4.	silence - the trait of keeping things secret secrecy, secretiveness uncommunicativeness - the trait of being uncommunicative mum - secrecy; "mum's the word"
Verb	1.	silence - cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!" hush, hush up, still, quieten, shut up shush - silence (someone) by uttering `shush!' conquer, inhibit, stamp down, suppress, subdue, curb - to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires" lull, calm down - become quiet or less intensive; "the fighting lulled for a moment" shout down - silence or overwhelm by shouting pipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down, quieten, hush - become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered" gag, muzzle - prevent from speaking out; "The press was gagged"
	2.	silence - keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure; "All dissenters were silenced when the dictator assumed power" conquer, inhibit, stamp down, suppress, subdue, curb - to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

silence

noun

1. quiet, peace, calm, hush, lull, stillness, quiescence, noiselessness They stood in silence.
quiet sound, noise, racket, din, uproar, cacophony, tumult

2. reticence, dumbness, taciturnity, speechlessness, muteness, uncommunicativeness, voicelessness The court ruled that his silence should be entered as a plea of not guilty.
reticence talk, talking, speech, shouting, whispering, yelling, murmuring, chatter, clamour, babble, bawling, hubbub, prattle, verbosity, garrulousness, loquaciousness

verb

1. quieten, still, quiet, cut off, subdue, stifle, cut short, quell, muffle, deaden, strike dumb The shock silenced him completely.
quieten rouse, amplify, make louder

2. suppress, gag, muzzle, censor, stifle He tried to silence anyone who spoke out against him.
suppress support, encourage, spread, promote, broadcast, foster, publicize, disseminate, promulgate, ungag

3. kill, do in (informal), eliminate (slang), take out (slang), dispatch, bump off (slang), rub out (U.S. slang) A hit man had been sent to silence her.

Quotations
"Silence is the virtue of fools" [Francis Bacon Advancement of Learning]
"Silence is more eloquent than words" [Thomas Carlyle Heroes and Hero-Worship]

Proverbs
"Silence is golden"
"Silence means consent"

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

silence

noun

1. The avoidance of speech:

dumbness, muteness, speechlessness, wordlessness.

2. The absence of sound or noise:

hush, noiselessness, quiet, quietness, soundlessness, still, stillness.

verb

To cause to become silent:

hush, quiet, quieten, shush, shut up, still.

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Translations

إصْمِت، أُسْكُتسُكوت، صَمْتسُكون عَنصَمْتيُسْكِت

tichoticho!ztišitmlčení

stilhedtavshedbringe til tavshed

SchweigenStillezum Schweigen bringenSchweigsamkeitsei ruhig!

σιωπήησυχίασιγή

silencioacallarhacer callarsilenciar¡silencio!

hiljaisuusäänettömyys

silencecalmefaire tairemutismerepos

tišina

csendcsend: csend legyen!elhallgattathallgatás

òagga niîur íòögnòögn!òögn, hljóîþögn

silenziofar tacereridurre al silenziosilenziosamentesilenzioso

静けさ

침묵

nutildytitylėdamastylėjimastylintistylos!

apklusinātklusēšanaklusu!klusuciešanaklusums

stilte

stillhetti stille!vær stille!bringe til taushetfå til å tie

cisza

silênciorepouso

linişte

тишинамолчаниетишьзаглушитьзаткнуть рот

mlčanie

tišinamolče

tystnad

ความเงียบ

sessizliksusmasusturmakSusun!

sự im lặng

沉默缄默请安静！默不做声使安静

silence

[ˈsaɪləns]

A. N

1. (= absence of speech) → silencio m
a two minutes' silence → dos minutos de silencio
silence! → ¡silencio!
they stood in silence → permanecieron en silencio
in dead or complete silence → en silencio absoluto
there was silence on the matter → no se hizo comentario alguno sobre la cuestión
to pass over sth in silence → silenciar algo
to reduce sb to silence → dejar a algn sin argumentos
silence is golden → en boca cerrada no entran moscas
silence gives or means or lends consent → quien calla otorga

2. (= absence of sound) → silencio m
a sudden shot broke the silence → un disparo repentino rompió el silencio

3. (= unwillingness to communicate) → silencio m
he broke his silence for the first time yesterday → rompió su silencio ayer por primera vez

B. VT

1. (= quieten) [+ person, crowd] → hacer callar, acallar; [+ bells, guns, cries] → silenciar, acallar
to silence one's conscience → acallar la conciencia

2. (= put a stop to) [+ criticism, fears, doubts] → acallar, silenciar
he silenced his critics → silenció a sus críticos

3. (= kill) → eliminar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

silence

[ˈsaɪləns]

n

(= quietness) → silence m
There was a shocked silence → Il y eut un silence choqué.
in silence → en silence

(= refusal to speak) → silence m
to break one's silence → rompre son silence
the right to silence → le droit de garder le silence
a conspiracy of silence → une conspiration du silence

vt

(= make quiet) → faire taire
A ringing phone silenced her → La sonnerie d'un téléphone la fit taire.

[+ opposition, critics, debate, protest] → faire taire, réduire au silence

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

silence

n → Stille f; (= quietness also) → Ruhe f; (= absence of talk also, of letters etc) → Schweigen nt; (on a particular subject) → (Still)schweigen nt; silence! → Ruhe!; in silence → still; (= not talking also) → schweigend; there was silence → alles war still; there was a short silence → es herrschte für kurze Zeit Stille; the conversation was full of awkward silences → die Unterhaltung kam immer wieder ins Stocken; to break the silence → die Stille durchbrechen; he broke his silence → er brach sein Schweigen; to observe a minute’s (Brit) or moment’s (US) silence → eine Schweige- or Gedenkminute einlegen (in memory of für)

vt (lit, fig) → zum Schweigen bringen; to silence somebody’s tongue → jdn zum Schweigen bringen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

silence

[ˈsaɪləns]

1. n → silenzio
silence! → silenzio!
in (dead or complete) silence → in (totale or perfetto) silenzio
there was silence on or about the subject → non si è parlato dell'argomento
to pass over sth in silence → passare qc sotto silenzio

2. vt (person, critics) → ridurre al silenzio, far tacere; (conscience) → mettere a tacere

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

silence

(ˈsailəns) noun

1. (a period of) absence of sound or of speech. A sudden silence followed his remark. stilte سُكوت، صَمْت тишина silêncio ticho das Schweigen stilhed σιωπήsilencio vaikus سكوت hiljaisuus silenceשקט सन्नाटा tišina, muk csend kesunyian þögn, hljóð silenzio 沈黙 정적 tyla klusums senyap stiltestillhetcisza چوپتيا، كراري، نه خوزيدنه silêncio linişte тишина ticho tišina tišina tystnad ความเงียบ sessizlik 寂靜，沉默 тиша, мовчання خاموشی sự im lặng 寂静，沉默

2. failure to mention, tell something etc. Your silence on this subject is disturbing. stilte سُكون عَن мълчание silêncio mlčení die Schweigsamkeit tavshed σιωπή, απουσία λόγου silencio vaikimine خاموشي vaikeneminen silence דוּמִיָה पत्राचार चुप्पी šutljivost hallgatás kebisuan þögn silenzio 沈黙 침묵 tylėjimas klusuciešana; klusēšana tidak berkata apa-apa stilzwijgendheid taushetmilczenie چوپتيا silêncio tăcere молчание mlčanie molk tišina tystnad, tystlåtenhet การปกปิด sessizlik, susma 默不作聲，緘默 забуття; відсутність відомостей بے کلامی sự im hơi lặng tiếng 缄默，默不做声

verb

to cause to be silent. The arrival of the teacher silenced the class. stilmaak يُسْكِت накарвам да млъкне calar ztišit zum Schweigen bringen bringe til tavshed επιβάλλω σιγή, κάνω κπ. να σωπάσει hacer callar, acallar, silenciar, apagar vaikima panema ساكت كردن hiljentää faire taire לְהַשתִיק मौन कर देना, जबान बंद कर देना ušutkati, utišati elhallgattat membuat diam þagga niður í far tacere 静かにさせる 침묵하게 만들다 nutildyti apklusināt menyebabkan seseorang diam stil doen zijn få til å tie, bringe til taushetuciszać ږلى كول، چوپول: كرارول calar a face linişte заставить замолчать utíšiť, upokojiť utišati utišati tysta ทำให้เงียบ susturmak 使安靜 примушувати мовчати خاموش کرنا làm cho ai nín lặng 使安静

interjection

be silent!. stilte! إصْمِت، أُسْكُت Тишина! silêncio! ticho! sei ruhig! ti stille! σιωπή! ¡silencio! vait! خاموش شدن hiljaa silence! שְתוֹק शांत रहें tišina! tiho! csend legyen! diam! þögn! silenzio! 静かに 조용히! tylos! klusu! diam! stil ti/vær stille! cisza! چوپول caluda! linişte! тихо!, замолчи(те)! ticho! tišina! tišina tystnad! คำสั่งให้เงียบ Susun! 請安靜！ тихо! خاموش رہو im lặng 请安静！

ˈsilencer noun

a piece of equipment fitted to a gun, or (American ˈmuffler) in an engine, for making noise less. knaldemper مُسْكِت، كاتِم صَوْت заглушител silenciador tlumič der Schalldämpfer lyddæmper σιγαστήραςsilenciador summuti صدا خفه كن vaimennin silencieux מַשתִיק קוֹל रवशामक, आवाजरोक prigušivač hangtompító peredam suara hljóðdeyfir; hljóðkútur silenziatore 消音装置 소음기 duslintuvas klusinātājs alat penyenyap geluiddemperlyddemper, lydpottetłumik ږغ غلى كوونكې اّله (لكه دموټر سايلنسر ياټوپك silenciador amortizor глушитель tlmič dušilec prigušivač ljuddämpare เครื่องกำจัดเสียง susturucu 消音器 глушник آواز کم کرنے والی مشین bộ phận giảm thanh 消音器

ˈsilent (-t) adjective

1. free from noise. The house was empty and silent. stil صامِت، هادئ тих silencioso tichý still stille σιωπηλός, ήσυχοςsilencioso vaikne بي صدا äänetön silencieuxשקט शांत tih, bešuman csendes sunyi þögull silenzioso 静かな 고요한 tylus kluss senyap stilstillecichy غلى، چوپ: پټ خولى silencioso liniştit тихий, безмолвный tichý tih tih tyst ไร้เสียง sessiz, sakin 安靜的 безмовний بغیر آواز کا tĩnh lặng 安静的

2. not speaking. He was silent on that subject. stil صامِت мълчалив calado mlčenlivý schweigsam tavs σιωπηλός, αμίλητοςcallado vait ساكت vaiti silencieux שוֹתֵק कुछ नहीं बोलना mučaljiv, nijem hallgat(ag) membisu fámáll, þögull silenzioso 無言の 침묵하는 tylintis klusējošs; nerunājošs mendiamkan diri zwijgzaamtausmilczący چوپ calado tăcut молчаливый mlčanlivý molčeč nem tystlåten เงียบ konuşmayan, konuşmaktan kaçınan 緘默的 мовчазний; німий بے کلام không nói 沉默的，少言寡语的

3. not making any noise. This lift is quite silent. stil هادئ، ساكِن безшумен silencioso tichý ruhig stille αθόρυβοςsilencioso hääletu بيصدا äänetön silencieux שוֹתֵק शोर नहीं मचाना bešuman hangtalan tak bersuara hljóðlátur silenzioso 静かな 조용한 tylus kluss; beztrokšņa- senyap geruisloosstillegående, lydløs, støyfricichy چوپ silencioso silenţios бесшумный tichý tih tih tyst[gående] ไม่ออกเสียง sessiz, gürültüsüz 不發出聲音的，不產生噪音的 безшумний, тихий ساکت yên lặng 无声音的

ˈsilently adverb

stil بِسُكوت، بِصَمْت безшумно silenciosamente tiše still tavst σιωπηλάsilenciosamente tasa به طور بيصدا äänettömästi silencieusement בְּשֶקֶט चुपचाप tiho csendesen tanpa suara hljóðlega silenziosamente 静かに 조용하게 tyliai klusi; klusu dengan senyap stilstille, lydløstcicho په چوپتيا، په چوپه خوله silenciosamente silenţios молча, тихо ticho tiho tiho tyst, under tystnad, i tysthet, stillatigande อย่างเงียบ ๆ sessizce 安靜地 мовчки, про себе خاموشی سے yên tĩnh 寂静地

in silence

without saying anything. The children listened in silence to the story. in stilte بِصَمْت мълчаливо em silêncio v naprostém tichu schweigend i stilhed σιωπηλά, ήσυχα en silencio sõnatult بي سر و صدا ääneti en silence בְּשֶקֶט बिना कुछ कहे u tišini, bez riječi csendben dengan membisu í hljóði in silenzio 黙って 조용히 tylėdamas klusējot; klusumā tanpa berkata-kata in stiltetaust w ciszy, cicho چوپتيا em silêncio în linişte молча v úplnom tichu molče u tišini under tystnad ไม่พูดอะไรเลย sessizce; konuşmadan 默默地 мовчки, тихо کچھ کہے بغیر không nói 默默地

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silence

→ صَمْت ticho stilhed Stille σιωπή silencio hiljaisuus silence tišina silenzio 静けさ 침묵 stilte stillhet cisza silêncio тишина tystnad ความเงียบ sessizlik sự im lặng 沉默

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silence

n. silencio.

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