quiet
/ˈkwaɪ̯.ət/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.65 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
adj
Not showy; undemonstrative.
adj
Requiring little or no interaction.
Example Sentences
- "I can't hear the music; it is too quiet."
- "On the light streets, better streetcleaners, more trees, more police, and quieter buses were the most popular improvements, followed by cutting down the number of cars and improving children's play space."
- "Before long, the unsuspecting salesman was earnestly pitching him "the quietest noisemaker on the market.""
- "the sea was quiet"
- "a quiet night at home"
- "all quiet on the Western front"
Etymology
From Middle English quiete, from Old French quiet (adjective) and quiete (noun), from Latin quiētus, past participle of quiēscere (“to keep quiet, rest”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“rest”). Doublet of coy, quit, quite, and quietus. Largely displaced native English still in the sense of "with little or no sound".
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: quiete, quiet, quiētus, *kʷyeh₁-
Usage
Inflected Forms
quieter (comparative)
more quiet (comparative)
quietest (superlative)
most quiet (superlative)
quiets (present, singular)
quieting (participle, present)
quieted (participle, past)
quieted (past)
quiets (plural)