Meaning

12 senses
  1. Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.

    still, schweigen

    ти́хийtíxij, молча́тьmolčátʹ

    ти́хийtýxyj, мовча́тиmovčáty

  2. Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.

    schweigsam

    молчали́выйmolčalívyj, безмо́лвныйbezmólvnyj

  3. Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed.

    still

  4. Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent.

    The e is silent in fable.

    Silent letters can make some words difficult to spell.

    stumm

    непроизноси́мыйneproiznosímyj, немо́йnemój

    not made to sound

  5. Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.

  6. With the sound turned off; usually on silent or in silent mode.

    My phone was on silent.

    lautlos, leise, stumm

    беззву́чныйbezzvúčnyj

  7. Without audio capability.

    The Magnavox Odyssey was a silent console.

    expressed without speech

  8. Hidden, unseen.

    a silent voter; a silent partner

  9. Of an edit or change to a text, not explicitly acknowledged.

    silent revisions; a silent emendation

  10. Not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence.

  11. Undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms.

  12. Of distilled spirit: having no flavour or odour.

Examples

721 sentences
  1. He remained silent for a while.

    Якийсь час він мовчав.

    deEr blieb eine Zeitlang still.

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  2. The boy remained silent.

    Хлопчик мовчав.

    ruМальчик молчал.

    deDer Junge blieb still.

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  3. I won't be silent.

    Я мовчати не буду.

    ruЯ молчать не буду.

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  4. I like silent movies.

    Я люблю німе кіно.

    ruЯ люблю немое кино.

    deIch mag Stummfilme.

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  5. All of us were silent.

    Ми всі мовчали.

    ruМы все молчали.

    deWir waren alle still.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet:
Русский
By meaning 4
free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet:
not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn:
not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent:
in silent mode, on silent, with the sound turned off:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet:
not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn:
not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent:
in silent mode, on silent, with the sound turned off:

Origin

From Latin silēns (“silent”), present participle of sileō (“be silent”), from Proto-Indo-E

From Latin silēns (“silent”), present participle of sileō (“be silent”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyl- (“still, windless, quiet, slow”). Related to Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽 (anasilan, “to cease, grow still, be silent”), Old English sālnes (“silence”).

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Forms

silenter/more silent, silentest/most silent
Comparativesilenter / more silent Lesson
Superlativesilentest / most silent Lesson

regular

Synonyms

23 synonyms
free from sound or noise:quietA1
not speaking; mute:dumbB2
not speaking; indisposed to talk:speechless
keeping at rest:dormant
not pronounced:mutequiescentservile
hidden; unseen:concealed
Close in meaning

Antonyms

4 antonyms

Word family

69 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • remained silent
  • kept silent
  • silent for a
  • to remain silent
  • was silent for
  • silent all day
  • remained silent for
  • kept silent all
  • everyone was silent
  • stay silent
  • were both silent
  • silent during

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
silent — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto