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{
"word": "audibility"
},
{
"word": "loudness"
},
{
"word": "vocality"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:silence",
"word": "sound"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:silence",
"word": "speech"
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"source": "Thesaurus:silence",
"word": "talk"
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"word": "in silence"
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"word": "pact of silence"
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{
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"word": "radio silence"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "right to silence"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "silence camp"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "silence is consent"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "silence is golden"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "silence is oppression"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "silence is violence"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "speech is silver, silence is golden"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "suffer in silence"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "tower of silence"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "two-minute silence"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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"2": "enm",
"3": "silence"
},
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"name": "inh"
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"args": {
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},
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"t": "silence"
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"2": "swīġe"
},
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"name": "ncog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English silence, from Old French silence, from Latin silentium (“silence”), from silēns (“quiet, silent”, present participle of silēre) + -ium. Displaced native Old English swīġe and sālnes.",
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{
"form": "silences",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"args": {
"1": "-",
"2": "s"
},
"expansion": "silence (usually uncountable, plural silences)",
"name": "en-noun"
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"word": "lack of sensation"
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"word": "peace"
}
],
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"sil‧ence"
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"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "deafening silence"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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"word": "radio silence"
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"word": "moment of silence"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:silence",
"word": "two-minute silence"
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"pos": "noun",
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{
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"word": "silent"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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"word": "quiet as a mouse"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:silence",
"word": "silent as the grave"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:silence",
"word": "silent as the tomb"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:silence",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "one could hear a pin drop"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:silence",
"word": "make silent"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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"word": "stop talking"
}
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],
"source": "w"
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{
"text": "When the motor stopped, the silence was almost deafening.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1990, Martin L. Gore (lyrics and music), “Enjoy the Silence”, in Violator, performed by w:Depeche Mode:",
"text": "Words like violence break the silence / Come crashing in into my little world",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"text": "deadly silence",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "in silence",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "total silence",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"The absence of any sound."
],
"id": "en-silence-en-noun-GvvH~~N0",
"links": [
[
"sound",
"sound#Noun"
]
],
"tags": [
"uncountable",
"usually"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "stilte"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "heshtje"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣamt",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "صَمْت"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sukūt",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "سُكُوت"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sukūt",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "سكوت"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "lṙutʻyun",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "լռություն"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "silenciu"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "sükut"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "tınlıq",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "тынлыҡ"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "cišynjá",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "цішыня́"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "be",
"english": "when nobody talks",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "maŭčánnje",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "маўча́нне"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "didrouz"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tišiná",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "тишина́"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "bg",
"english": "when nobody talks",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mǎlčánie",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "мълча́ние"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "silenci"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chénmò",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "沉默"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "süküt"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ticho"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "cs",
"english": "when nobody talks",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "mlčení"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "tavshed"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "stilhed"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "stilte"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "sgr",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "s-g:r-A2"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "silento"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "vaikus"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tøgn"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "hiljaisuus"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "äänettömyys"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "silence"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "silencio"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dumili",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "დუმილი"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Stille"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "de",
"english": "when nobody talks",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schweigen"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "gsw",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"Alemannic-German",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Stili"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "þahains",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "𐌸𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "siopí",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σιωπή"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sigí",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σιγή"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "isychía",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ησυχία"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "sigḗ",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σιγή"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "siōpḗ",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σιωπή"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "akḗ",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἀκή"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "shéket",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "שקט"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "dmamá",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "דממה"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "xāmośī",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ख़ामोशी"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "cuppī",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "चुप्पी"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "mauntā",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "मौनता"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "csend"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "csönd"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "hu",
"english": "when nobody talks",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "hallgatás"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "þögn"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ró"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "silenco"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tost"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "silenzio"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shizukesa",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "静けさ"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "seijaku",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "静寂"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mokuhi",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "黙秘"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"alt": "ちんもく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chinmoku",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "沈黙"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "tynyştyq",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "тыныштық"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jaişylyq",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "жайшылық"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chimmuk",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "침묵"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "bêdeng",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "بێدەنگ"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bêdengî"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "uncukpoo",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "унчукпоо"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "silentium"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "klusums"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"noun"
],
"word": "tyla"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "tíšina",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ти́шина"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "mk",
"english": "when nobody talks",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "mólčenje",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "мо́лчење"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "štáma",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шта́ма"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "haumūmūtanga"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "śānttā",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "शांतता"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "nam güm",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "нам гүм"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "maunatā",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "मौनता"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "jaskatvuohta"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ro"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "taushet"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "togn"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 10 13",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
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"text": "Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.",
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{
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{
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"word": "լռեցնել"
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{
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{
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
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{
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{
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "hu",
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{
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"code": "hu",
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{
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ga",
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"word": "ciúnaigh"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
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},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "it",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
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"roman": "śānta karṇe",
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"word": "शांत करणे"
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{
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "se",
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{
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"code": "no",
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make something silent",
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
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{
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],
"word": "заглуша́ть"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
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],
"word": "заглуши́ть"
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{
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{
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sk",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "silento"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "vaikus"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tøgn"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "hiljaisuus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "äänettömyys"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "silence"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "silencio"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dumili",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "დუმილი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Stille"
},
{
"code": "de",
"english": "when nobody talks",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schweigen"
},
{
"code": "gsw",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"Alemannic-German",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Stili"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "þahains",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "𐌸𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "siopí",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σιωπή"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sigí",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σιγή"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "isychía",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ησυχία"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "sigḗ",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σιγή"
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{
"code": "grc",
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"roman": "siōpḗ",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σιωπή"
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{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "akḗ",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἀκή"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "shéket",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "שקט"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "dmamá",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "דממה"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "xāmośī",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ख़ामोशी"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "cuppī",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "चुप्पी"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "mauntā",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "मौनता"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "csend"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "csönd"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "when nobody talks",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "hallgatás"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "þögn"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ró"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "silenco"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tost"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "silenzio"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shizukesa",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "静けさ"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "seijaku",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "静寂"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mokuhi",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "黙秘"
},
{
"alt": "ちんもく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chinmoku",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "沈黙"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "tynyştyq",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "тыныштық"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jaişylyq",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "жайшылық"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chimmuk",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "침묵"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "bêdeng",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "بێدەنگ"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bêdengî"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "uncukpoo",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "унчукпоо"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "silentium"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "klusums"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"noun"
],
"word": "tyla"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "tíšina",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ти́шина"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"english": "when nobody talks",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "mólčenje",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "мо́лчење"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "štáma",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шта́ма"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "haumūmūtanga"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "śānttā",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "शांतता"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "nam güm",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "нам гүм"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "maunatā",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "मौनता"
},
{
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "jaskatvuohta"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ro"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "taushet"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "togn"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "stillhet"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "silenci"
},
{
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
"roman": "tišina",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "тишина"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "swīġe"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "stilnes"
},
{
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "þǫgn"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "ګنګه روژه"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "چوپتيا"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "xâmuši",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "خاموشی"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sokut",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "سکوت"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cisza"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"english": "when nobody talks",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "milczenie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "milczenie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "silêncio"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "upalla"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "liniște"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tăcere"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tišiná",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "тишина́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "when nobody talks",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "molčánije",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "молча́ние"
},
{
"code": "sm",
"lang": "Samoan",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "fīlēmū"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "seelence"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tosd"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sàmhchair"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "тишѝна"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"english": "when nobody talks",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "му̑к"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "tišìna"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"english": "when nobody talks",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "mȗk"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ticho"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"english": "when nobody talks",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "mlčanie"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tišina"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"english": "when nobody talks",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "molk"
},
{
"code": "alt",
"lang": "Southern Altai",
"roman": "unčukpas",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "унчукпас"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "silencio"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "kimya"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "tystnad"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "katahimikan"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "tınlıq",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "тынлык"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "niśśabdamu",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "నిశ్శబ్దము"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "maunamu",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "మౌనము"
},
{
"code": "tet",
"lang": "Tetum",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "nonook"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kwaam ngîap",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "ความเงียบ"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "ām"
},
{
"code": "to",
"lang": "Tongan",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "fakalongo"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "sessizlik"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "sükut"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "ümsümlik"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "týša",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ти́ша"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"english": "when nobody talks",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "movčánnja",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "мовча́ння"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "xāmośī",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "خاموشی"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "sự yên lặng"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "seil"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "distawrwydd"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tawelwch"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "shtilkeyt",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "שטילקייט"
},
{
"code": "yua",
"lang": "Yucatec Maya",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "ch’een"
},
{
"code": "yua",
"lang": "Yucatec Maya",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "ch’ench’enki"
},
{
"code": "zu",
"lang": "Zulu",
"sense": "lack of sound",
"word": "ukuthula"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to refrain from speaking",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "zwijgen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to refrain from speaking",
"word": "vaikeneminen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to refrain from speaking",
"word": "hiljeneminen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to refrain from speaking",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schweigen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "siopí",
"sense": "to refrain from speaking",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σιωπή"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to refrain from speaking",
"word": "hallgatás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to refrain from speaking",
"word": "hallgatni"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "mólčenje",
"sense": "to refrain from speaking",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "мо́лчење"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to refrain from speaking",
"tags": [
"Guatemala",
"masculine"
],
"word": "sho"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "form of meditation or prayer",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "stilzwijgen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "siopí",
"sense": "form of meditation or prayer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σιωπή"
},
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "siōpḗ",
"sense": "form of meditation or prayer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σιωπή"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "form of meditation or prayer",
"word": "静寂"
}
],
"word": "silence"
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"ipa": "/ˈsaɪləns/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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{
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}
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"word": "be quiet"
},
{
"word": "hush"
},
{
"word": "shut up"
},
{
"word": "whist"
}
],
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣamtan!",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "صَمْتًا!"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣahin!",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "صَهٍ!"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "huss",
"sense": "be silent",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "هس!"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "chite"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "chute"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tišiná",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "тишина́"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "stilte!"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "silentu!"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "hiljaa!"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "čumad!",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "ჩუმად!"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "xma!",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "ხმა!"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳrinṭi ar daʒra!",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "კრინტი არ დაძრა!"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "xma ar gaiɣo!",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "ხმა არ გაიღო!"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "Ruhe!"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "xāmoś!",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "ख़ामोश!"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "csönd!"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "csöndet!"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "csönd legyen!"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "csend!"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "csendet!"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "csend legyen!"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "þögn!"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "diam!"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "bêdeng!"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "hiş!"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "kayades!"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "pax!"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "tíšina",
"sense": "be silent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ти́шина"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "diam!"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "hoihoi!"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "turituri!"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "nizééʼ"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "geʼ"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "stille!"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "hysj!"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "be silent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "silêncio!"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "tăcere!"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "liniște!"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "taci!"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "molčí",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "молчи́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "molčátʹ",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "молча́ть!"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "ticho"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "¡cállate!"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "tyst!"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "hùp-bpàak",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "หุบปาก"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "ngîiap",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "เงียบ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "im"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "be silent",
"word": "im lặng"
}
],
"word": "silence"
}
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"word": "en silence"
},
{
"word": "faire silence"
},
{
"word": "le silence est d’or"
},
{
"word": "minute de silence"
},
{
"word": "passer sous silence"
},
{
"word": "porte-silence"
},
{
"word": "réduire au silence"
},
{
"word": "silence, moteur, action"
},
{
"word": "silence radio"
},
{
"word": "silencieusement"
},
{
"word": "silencieux"
}
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"word": "bruit"
},
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"word": "cacophonie"
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"word": "mélodie"
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"word": "musique"
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{
"english": "And when he had opened the seventh seal, silence occurred in heaven for half an hour.",
"ref": "c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 8:1, page 120r; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:",
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"The termination of a dispute or conflict."
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},
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],
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"(rare) Secrecy or freedom from disruption."
],
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"rare",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/siˈlɛns(ə)/"
}
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"word": "scilence"
},
{
"word": "scylence"
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"word": "scilense"
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"word": "silens"
},
{
"word": "sylence"
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