"quieten" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈkwaɪ.ə.tən/ Audio: En-us-quieten.ogg [US] Forms: quietens [present, singular, third-person], quietening [participle, present], quietened [participle, past], quietened [past]
Etymology: From quiet + -en (verbal suffix). Etymology templates: {{suf|en|quiet|en|id2=inchoative|pos2=verbal suffix}} quiet + -en (verbal suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} quieten (third-person singular simple present quietens, present participle quietening, simple past and past participle quietened)
  1. (transitive) To make quiet. Tags: transitive Translations (to make quiet): успокоявам (uspokojavam) (Bulgarian), hiljentää (Finnish), apaiser (French), დამშვიდება (damšvideba) (Georgian), გაჩუმება (gačumeba) (Georgian), მიჩუმება (mičumeba) (Georgian), whakamāhaki (Maori), whakamūmū (Maori), whakamahuru (Maori), приглуши́ть (priglušítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), заглуши́ть (zaglušítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), утиша́ть (utišátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), утиши́ть (utišítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), унима́ть (unimátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), уня́ть (unjátʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-quieten-en-verb-jo-ieBa9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative): 50 50 Disambiguation of 'to make quiet': 92 8
  2. (intransitive) To become quiet. Tags: intransitive Translations (to become quiet): стихвам (stihvam) (Bulgarian), успокоявам се (uspokojavam se) (Bulgarian), hiljentyä (Finnish), se calmer (French), დამშვიდება (damšvideba) (Georgian), დაწყნარება (dac̣q̇nareba) (Georgian), māī (Maori), ucichać [imperfective] (Polish), ucichnąć [perfective] (Polish), acalmar-se (Portuguese), утиха́ть (utixátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), ути́хнуть (utíxnutʹ) [perfective] (Russian), притиха́ть (pritixátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), прити́хнуть (pritíxnutʹ) [perfective] (Russian), унима́ться (unimátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), уня́ться (unjátʹsja) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-quieten-en-verb-GoZfe8f7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative): 50 50 Disambiguation of 'to become quiet': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: quieten down

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "прити́хнуть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "unimátʹsja",
      "sense": "to become quiet",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "унима́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "unjátʹsja",
      "sense": "to become quiet",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "уня́ться"
    }
  ],
  "word": "quieten"
}

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