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Interlingua
Adjective
quiete (comparative plus quiete, superlative le plus quiete)
- quiet
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkwjɛ.te/, /kwiˈɛ.te/, /ˈkwje.te/, /kwiˈe.te/
- Rhymes: -ɛte, -ete
- Hyphenation: quiè‧te, qui‧è‧te, quié‧te, qui‧é‧te
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin quiētem (“rest, quiet”), from Proto-Italic *kʷiētis, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyéh₁tis, from the root *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”).
Noun
quiete f (plural quieti)
- quiet, peace, calm, quietness, silence
- Synonyms: calma, pace, silenzio
- rest
- Synonym: riposo
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
quiete f pl
- feminine plural of quieto
References
Latin
Noun
quiēte
- ablative singular of quiēs
- "Omnia noctis erant placida composta quiete". Varro apud Seneca
Participle
quiēte
- vocative masculine singular of quiētus
References
- “quiete”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quiete”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quiete in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkjete/
- Rhymes: -ete
- Syllabification: quie‧te
Verb
quiete
- inflection of quietar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative