silente

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Esperanto

Adverb

silente

  1. silently

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin silentem, present active participle of sileō (“to be silent”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siˈlɛn.te/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnte
  • Hyphenation: si‧lèn‧te

Adjective

silente (plural silenti)

  1. (literary) silent
    Synonyms: calmo, quieto, silenzioso, (literary) tacito, tranquillo
    Antonyms: chiassoso, rumoroso
    • 1835, Giacomo Leopardi with Alessandro Donati, “Ultimo canto di Saffo [Sappho's Last Song]”, in Canti‎, Bari: Einaudi, published 1917, page 42, lines 68–72:
      […] Ecco di tante
      sperate palme e dilettosi errori,
      il Tartaro m’avanza; e il prode ingegno
      han la tenaria diva,
      e l’atra notte, e la silente riva.
      See, Tartarus is left of all the prizes hoped for, the sweet illusions: and the dark goddess, black night, and the silent shore confine the proud intellect.
    • 1850, Giosuè Carducci, Juvenilia‎, Nicola Zanichelli, published 1906, page 121:
      Fin che dinanzi a lui tra le ruine
      Barbariche e la polve
      Fumò il vigor de le virtú latine,
      E tutto quel che una ruina involve
      Ferí l’aura silente
      Di un grido alto e possente.
      Until, in front of him, among the barbarian ruins and the dust, the vigor of the Latin virtues smoked, and all that a ruin brings along wounded the silent air with a loud, powerful yell.
  2. (literary, rare or humorous) silent, taciturn (of people)
    Synonyms: muto, silenzioso, (literary) tacito, taciturno
    Antonyms: chiacchierone, ciarliero, loquace, verboso
  3. (genetics) silent (not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence)
    Antonym: attivo

Derived terms

Further reading

  • silente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

silente

  1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of silēns

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: si‧len‧te

Adjective

silente m or f (plural silentes)

  1. silent
  2. quiet

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siˈlente/
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: si‧len‧te

Adjective

silente m or f (masculine and feminine plural silentes)

  1. (formal) silent; noiseless
    Synonyms: silencioso, callado, tranquilo

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