Meanings
verbbe silent (third-person singular simple present is silent, present participle being silent, simple past was silent, past participle been silent)
present singular third person is silent · participle present being silent · past was silent · participle past been silent
- To refrain from speaking; to say nothing. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Afrikaans swyg
- swygrefrain from speaking
Ancient Greek σιγάω
- σιγάω (sigáō)refrain from speaking
Arabic صَمَتَ, سَكَتَ
- صَمَتَ (ṣamata)refrain from speaking
- سَكَتَ (sakata)refrain from speaking
Bulgarian мълча́
- мълча́ (mălčá)refrain from speaking
Chinese Mandarin 緘默 /缄默, 沉默
- 緘默 /缄默 (jiānmò)refrain from speaking
- 沉默 (chénmò)refrain from speaking
Czech mlčet
- mlčetrefrain from speaking
Danish tie
- tierefrain from speaking
Dutch zwijgen
- zwijgenrefrain from speaking
Esperanto silenti
- silentirefrain from speaking
Estonian vaikima
- vaikimarefrain from speaking
Finnish vaieta, olla hiljaa
- vaietarefrain from speaking
- olla hiljaarefrain from speaking
French se taire
- se tairerefrain from speaking
German schweigen, still sein
- schweigenrefrain from speaking
- still seinrefrain from speaking
Greek σωπαίνω
- σωπαίνω (sopaíno)refrain from speaking
Hebrew שָׁתַק
- שָׁתַק (shaták)refrain from speaking
Hindi चुप्पी लगाना, चुप रहना
- चुप्पी लगाना (cuppī lagānā)refrain from speaking
- चुप रहना (cup rahnā)refrain from speaking
- चुप लगाना (cup lagānā)refrain from speaking
Hungarian hallgat, csendben van
- hallgatrefrain from speaking
- csendben vanrefrain from speaking
- csendben maradrefrain from speaking
Icelandic þegja
- þegjarefrain from speaking
Irish tost
- tostrefrain from speaking
Italian tacere
- tacererefrain from speaking
Japanese 黙る, 沈黙する
- 黙る (damaru)refrain from speaking
- 沈黙する (chinmoku suru)refrain from speaking
Korean 조용히 하다, 침묵하다
- 조용히 하다 (joyonghi hada)refrain from speaking
- 침묵하다 (chimmukhada)refrain from speaking
- 말하지 않다 (malhaji anta)refrain from speaking
Latin taceo
- taceorefrain from speaking
Latvian klusēt
- klusētrefrain from speaking
Lithuanian tylėti
- tylėtirefrain from speaking
Norwegian Bokmål tie
- tierefrain from speaking
Persian خاموش شدن, ساکت شدن
- خاموش شدن (xâmuš šodan)refrain from speaking
- ساکت شدن (sâket šodan)refrain from speaking
Polish milczeć
- milczećrefrain from speaking
Portuguese calar-se
- calar-serefrain from speaking
Romanian a tăcea
- a tăcearefrain from speaking
Russian молча́ть, безмо́лвствовать
- молча́ть (molčátʹ)refrain from speaking
- безмо́лвствовать (bezmólvstvovatʹ)refrain from speaking
Slovak mlčať
- mlčaťrefrain from speaking
Spanish callarse
- callarserefrain from speaking
Swedish tiga, vara tyst
- tigarefrain from speaking
- vara tystrefrain from speaking
Thai นิ่ง, เงียบ
- นิ่ง (nîng)refrain from speaking
- เงียบ (ngîiap)refrain from speaking
- เงียบขรึม (ngîiap-krʉ̌m)refrain from speaking
Turkish susmak
- susmakrefrain from speaking
Ukrainian мовча́ти
- мовча́ти (movčáty)refrain from speaking
Vietnamese im lặng, lặng thinh
- im lặngrefrain from speaking
- lặng thinhrefrain from speaking
Welsh tewi
- tewirefrain from speaking
Yiddish שווײַגן
- שווײַגן (shvaygn)refrain from speaking
Cite this entry
APA
be silent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/be%20silent
MLA
“be silent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/be%20silent. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “be silent,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/be%20silent.
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