Meanings
nounquiet carriage (plural quiet carriages)
plural quiet carriages
- A railway carriage where excessive noise is forbidden.
Please switch off your mobile phone if travelling in the quiet carriage.
Translations
Danish stillezone, stillevogn
- stillezonerailway carriage where noise is forbidden
- stillevognrailway carriage where noise is forbidden
Dutch stiltecoupé, stiltewagon
- stiltecoupérailway carriage where noise is forbidden
- stiltewagonrailway carriage where noise is forbidden
- stiltezonerailway carriage where noise is forbidden
French compartiment silence
- compartiment silencerailway carriage where noise is forbidden
German Ruhebereich
- Ruhebereichrailway carriage where noise is forbidden
Cite this entry
APA
quiet carriage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quiet%20carriage
MLA
“quiet carriage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quiet%20carriage. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quiet carriage,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quiet%20carriage.
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