quiescent
English
/ˈkwaɪ̯.ɛsn̩t/
adj
Definitions
- Inactive, quiet, at rest.
- (orthography) Not sounded; silent.
- (cell biology) Non-proliferating.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin quiēscēns, quiescens (reposing, sleeping, resting) root from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (rest).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷyeh₁-
Gloss
rest
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
休
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acquiescently English
- angioquiescent English
- coy English
- immunoquiescence English
- immunoquiescent English
- nonquiescent English
- quiesce English
- quiescence English
- quiescently English
- quiescin English
- semiquiescent English
- acquiescens Latin
- acquiescere Latin
- acquiēscentem Latin
- acquiēscere Latin
- conquiesco Latin
- inquiētantem Latin
- inquiētus Latin
- inquiētāre Latin
- inquiētūdinem Latin
- irrequietus Latin
- irrequiētus Latin
- quiescentia Latin
- quiesco Latin
- quietus Latin
- quiēscentem Latin
- quiēscentia Latin
- quiēscēns, quiescens Latin
- quiētor Latin
- quiētus Latin
- quiētūdō Latin
- requiem Latin
- requiem [aeternam dōnā eīs, Domine] Latin
- requies Latin
- requietus Latin
- requiēs Latin
- tranquillitātem Latin
- acquiescentemente Italian
- acquiescenza Italian
- acquietamento Italian
- acquietare Italian
- acquietarsi Italian
- inquietamente Italian
- inquietarsi Italian
- inquietezza Italian
- irrequietezza Italian
- irrequietudine Italian
- quietamento Italian
- quietanzare Italian
- quietanzatore Italian
- quietanzatrice Italian
- quietazione Italian
- quietezza Italian
- quietismo Italian
- quietista Italian
- quietistico Italian
- quietitudine Italian
- requiare Italian
- acquiescence French
- quittance French
- *kʷyeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷyeh₁tis Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷyeh₁tos Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷyéh₁tis Proto-Indo-European
- *hwīlō Proto-Germanic
- *pokojь Proto-Slavic
- gorffwys Welsh
- terwilen Middle Dutch
- *pat- Proto-Brythonic
- 𐏁𐎡𐎹𐎠𐎫 Old Persian