be quiet
English
/biˈkwaɪˌət/
interj
Definitions
- (imperative) Remain silent.
Etymology
Compound from English be (about, on, around, all over, upon, over, at, away, off, across, concerning, completely, thoroughly, onto, by, unto, excessively, intensifier, fully, all about, out, extensively) + English quiet.
Origin
English
quiet
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abe English
- albe English
- be English
- be-er English
- beable English
- bean't English
- beant English
- beest English
- beeth English
- bequiet English
- beware English
- bewith English
- beïng English
- bist English
- disquiet English
- gonnabe English
- howbeit English
- inter-be English
- maybe English
- might-be English
- nonquiet English
- quiet English
- quietage English
- quieten English
- quieter English
- quieteth English
- quietful English
- quietish English
- quietism English
- quietist English
- quietistic English
- quietless English
- quietlike English
- quietly English
- quietness English
- quietsome English
- radioquiet English
- sobeit English
- superquiet English
- to-be English
- ultraquiet English
- unquiet English
- quietus Latin
- quieto Italian
- been Middle English
- kvieta Esperanto
- be
- abe
- bist
- albe
- beest
- be-er
- to-be
- beant
- beïng
- quiet
- maybe
- beeth
- beable
- bean't
- bewith
- beware
- sobeit
- bequiet
- quietly
- unquiet
- gonnabe
- quieter
- quieten
- howbeit
- disquiet
- quietism
- inter-be
- quietish
- quietist
- quieteth
- nonquiet
- might-be
- quietful
- quietage
- quietsome
- quietlike
- quietness
- quietless
- radioquiet
- quietistic
- ultraquiet
- superquiet