Silence in Different Languages. Learn How to Say and Translate
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Silence in Different Languages: Please find below many ways to say silence in different languages. This page features translation of the word "silence" to over 100 other languages. We also invite you to listen to audio pronunciation in more than 40 languages, so you could learn how to pronounce silence and how to read it.
Saying Silence in European Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say silence | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | heshtje | |
| Basque | isiltasuna | |
| Belarusian | цішыня [cišynia] | |
| Bosnian | tišina | |
| Bulgarian | тишина [tishina] | |
| Catalan | silenci | |
| Corsican | silenziu | |
| Croatian | tišina | |
| Czech | umlčet | |
| Danish | stilhed | |
| Dutch | stilte | |
| Estonian | vaikus | |
| Finnish | hiljaisuus | |
| French | silence | |
| Frisian | stilte | |
| Galician | silencio | |
| German | Schweigen | |
| Greek | σιωπή [siopí] | |
| Hungarian | csend | |
| Icelandic | þögn | |
| Irish | ciúnas | |
| Italian | silenzio | |
| Latvian | klusums | |
| Lithuanian | tyla | |
| Luxembourgish | roueg | |
| Macedonian | тишина [tišina] | |
| Maltese | skiet | |
| Norwegian | stillhet | |
| Polish | cisza | |
| Portuguese | silêncio | |
| Romanian | tăcere | |
| Russian | тишина [tishina] | |
| Scots Gaelic | sàmhchair | |
| Serbian | ћутање [ćutanje] | |
| Slovak | ticho | |
| Slovenian | tišina | |
| Spanish | silencio | |
| Swedish | tystnad | |
| Tatar | тынлык | |
| Ukrainian | тиша [tysha] | |
| Welsh | tawelwch | |
| Yiddish | שטילקייַט [shtilkayt] | |
Saying Silence in Asian Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say silence | |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian | լռություն [lrrut’yun] | |
| Azerbaijani | sükut | |
| Bengali | নীরবতা [nīrabatā] | |
| Chinese Simplified | 安静 [ānjìng] | |
| Chinese Traditional | 安靜 [ānjìng] | |
| Georgian | დუმილი [dumili] | |
| Gujarati | મૌન [mauna] | |
| Hindi | मौन [maun] | |
| Hmong | nyob ntsiag to | |
| Japanese | 沈黙 | |
| Kannada | ಮೌನ [mauna] | |
| Kazakh | тыныштық [tınıştıq] | |
| Khmer | ភាពស្ងៀមស្ងាត់ | |
| Korean | 고요 [goyo] | |
| Kyrgyz | унчукпай [unçukpay] | |
| Lao | ຄວາມງຽບ [ khuaamngiab] | |
| Malayalam | നിശ്ശബ്ദം [nisabdam] | |
| Marathi | शांतता [śāntatā] | |
| Mongolian | чимээгүй [chimeegüi] | |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | တိတ်ဆိတ်ခြင်း။ [ tatesate hkyinn ] | |
| Nepali | मौनता [maunatā] | |
| Odia | ନୀରବତା | | |
| Pashto | چوپتیا | |
| Punjabi | ਚੁੱਪ [cupa] | |
| Sindhi | خاموشي | |
| Sinhala | නිශ්ශබ්දතාව [niśśabdatāva] | |
| Tajik | хомушй | |
| Tamil | அமைதி [amaiti] | |
| Telugu | నిశ్శబ్దం [nissabdaṁ] | |
| Thai | ความเงียบ | |
| Turkish | Sessizlik | |
| Turkmen | dymmak | |
| Urdu | خاموشی | |
| Uyghur | جىمجىتلىق | |
| Uzbek | sukunat | |
| Vietnamese | im lặng | |
Saying Silence in Middle-Eastern Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say silence | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | الصمت [alsamt] | |
| Hebrew | שתיקה | |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | bêdengî | |
| Persian | سکوت | |
Saying Silence in African Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say silence | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | stilte | |
| Amharic | ዝምታ [zimita] | |
| Chichewa | chete | |
| Hausa | shiru | |
| Igbo | juu | |
| Kinyarwanda | guceceka | |
| Sesotho | ho thola | |
| Shona | kunyarara | |
| Somali | aamusnaan | |
| Swahili | kimya | |
| Xhosa | cwaka | |
| Yoruba | ipalọlọ | |
| Zulu | ukuthula | |
Cite this Entry
"Silence in Different Languages." In Different Languages, https://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/silence. Accessed 03 Dec 2023.
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