French English Dictionary

silencieux in English:

1. soundless

English word "silencieux"(soundless) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "The Drug" (C.C. MacApp)
Fiches du livre - "Poems" (Clarence Cook)
Fiches du livre - "Sweet Hours" (Carmen Sylva)
Fiches du livre - "The Guardians" (Irving Cox)
Fiches du livre - "Gobseck" (Honore de Balzac)

2. quieted

English word "silencieux"(quieted) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "My Man Sandy" (J. B. Salmond)
Fiches du livre - "A Pail of Air" (Fritz Leiber)
Fiches du livre - "The Real Dope" (Ring Lardner)
Fiches du livre - "When You Giffle" (L.J. Stecher)
Fiches du livre - "Mostly Mary" (Mary Edward Feehan)

3. silent

All were silent.

Four of my favorite Christmas carols are "Silent Night," "Joy to the World," "The First Noel" and "Away in the Manger."

When all the group members are silent, somebody must break the ice.

When we told Koko the news, she was silent for about ten minutes.

It is the sound you hear when everything is silent.

The little girl managed to keep silent, having been terrified by the lightning.

A Turkish soft G and a Spanish H eloped and had lots of completely silent children together.

If you are silent in a conversation or social situation for a long time, Americans will try to get you to talk.

The flatboat carrying the two silent men went on gliding atop the dark waters as the moonlit night slowly wore on.

In order to remain silent Dasein must have something to say.

Silent waters run deep.

The official designs of the Government, especially its designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage, may be described, I think, as the silent ambassadors of national taste.

Being silent is regarded in effect as approval.

What do you mean? Dima asked, but burped, for if he remained silent, this sentence would be too simple.

We have medicines to make women speak; we have none to make them silent.

English word "silencieux"(silent) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "The Untamed" (Max Brand)
Fiches du livre - "The Revolt of Man" (Walter Besant)
Fiches du livre - "Count Brühl" (Joseph Kraszewski)
Fiches du livre - "Dorothy on a Ranch" (Evelyn Ray...
Common adjectives - Adjectifs courants

4. quiet

Keep quiet!

I sometimes wish I could live a quiet retired sort of life but I doubt I could stand it for more than a few days.

As the popping sound of the fireworks stopped, it suddenly became quiet around me. The smell of gunpowder somehow put me in a sentimental mood.

If that city were a color, it would be a color with a quiet sort of dignity ... wine red, say.

The boy, upon seeing a butterfly, proceeded to run after it, provoking the anger of his mother, who had ordered him to stay quiet while she gossiped with the lady next door.

Is it true that the Pacific side of Japan is cheerful while the Sea of Japan side of Japan is more quiet?

That you should be stalking Hanako! You'd been quiet recently so I'd let my guard down.

It's said to be a girls' high school characterised by its quiet and traditional feel and a chic, high-class uniform.

The novel "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque has been translated into more than fifty languages.

As the lesson comes to an end, even if the teacher doesn't say a word of "be quiet", "sit down!," the children naturally return to their seats and quieten down.

An essential condition for a helpful interview is a quiet room in which doctor and parents can sit comfortably and in private without being interrupted.

Actually, and I need to keep this quiet, but recently here there's a rumour that young women on this beach are having photos taken in secret of them.

Yesterday, I found a tiny piece of land for sale in a quiet residential area and I immediately decided to buy it.

Bill had always been a quiet, home-loving man, but after a few months in the job, his personality changed.

It seems as it was a shot-gun wedding so they're having a quiet wedding with only family and a couple of friends from university invited.

English word "silencieux"(quiet) occurs in sets:

300 most important French adjectives 51 - 75
Fiches du livre - "Sea Garden" (Hilda Doolittle)
Les 300 adjectifs les plus courants en anglais 51 ...
Fiches du livre - "The Lure of Old London" (Sophie...
Fiches du livre - "First Lensman" (Edward Elmer Sm...

5. mufflers

English word "silencieux"(mufflers) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "The Star People" (Gaylord Johnson)
Fiches du livre - "Spool Knitting" (Mary A. McCorm...
Fiches du livre - "They Call Me Carpenter" (Upton ...
Fiches du livre - "The Price of Coal A Play" (Haro...
Fiches du livre - "Mary Jane's City Home" (Clara I...

6. silenced

At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach out for the ballot.

At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes, we can.

English word "silencieux"(silenced) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "Goody Two Shoes" (Walter Crane)
Fiches du livre - "Ye Book of Copperheads" (Anonym...
Fiches du livre - "The Honored Prophet" (William E...