inquiet
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inquietare: compare French inquiéter. See quiet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪŋˈkwaɪət/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Verb
inquiet (third-person singular simple present inquiets, present participle inquieting, simple past and past participle inquieted)
- (obsolete, transitive) To disquiet.
- 1530-1531, King Henry VIII, Public Act 22:
- His saide subiectes […] shall [not] be sued, vexed, nor inquieted in theyr bodies goodes landes nor cattalles
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Related terms
- quiet
References
- inquiet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inquiētus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /iŋ.kiˈet/
Adjective
inquiet (feminine inquieta, masculine plural inquiets, feminine plural inquietes)
- worried
Related terms
- inquietar
- inquietud
- quiet
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inquiētus. Synchronically analysable as in- + quiet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.kjɛ/
Audio (file)
Adjective
inquiet (feminine inquiète, masculine plural inquiets, feminine plural inquiètes)
- worried
- anxious
Derived terms
- inquiéter
- inquiétude
Related terms
- coi
- quiet
- quitte
Further reading
- “inquiet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.