quièt

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin qu(i)ētus.

Adjective

quièt (feminine quièya or quièta, masculine plural quièts, feminine plural quièyes or quiètes) (ORB, broad)

1. calm, quiet

Notes

Influenced in both spelling and form by French quiet/-ète (a borrowing from Latin).

Related terms

• quèsiér

References

• silencieux in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• quièt in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1600: “perché taci?” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 1277: “te taire” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “quiētus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 1470