silent mode

English

Noun

silent mode (countable and uncountable, plural silent modes)

1. A setting available on mobile phones and pagers that, when activated, disables the ringtones and, in some cases, also the vibrating alerts or alarm.

   Coordinate terms: airplane mode, vibrate mode

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: äänetön tila, äänetön (fi)
• French: mode silencieux m, silencieux (fr) m
• Polish: tryb cichy m

Further reading

• “silent mode”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.