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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesétrangement silencieux
Pronunciation / Transliteration: eh-trahn-jay sah-lahn-syuh
"La forêt était étrangement silencieuse, comme si toutes les créatures avaient disparu."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Strangely silent or still, often in a way that causes unease.
"The forest was eerily quiet, as if all the creatures had vanished." - 2
Suggesting an unsettling calmness or absence of noise.
"After the storm, the town was eerily quiet, with not a single sound to be heard."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'eerily' is derived from the word 'eerie', which has roots in the early 19th century, possibly from the Scottish word 'eerie' meaning 'fearful' or 'spooky'. 'Quiet' comes from the Latin 'quietus', meaning 'rest' or 'calm', which evolved through Old French into Middle English.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Eerily-Quiet" is said worldwide
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étrangement silencieux
Transliteration: eh-trahn-jay sah-lahn-syuh
"La forêt était étrangement silencieuse, comme si toutes les créatures avaient disparu."
unheimlich still
Transliteration: oon-hime-likh shtil
"Der Wald war unheimlich still, als ob alle Kreaturen verschwunden wären."
stranamente silenzioso
Transliteration: stra-nah-men-teh see-len-tsee-oh-so
"La foresta era stranamente silenziosa, come se tutte le creature fossero scomparse."
extrañamente silencioso
Transliteration: ex-trah-nyah-men-teh see-len-syo-so
"El bosque estaba extrañamente silencioso, como si todas las criaturas hubieran desaparecido."
estranhamente silencioso
Transliteration: es-tran-yah-men-teh see-len-syo-so
"A floresta estava estranhamente silenciosa, como se todas as criaturas tivessem desaparecido."
अजीब तरह से शांत
Transliteration: ajeeb tarah se shaant
"जंगल अजीब तरह से शांत था, जैसे सभी जीव गायब हो गए हों।"
奇怪地安静
Transliteration: qíguài de ānjìng
"森林奇怪地安静，仿佛所有生物都消失了。"
이상하게 조용한
Transliteration: isanghage joyonghan
"숲은 이상하게 조용해서 모든 생물이 사라진 것 같았다."
不気味に静かな
Transliteration: bukimi ni shizukana
"森は不気味に静かで、すべての生き物が消えたかのようだった。"
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