quiescente

Learned borrowing from Latin quiēscēns, quiēscentem (“resting”).

• IPA^(key): /kwjeʃˈʃɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: quie‧scèn‧te

quiescente m or f by sense (plural quiescenti)

1. dormant, quiescent

• quiescenza

Learned borrowing from Latin quiēscēns, quiēscentem.

• IPA^(key): /kjesˈθente/ [kjesˈθẽn̪.t̪e] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /kjeˈsente/ [kjeˈsẽn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: quies‧cen‧te

quiescente m or f (masculine and feminine plural quiescentes)

1. quiescent

• “quiescente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025