taire
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French taire, from Old French taire, remade from the original form taisir (analogically to verbs like plaire, etc., or from the future forms), itself from Latin tacēre, from Proto-Italic *takēō, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tak- or *tHk-.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
taire
- (intransitive) to be quiet, to be silent
- faire taire ― to quieten, to silence, to shut up
- Faites taire vos enfants !
- Make your children be quiet!
- 2021, Zaz, Tout là-haut:
- Si on s’en allait tout là-haut pour mieux s’imprégner des couleurs, saurions-nous faire taire notre égo ?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (reflexive, se taire) to shut up (oneself), to be quiet, to fall silent, to stop talking
- Tais-toi! ― Be quiet!/Shut up!
- 2018, Zaz, On s'en remet jamais:
- Est-ce que la voix qu’on aimait tant peut finir un jour par se taire ?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Volume I, Chapter XXIX:
- Elle se tut en achevant ces paroles, et la rougeur qui couvrit alors son visage fit clairement connaître les regrets et la confusion dont son âme était remplie.
- She fell silent on finishing these words, and the redness splashed across her face made perfectly clear the regrets and confusion which filled up her soul.
- (transitive) to keep (a matter) quiet, to keep secret, not to say
- Je l’ai entendu de quelqu’un dont je préfère taire le nom.
- I heard it from someone whose name I'd rather keep to myself.
- 2023, Agence France-Presse, “La communauté LGBTQ+ brave l'interdiction de défiler à Istanbul”, in La Presse:
- Comme chaque année désormais, la Marche des Fiertés avait été interdite par le gouverneur de la ville, mais les manifestants brandissant des drapeaux arc-en-ciel se sont rassemblés plusieurs heures avant le début annoncé de la manifestation, en des lieux soigneusement tus jusqu’au dernier moment.
- Like every year in recent times, the pride march was banned by the city governor, but marchers waving rainbow flags gathered several hours before the time announced for the protest, in locations carefully kept quiet until the last moment.
Usage notes edit
- The intransitive sense is only used in the expression faire taire.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of taire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | taire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | taisant /tɛ.zɑ̃/ or /te.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | tu /ty/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | tais /tɛ/ |
tais /tɛ/ |
tait /tɛ/ |
taisons /tɛ.zɔ̃/ or /te.zɔ̃/ |
taisez /tɛ.ze/ or /te.ze/ |
taisent /tɛz/ |
| imperfect | taisais /tɛ.zɛ/ or /te.zɛ/ |
taisais /tɛ.zɛ/ or /te.zɛ/ |
taisait /tɛ.zɛ/ or /te.zɛ/ |
taisions /tɛ.zjɔ̃/ or /te.zjɔ̃/ |
taisiez /tɛ.zje/ or /te.zje/ |
taisaient /tɛ.zɛ/ or /te.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | tus /ty/ |
tus /ty/ |
tut /ty/ |
tûmes /tym/ |
tûtes /tyt/ |
turent /tyʁ/ | |
| future | tairai /tɛ.ʁe/ or /te.ʁe/ |
tairas /tɛ.ʁa/ or /te.ʁa/ |
taira /tɛ.ʁa/ or /te.ʁa/ |
tairons /tɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /te.ʁɔ̃/ |
tairez /tɛ.ʁe/ or /te.ʁe/ |
tairont /tɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /te.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | tairais /tɛ.ʁɛ/ or /te.ʁɛ/ |
tairais /tɛ.ʁɛ/ or /te.ʁɛ/ |
tairait /tɛ.ʁɛ/ or /te.ʁɛ/ |
tairions /tɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /te.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tairiez /tɛ.ʁje/ or /te.ʁje/ |
tairaient /tɛ.ʁɛ/ or /te.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | taise /tɛz/ |
taises /tɛz/ |
taise /tɛz/ |
taisions /tɛ.zjɔ̃/ or /te.zjɔ̃/ |
taisiez /tɛ.zje/ or /te.zje/ |
taisent /tɛz/ |
| imperfect2 | tusse /tys/ |
tusses /tys/ |
tût /ty/ |
tussions /ty.sjɔ̃/ |
tussiez /ty.sje/ |
tussent /tys/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | tais /tɛ/ |
— | taisons /tɛ.zɔ̃/ or /te.zɔ̃/ |
taisez /tɛ.ze/ or /te.ze/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Conjugation of se taire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se taire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se taisant /sə tɛ.zɑ̃/ or /sə te.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | tu /ty/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me tais /mə tɛ/ |
te tais /tə tɛ/ |
se tait /sə tɛ/ |
nous taisons /nu tɛ.zɔ̃/ or /nu te.zɔ̃/ |
vous taisez /vu tɛ.ze/ or /vu te.ze/ |
se taisent /sə tɛz/ |
| imperfect | me taisais /mə tɛ.zɛ/ or /mə te.zɛ/ |
te taisais /tə tɛ.zɛ/ or /tə te.zɛ/ |
se taisait /sə tɛ.zɛ/ or /sə te.zɛ/ |
nous taisions /nu tɛ.zjɔ̃/ or /nu te.zjɔ̃/ |
vous taisiez /vu tɛ.zje/ or /vu te.zje/ |
se taisaient /sə tɛ.zɛ/ or /sə te.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me tus /mə ty/ |
te tus /tə ty/ |
se tut /sə ty/ |
nous tûmes /nu tym/ |
vous tûtes /vu tyt/ |
se turent /sə tyʁ/ | |
| future | me tairai /mə tɛ.ʁe/ or /mə te.ʁe/ |
te tairas /tə tɛ.ʁa/ or /tə te.ʁa/ |
se taira /sə tɛ.ʁa/ or /sə te.ʁa/ |
nous tairons /nu tɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /nu te.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous tairez /vu tɛ.ʁe/ or /vu te.ʁe/ |
se tairont /sə tɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /sə te.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me tairais /mə tɛ.ʁɛ/ or /mə te.ʁɛ/ |
te tairais /tə tɛ.ʁɛ/ or /tə te.ʁɛ/ |
se tairait /sə tɛ.ʁɛ/ or /sə te.ʁɛ/ |
nous tairions /nu tɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /nu te.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous tairiez /vu tɛ.ʁje/ or /vu te.ʁje/ |
se tairaient /sə tɛ.ʁɛ/ or /sə te.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me taise /mə tɛz/ |
te taises /tə tɛz/ |
se taise /sə tɛz/ |
nous taisions /nu tɛ.zjɔ̃/ or /nu te.zjɔ̃/ |
vous taisiez /vu tɛ.zje/ or /vu te.zje/ |
se taisent /sə tɛz/ |
| imperfect2 | me tusse /mə tys/ |
te tusses /tə tys/ |
se tût /sə ty/ |
nous tussions /nu ty.sjɔ̃/ |
vous tussiez /vu ty.sje/ |
se tussent /sə tys/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | tais-toi /tɛ.twa/ |
— | taisons-nous /tɛ.zɔ̃.nu/ or /te.zɔ̃.nu/ |
taisez-vous /tɛ.ze.vu/ or /te.ze.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “taire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Old French edit
Verb edit
taire
- alternative infinitive of taisir
Conjugation edit
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of taire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | taire | avoir teü | |||||
| gerund | en taisant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | taisant | ||||||
| past participle | teü | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | taz, tais | tais | taist | taisons | taisiez | taisent |
| imperfect | taisoie, taiseie | taisoies, taiseies | taisoit, taiseit | taisiiens, taisiens | taisiiez, taisiez | taisoient, taiseient | |
| preterite | toi | teüs | tot | teümes | teüstes | torent | |
| future | tairai | tairas | taira | tairons | tairoiz, taireiz, tairez | tairont | |
| conditional | tairoie, taireie | tairoies, taireies | tairoit, taireit | tairiiens, tairiens | tairiiez, tairiez | tairoient, taireient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | tace, taise | taces, taises | tace, taise | taciens, taçons, taisiens, taisons | taciez, taisiez | tacent, taisent |
| imperfect | teüsse | teüsses | teüst | teüssons, teüssiens | teüssoiz, teüssez, teüssiez | teüssent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | tais | — | taisons | taisiez | — | ||