What does taire in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word taire in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use taire in French.

The word taire in French means keep quiet, be quiet, keep quiet, keep quiet, fall silent, silence, stop tongues wagging, Are you ever going to shut up?!, miss an opportunity to keep your mouth shut, You should have kept quiet!, Will you be quiet!. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word taire

keep quiet

verbe transitif (soutenu (cacher, ne pas révéler)

On a tu sa naissance.
They kept quiet about his birth.

be quiet, keep quiet

verbe pronominal (ne pas parler)

Taisez-vous, s'il vous plaît, j'essaie d'écouter les informations.
Be quiet, please. I'm trying to listen to the news.

keep quiet

verbe pronominal (ne pas s'exprimer)

- Et toi, qu'est-ce que tu penses du nouveau patron ? - Je préfère me taire plutôt que de dire quelque chose de désagréable.

fall silent

verbe pronominal (soutenu (animal... : cesser de produire un son)

Soudain, un orage, les oiseaux qui se taisent. Puis, le silence.

silence

locution verbale (empêcher de s'exprimer)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

stop tongues wagging

locution verbale (clouer le bec aux médisants)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

Are you ever going to shut up?!

(emphase pour « Tais-toi ! ») (colloquial)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

miss an opportunity to keep your mouth shut

locution verbale (avoir dit [qch] qu'il ne fallait pas)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

You should have kept quiet!

(il aurait été préférable de ne rien dire)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

Will you be quiet!

(Tais-toi donc enfin !)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
Veux-tu te taire ! Il y a du monde.

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