taire
French
Etymology
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, present active infinitive of taceō, from Proto-Italic *takēō, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tak- or *tHk-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɛʁ/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Homophones: ter, terre, terrent, terres
- Rhymes: -ɛr
Verb
taire
- (transitive) to quieten, to shut up, to silence
- 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 quote)
- Faites taire vos enfants !
- Shut your children up!
- 2021, Zaz, Tout là-haut
- (reflexive, se taire) to shut up (one's self), to be quiet, to fall silent, to stop talking
- 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 quote)
- 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.
- Tais-toi! ― Be quiet!/Shut up!
- 2018, Zaz, On s'en remet jamais
Conjugation
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
- dire
- parler
- répliquer
Derived terms
- taire sa gueule
Further reading
- “taire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- aitre, aître, arité, étira, itéra
Old French
Verb
taire
- alternative infinitive of taisir
Conjugation
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 | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | tais | — | taisons | taisiez | — | ||