taciturn

Signification (Anglais)

Silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak.

Concepts

taciturne

silencieux

🔇

laconique

réticent

peu loquace

parler peu

Opposé de

garrulous, loquacious

Synonymes

silent

🔇

reticent

quiet

not talkative

uncommunicative

reserved

dumb

incommunicative

untalkative

speechless

close-mouthed

implied

unsaid

of few words

secretive

close

tight-lipped

kept quiet

short-spoken

unconversable

holding the tongue

not speaking

speaking little

inconversable

bittle saying

still

apathetic

calm

closemouthed

contemplative

coy

dutiful

humble

laconic

lowly

meek

morose

nonverbal

reluctant

aloof

stupid

Traductions

schweigsam

🔇

taciturno

taciturno

wortkarg

silenzioso

🔇

taciturno

callado

zwijgzaam

maulfaul

verschwiegen

sessiz

🔇

ολιγόλογος

mundfaul

leise

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈtæsɪtɜːn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: taciturnite

In summary

Back-formation from taciturnity, from Middle English taciturnite, from Latin taciturnitās; or alternatively from French taciturne, likely reinforced by Latin taciturnus, from tacitus (“secret, tacit”).