taire

Meaning

1. to be quiet, to be silent
2. to shut up (oneself), to be quiet, to fall silent, to stop talking
3. to keep (a matter) quiet, to keep secret, not to say

Concepts

shut up

withhold

hush

keep

mute

🔇

quiet

silence

kill

🔪🩸👤

still

persist

suppress

quieten

remain

shill

can

be quiet

clam up

conceal

silent

🔇

hush up

stay

Synonyms

celer

apaiser

cacher

garder

calmer

dérober

passer sous silence

se taire

mourir

💀

occulter

persister

rendre muet

rendre silencieux

rester

silencieux

🔇

tranquilliser

tuer

🔪🩸👤

garder le silence

mettre sous le boisseau

assassiner

conserver

couvrir

dissimuler

enterrer

étouffer

faire taire

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɛʁ/

Etymology

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-.