tu
taire
- (intransitive) to be quiet, to be silent
- (reflexive) to shut up (oneself), to be quiet, to fall silent, to stop talking
- (transitive) to keep (a matter) quiet, to keep secret, not to say
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ty/
Etymology
In summary
From Old French tu, from Latin tū, from Proto-Italic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. Cognates with the exact same usage are the Italian tu, as well as du in German or ты in Russian.
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