taire
French
Etymology
Middle French taire, from Old French taire, taisir, from Latin tacēre, present active infinitive of taceō.
Pronunciation
Verb
taire
- (transitive) to quieten, to shut up, to silence
- Faites taire vos enfants!
- Shut your children up!
- Faites taire vos enfants!
- (reflexive, se taire) to shut up (one's self), to be quiet, to fall silent, to stop talking
- Tais-toi!
- Quiet!
- 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!
Conjugation
Conjugation of taire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | taire | avoir tu | |||||
| gerund | en taisant | en ayant tu | |||||
| present participle | taisant /tɛ.zɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | tu /ty/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | tais /tɛ/ |
tais /tɛ/ |
tait /tɛ/ |
taisons /tɛ.zɔ̃/ |
taisez /tɛ.ze/ |
taisent /tɛz/ |
| imperfect | taisais /tɛ.zɛ/ |
taisais /tɛ.zɛ/ |
taisait /tɛ.zɛ/ |
taisions /tɛ.zjɔ̃/ |
taisiez /tɛ.zje/ |
taisaient /tɛ.zɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | tus /ty/ |
tus /ty/ |
tut /ty/ |
tûmes /tym/ |
tûtes /tyt/ |
turent /tyʁ/ | |
| future | tairai /tɛ.ʁe/ |
tairas /tɛ.ʁa/ |
taira /tɛ.ʁa/ |
tairons /tɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
tairez /tɛ.ʁe/ |
tairont /tɛ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | tairais /tɛ.ʁɛ/ |
tairais /tɛ.ʁɛ/ |
tairait /tɛ.ʁɛ/ |
tairions /tɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tairiez /tɛ.ʁje/ |
tairaient /tɛ.ʁɛ/ | |
| 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 anterior1 | Use the past historic 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | taise /tɛz/ |
taises /tɛz/ |
taise /tɛz/ |
taisions /tɛ.zjɔ̃/ |
taisiez /tɛ.zje/ |
taisent /tɛz/ |
| imperfect1 | tusse /tys/ |
tusses /tys/ |
tût /ty/ |
tussions /ty.sjɔ̃/ |
tussiez /ty.sje/ |
tussent /tys/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | tais /tɛ/ |
— | taisons /tɛ.zɔ̃/ |
taisez /tɛ.ze/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Conjugation of se taire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | se taire | s'être tu | |||||
| gerund | en se taisant | en s'étant tu | |||||
| present participle | se taisant /sə‿.tɛ.zɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | tu /ty/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | me tais /mə‿.tɛ/ |
te tais /tə‿.tɛ/ |
se tait /sə‿.tɛ/ |
nous taisons /nu‿.tɛ.zɔ̃/ |
vous taisez /vu‿.tɛ.ze/ |
se taisent /sə‿.tɛz/ |
| imperfect | me taisais /mə‿.tɛ.zɛ/ |
te taisais /tə‿.tɛ.zɛ/ |
se taisait /sə‿.tɛ.zɛ/ |
nous taisions /nu‿.tɛ.zjɔ̃/ |
vous taisiez /vu‿.tɛ.zje/ |
se taisaient /sə‿.tɛ.zɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | 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/ |
te tairas /tə‿.tɛ.ʁa/ |
se taira /sə‿.tɛ.ʁa/ |
nous tairons /nu‿.tɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous tairez /vu‿.tɛ.ʁe/ |
se tairont /sə‿.tɛ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me tairais /mə‿.tɛ.ʁɛ/ |
te tairais /tə‿.tɛ.ʁɛ/ |
se tairait /sə‿.tɛ.ʁɛ/ |
nous tairions /nu‿.tɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous tairiez /vu‿.tɛ.ʁje/ |
se tairaient /sə‿.tɛ.ʁɛ/ | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of s'être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | me taise /mə‿.tɛz/ |
te taises /tə‿.tɛz/ |
se taise /sə‿.tɛz/ |
nous taisions /nu‿.tɛ.zjɔ̃/ |
vous taisiez /vu‿.tɛ.zje/ |
se taisent /sə‿.tɛz/ |
| imperfect1 | 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 | Use the present subjunctive tense of s'être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of s'être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | tais-toi /tɛ.‿twa/ |
— | taisons-nous /tɛ.zɔ̃.‿nu/ |
taisez-vous /tɛ.ze.‿vu/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Antonyms
Further reading
- “taire” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
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 | — | ||
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