taire

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

taire

  1. (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!
  2. (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!

Conjugation[edit]

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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Old French[edit]

Verb[edit]

taire

  1. alternative infinitive of taisir

Conjugation[edit]

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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