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se_taire

taire

French

Verb

taire

  1. (transitive) to quieten, to shut up, to silence
    Faites taire vos enfants!
    Shut your children up!
  2. (reflexive, se taire) to shut up (one's self), to be quiet, to fall silent
    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.

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Old French

Verb

taire

  1. 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.