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taire
taire
French
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
- 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 | ||||||
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| infinitive | taire | avoir tu | |||||
| gerund | en taisant | en ayant tu | |||||
| present participle | taisant /tɛ.zɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | tu /ty/ |
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| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | tus /ty/ |
tus /ty/ |
tut /ty/ |
tûmes /tym/ |
tûtes /tyt/ |
turent /tyʁ/ |
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| future | tairai /tɛ.ʁe/ |
tairas /tɛ.ʁa/ |
taira /tɛ.ʁa/ |
tairons /tɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
tairez /tɛ.ʁe/ |
tairont /tɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | tairais /tɛ.ʁɛ/ |
tairais /tɛ.ʁɛ/ |
tairait /tɛ.ʁɛ/ |
tairions /tɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
tairiez /tɛ.ʁje/ |
tairaient /tɛ.ʁɛ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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Antonyms
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 | — | ||