se taire — meaning in English
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English meaning
- silent adjective Making no sound at all; completely quiet.
Senses
se taire is used for these senses in English:
- keep one's lips sealed (idiomatic) To keep quiet; to keep a secret; to not tell.
- keep quiet (intransitive) To remain silent.
- shut up (ergative, derogatory, often imperative) Of a person, to stop talking (said by someone, often one in authority, after one has said something annoying, irrelevant, or false, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk) or arguing, or (of a person or thing) making noise.
- silent Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
- stand back (intransitive) To abstain from participation.
silent — full definition
- adjective Making no sound at all; completely quiet.
- adjective Not speaking; saying nothing.
- adjective Of a letter, written but not pronounced.
- noun A film made without recorded sound or dialogue.