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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

  1. adjective Making no sound at all; completely quiet.
  2. adjective Not speaking; saying nothing.
  3. adjective Of a letter, written but not pronounced.
  4. noun A film made without recorded sound or dialogue.

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