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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
{{back-formation|en|taciturnity}}, from {{inh|en|enm|taciturnite}}, from {{der|en|la|taciturnitas}}; or alternatively from {{der|en|fr|taciturne}}, likely reinforced by {{der|en|la|taciturnus}}, from {{m|la|tacitus|t=secret, tacit}}.
{{back-formation|en|taciturnity}}, from {{inh|en|enm|taciturnite}}, from {{der|en|la|taciturnitās}}; or alternatively from {{der|en|fr|taciturne}}, likely reinforced by {{der|en|la|taciturnus}}, from {{m|la|tacitus|t=secret, tacit}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{a|RP}} {{IPA|en|/ˈtæsɪtɜːn/}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈtæsɪtɜːn/|a=RP}}
* {{a|US}} {{IPA|en|/ˈtæsɪtɝn/}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈtæsɪtɝn/|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-taciturn.ogg|Audio (US)}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-taciturn.ogg|a=US}}


===Adjective===
===Adjective===
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* Galician: {{t|gl|taciturno}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|taciturno}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|სიტყვაძვირი}}, {{t|ka|სიტყვაძუნწი}}, {{t|ka|ენაუთქმელი}}, {{t|ka|სიტყვაუთქმელი}}, {{t|ka|სულგაკმენდილი}}, {{t|ka|სულგანაბული}}, {{t|ka|უსიტყვო}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|სიტყვაძვირი}}, {{t|ka|სიტყვაძუნწი}}, {{t|ka|ენაუთქმელი}}, {{t|ka|სიტყვაუთქმელი}}, {{t|ka|სულგაკმენდილი}}, {{t|ka|სულგანაბული}}, {{t|ka|უსიტყვო}}
* German: {{t+|de|schweigsam}}, {{t+|de|wortkarg}}, {{t+|de|maulfaul}}, {{t+|de|verschwiegen}}
* German: {{t+|de|schweigsam}}, {{t+|de|wortkarg}}, {{t+|de|maulfaul}}, {{t+|de|verschwiegen}}, {{t|de|kurzsilbig}}, {{t+|de|einsilbig}}, {{t+|de|sprechfaul}}, {{t+|de|mundfaul}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|λακωνικός}}, {{t+|el|ολιγόλογος}}, {{t+|el|σιωπηλός}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|λακωνικός}}, {{t+|el|ολιγόλογος}}, {{t+|el|σιωπηλός}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἐχέμυθος}}, {{t|grc|σιωπητικός}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἐχέμυθος}}, {{t|grc|σιωπητικός}}
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* Serbo-Croatian:
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|шу̀тљив}}, {{t|sh|муча̀љив}}, {{t|sh|неразговорљив}}
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|шу̀тљив}}, {{t|sh|муча̀љив}}, {{t|sh|неразговорљив}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|šùtljiv|m}}, {{t+|sh|mučàljiv|m}}, {{t+|sh|nerazgovorljiv|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|šùtljiv}}, {{t+|sh|mučàljiv}}, {{t+|sh|nerazgovorljiv}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|mlčanlivý}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|mlčanlivý}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|molčeč}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|molčeč}}
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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{der|ca|la|taciturnus}}.
{{bor+|ca|la|taciturnus}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===

Revision as of 17:07, 2 June 2024

English

WOTD – 12 November 2007

Etymology

Back-formation from taciturnity, from Middle English taciturnite, from Latin taciturnitās; or alternatively from French taciturne, likely reinforced by Latin taciturnus, from tacitus (“secret, tacit”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

taciturn (comparative more taciturn, superlative most taciturn)

  1. Silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak.
    Synonyms: reticent, untalkative; see also Thesaurus:taciturn
    Antonyms: garrulous, loquacious
    The two sisters could hardly have been more different, one so boisterous and expressive, the other so taciturn and calm.
    • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 18:
      We are each of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak, unless we expect to say something that will amaze the whole room, and be handed down to posterity with all the eclat of a proverb.
    • 1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 14:
      We spent a lot of time up on the staging of the great furnaces, trying to pick up the tricks of the trade from the taciturn furnacemen who sat around placidly smoking, or chewing twist, and occasionally throwing in more pig iron to the molten white-hot metal.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin taciturnus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

taciturn (feminine taciturna, masculine plural taciturns, feminine plural taciturnes)

  1. taciturn

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French taciturne, from Latin taciturnus.

Adjective

taciturn m or n (feminine singular taciturnă, masculine plural taciturni, feminine and neuter plural taciturne)

  1. taciturn

Declension

Declension of taciturn
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite taciturn taciturnă taciturni taciturne
definite taciturnul taciturna taciturnii taciturnele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite taciturn taciturne taciturni taciturne
definite taciturnului taciturnei taciturnilor taciturnelor
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