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taciturn

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English

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WOTD – 12 November 2007

Etymology

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Back-formation fromtaciturnity, fromMiddle Englishtaciturnite, fromLatintaciturnitās; or alternatively fromFrenchtaciturne, likely reinforced byLatintaciturnus, fromtacitus(“secret, tacit”).

Pronunciation

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(Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key): /ˈtæsɪtɜːn/
(US)IPA^(key): /ˈtæsɪtɝn/
Audio(US): (file)

Adjective

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taciturn (comparativemoretaciturn,superlativemosttaciturn)

Silent; temperamentallyuntalkative;disinclined to speak.
Synonyms:reticent,untalkative;see alsoThesaurus:taciturn
Antonyms:garrulous,loquacious
The two sisters could hardly have been more different, one so boisterous and expressive, the other sotaciturn 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”, inRailway Magazine, page14:
  We spent a lot of time up on the staging of the great furnaces, trying to pick up the tricks of the trade from thetaciturn furnacemen who sat around placidly smoking, or chewing twist, and occasionally throwing in more pig iron to the molten white-hot metal.

untalkative, silent

Belarusian:маўклі́вы(mawklívy),негаманлі́вы(njehamanlívy),нетавары́скі(njetavarýski)
Bulgarian:мълчали́в (bg)(mǎlčalív),необщи́телен (bg)(neobštítelen)
Catalan:taciturn (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin:沉默寡言 (zh)(chénmòguǎyán),沉默 (zh)(chénmò)
Czech:mlčenlivý (cs),nemluvný
Danish:fåmælt,ordknap
Dutch:zwijgzaam (nl)
Esperanto:silentema
Finnish:hiljainen (fi),jörö (fi)
French:taciturne (fr)
Galician:taciturno
Georgian:სიტყვაძვირი(siṭq̇vaʒviri),სიტყვაძუნწი(siṭq̇vaʒunc̣i),ენაუთქმელი(enautkmeli),სიტყვაუთქმელი(siṭq̇vautkmeli),სულგაკმენდილი(sulgaḳmendili),სულგანაბული(sulganabuli),უსიტყვო(usiṭq̇vo)
German:schweigsam (de),wortkarg (de),maulfaul (de),verschwiegen (de),kurzsilbig,einsilbig (de),sprechfaul (de),mundfaul (de)
Greek:λακωνικός (el)(lakonikós),ολιγόλογος (el)(oligólogos),σιωπηλός (el)(siopilós)
Ancient:ἐχέμυθος(ekhémuthos),σιωπητικός(siōpētikós)
Hungarian:hallgatag (hu)
Ido:tacera,tacema (io)
Irish:tostach
Italian:taciturno (it)
Japanese:無口な (ja)(むくちな, mukuchi na),寡黙な (ja)(かもくな, kamoku na)
Latin:taciturnus
Macedonian:ќутлив(ḱutliv),молчалив(molčaliv)
Maori:whakarikiriki,hauarea,hauwarea
Persian:کم حرف (fa)(kam harf),کم گوی(kam guy)
Polish:małomówny (pl),milczący (pl),milkliwy (pl)
Portuguese:taciturno (pt)
Romanian:taciturn (ro)
Russian:молчали́вый (ru)(molčalívyj),неразгово́рчивый (ru)(nerazgovórčivyj),необщи́тельный (ru)(neobščítelʹnyj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:шу̀тљив,муча̀љив,неразговорљив
Roman:šùtljiv (sh),mučàljiv (sh),nerazgovorljiv (sh)
Slovak:mlčanlivý
Slovene:molčeč (sl)
Spanish:taciturno (es)
Swedish:fåordig (sv),tystlåten (sv),ordkarg (sv),ordknapp
Ukrainian:мовчазни́й(movčaznýj),мовчазли́вий(movčazlývyj),нетовари́ський(netovarýsʹkyj)

Anagrams

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tinctura,urticant

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatintaciturnus.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)[tə.siˈturn]
IPA^(key): (Valencia)[ta.siˈtuɾn]
Audio(Barcelona): (file)

Adjective

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taciturn (femininetaciturna,masculine pluraltaciturns,feminine pluraltaciturnes)

taciturn

Related terms

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tàcit

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchtaciturne, fromLatintaciturnus.

Adjective

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taciturn m or n (feminine singulartaciturnă,masculine pluraltaciturni,feminine and neuter pluraltaciturne)

taciturn

Declension

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