taciturne
French, adjective/ta.si.tyʁn/
taciturne is spelled T-A-C-I-T-U-R-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,377th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Taciturne is a French adjective meaning “taciturn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est de tempérament, d’humeur à parler peu”.
What does taciturne mean in English?
adjective
- 1
taciturn
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est de tempérament, d’humeur à parler peu. 2. Qui a le caractère du silence, qui ne laisse rien exprimer. 3. Qui rend d’humeur à parler peu, qui rend silencieux.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of taciturne
- taciturnes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce taciturne?
- /ta.si.tyʁn/
- \ta.si.tyʁn\
- [t̪a.si.t̪yʁn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to taciturne
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is taciturne in French?
taciturne appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).