tact
French, noun/takt/
tact is spelled T-A-C-T (4 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written French, the 21,568th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tact is a French masculine noun meaning “tact” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Toucher, sens par lequel on connaît ce qui est chaud ou froid, dur ou mou, uni ou raboteux, etc”.
What does tact mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetact
- 2
masculinesense of touch
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Toucher, sens par lequel on connaît ce qui est chaud ou froid, dur ou mou, uni ou raboteux, etc. 2. Sentiment délicat des convenances, des nuances, de la mesure. 3. Faculté de se conduire ou de parler en prenant garde à ne pas blesser la sensibilité, l'amour-propre ou plus simplement les convenances.
noun: 1. Abréviation de titre adossé à des créances titrisées.
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 tact
- tacts plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tact?
- /takt/
- \takt\
- [l̪ə t̪akt̪]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tact
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tact in French?
tact appears 1.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).