French Conversation · Level 53
75 words
French word
tacitement
Pronunciation
IPA/tasitəmɑ̃/
Meaning
- adverbtacitly
Example
Ils se sont tacitement mis d'accord.
They tacitly agreed.
More examples
Elle a tacitement accepté la décision.
She tacitly accepted the decision.
Core concept
An agreement or approval conveyed through silence, gestures, or shared conduct rather than words.
Common phrases
se mettre tacitement d'accord
tacitly agree
accepter tacitement
tacitly accept
Similar words
implicitement: Something is understood through an unstated implication or assumption.
Definition in French
Indique qu'une action, un accord ou une approbation qui existe sans être exprimée oralement, souvent par le silence ou par des gestes.
Word origin
French tacitement derives from tacite, from Latin tacitus, the past participle of tacere, meaning 'to be silent', with the adverbial suffix -ment.
Usage tips
- Tacitement focuses on something accepted or done without being said, whereas implicitement focuses on meaning that is unstated but inferred.
Opposites
- explicitementexplicitlyadverb
Related words
- tacitetacitadjective