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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Taciturn \Tac"i*turn\, a. [L. taciturnus: cf. F. taciturne. See
     Tacit.]
     Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or
     speak. -- Tac"i*turn*ly, adv.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Silent; reserved.
  
     Usage: Taciturn, Silent. Silent has reference to the act;
            taciturn, to the habit. A man may be silent from
            circumstances; he is taciturn from disposition. The
            loquacious man is at times silent; one who is taciturn
            may now and then make an effort at conversation.
            [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Taciturn \Tac"i*turn\, a. [L. taciturnus: cf. F. taciturne. See
     Tacit.]
     Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or
     speak. -- Tac"i*turn*ly, adv.
  
     Syn: Silent; reserved.
  
     Usage: Taciturn, Silent. Silent has reference to the act;
            taciturn, to the habit. A man may be silent from
            circumstances; he is taciturn from disposition. The
            loquacious man is at times silent; one who is taciturn
            may now and then make an effort at conversation.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  taciturn
       adj : habitually reserved and uncommunicative [ant: voluble]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  taciturn
     Αγγλικά a.
     σιωπηλός, αυτός που δεν μιλάει μια συγκεκριμένη στιγμή ή έχει γενικά
  την τάση να μη μιλάει, ολιγόλογος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  taciturn
     Catalan a.
     (l en taciturn)
     Romanian a.
     (l en taciturn)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  taciturn
     a.
     silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  taciturn
     Catalan a.
     (l en taciturn)
     Romanian a.
     (l en taciturn)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  taciturn
     Catalan a.
     (l en taciturn)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  taciturn
     Englanti a.
     hiljainen, vähäpuheinen

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Taciturn /tˈasɪtˌɜːn/
  قليل الكلام

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  taciturn //ˈtæsɪtɜːn// //ˈtæsɪtɝn// 
  мълчали́в, необщи́телен
  untalkative, silent

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  taciturn /tˈasɪtˌɜːn/ 
  mlčenlivý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  taciturn /tˈasɪtˌɜːn/ 
  zamlklý

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  taciturn /tˈasɪtˌɜːn/
  schweigsam, wortkarg, mundfaul, maulfaul  [ugs.]
     Synonym: uncommunicative

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]


  taciturn //ˈtæsɪtɜːn// //ˈtæsɪtɝn// 
  hiljainen, jörö
  untalkative, silent

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]


  taciturn /tˈasɪtˌɜːn/ 
  1. अल्प~भाषी
        "Joe is a taciturn person and hardly wastes time."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]


  taciturn /tˈasɪtˌɜːn/
  ćutljiv

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]


  taciturn /tˈasɪtˌɜːn/
  1. szûkszavú
  2. szótlan
  3. kevés beszédû
  4. szófukar
  5. hallgatag

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]


  taciturn //ˈtæsɪtɜːn// //ˈtæsɪtɝn// 
  寡黙, 無口
  untalkative, silent

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]


  taciturn /ˈtæsɪtɜ:n/ 
    małomówny

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]


  taciturn //ˈtæsɪtɜːn// //ˈtæsɪtɝn// 
  tystlåten, fåordig, ordkarg, ordknapp
  untalkative, silent

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]


  taciturn /tˈasɪtˌɜːn/
  1. konuşmaz, sessiz, suskun. tacitur'nity  sessizlik, suskunluk. taciturnly  sükutla, suskunlukla.

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/ˈtæsɪˌtɝn/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "taciturn":
     Spartan, abbreviated, abridged, aposiopestic, brief, brooding,
     brusque, clipped, close, close-lipped, close-tongued, closemouthed,
     compact, compendious, compressed, concise, condensed, contracted,
     crisp, curt, cut, docked, dour, dumb, economical of words,
     elliptic, epigrammatic, gnomic, indisposed to talk, laconic, mum,
     mute, pithy, pointed, pruned, quiet, reserved, reticent,
     sententious, short, short and sweet, shortened, silent, snug,
     sparing of words, speechless, succinct, summary, synopsized, terse,
     tight, tight-lipped, to the point, tongue-tied, truncated,
     uncommunicative, unexpressive, unloquacious, untalkative,
     word-bound, wordless

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]


  a. 沉默寡言的,不太说话的,无言的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     a. 沉默寡言的,不太说话的,无言的

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