Learn Romanian › tăcere
tăcere
silence /təˈtʃere/
noun#2469 most common
Also: quietness, stillness, hush
Example sentences
În casă este tăcere.
There is silence in the house.
Îmi place tăcerea dimineții.
I like the silence of the morning.
Tăcerea ei m-a îngrijorat.
Her silence worried me.
După anunț, s-a lăsat o tăcere grea în sală.
After the announcement, a heavy silence fell over the room.
Tăcerea complicilor a permis infracțiunii să continue ani de zile.
The silence of the accomplices let the crime continue for years.
În filosofia sa, tăcerea nu e absența cuvântului, ci plenitudinea unei prezențe nerostite.
In his philosophy, silence is not the absence of speech, but the fullness of an unspoken presence.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tăcere | tăceri |
| Genitive | tăcerii | tăcerilor |
| Accusative | tăcere | tăceri |
| Vocative | tăcere | tăceri |
Word family
a tăceato be silent, to keep quiet
tăcutsilent, quiettăcătortaciturn, reticent
tăcereathe silence (definite form)
Etymology
Tăcere is built from the verb a tăcea, meaning to be silent, which comes from Latin tacere. Romanian formed the noun by using the old long infinitive of the verb, a common pattern for turning verbs into abstract nouns. The Latin root also gave English the word tacit, a distant cousin with the same sense of unspoken.
Learn Romanian the way that sticks.
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,027 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free
Every word here is a full Polylex card with native audio and spaced repetition, so 4,027 words actually move into long-term memory.
Start free