tacit

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tacit

  • /ˈtæsɪt/

Sounds like tacet, tasset · Rhymes with -æsɪt

Where it comes from

Borrowed from late Middle French tacite, or from Latin tacitus (“that is passed over in silence, done without words, assumed as a matter of course, silent”), from tacere (“to be silent”).

adjective more tacit · most tacit

  1. Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence. tacit consent
  2. Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.

Translations

Every language

adj done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent

Españoltácito, implícito
Portuguêstácito
Françaistacite
Deutschstillschweigend, still, impliziert, unausgesprochen, schweigend
Ελληνικάσιωπηρός siopirós
Русскийнегла́сный neglásnyj, непи́саный nepísanyj, молчали́вый molčalívyj, подразумева́емый podrazumevájemyj, не вы́раженный слова́ми ne výražennyj slovámi
العربيةضِمْنَيّ ḍimnayy

adj not derived from formal principles of reasoning

Portuguêsindutivo
Deutschstillschweigend, implizit

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tacit. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tacit

Chicago

"tacit." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tacit.

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@misc{tacit_2026,
  title = {tacit},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tacit},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}