Etymology

tacet

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Today it means: An instruction indicating silence on the part of the performers of a piece. Full definition →

Latin tacet
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromtacet“it is silent”
  2. English todaytacet

Borrowed from Latin tacet (“it is silent”), third-person singular present active indicative form of taceō (“to be silent”). Doublet of tacit.

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