different between tacit vs tentative

English

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tæs?t/
• Rhymes: -æs?t
• Homophones: tacet, tasset

Adjective

tacit (comparative more tacit, superlative most tacit)

1. Expressed in silence; implied, but not made explicit; silent.

   tacit consent : consent by silence, or by not raising an objection

   • 1983, Stanley Rosen, Plato’s Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image, page 62:

     He does this by way of a tacit reference to Homer.

   • 2004, Developing Democracy in Europe: An Analytical Summary (Lawrence Pratchett, Vivien Lowndes; ?ISBN:

     […] disengagement represents a tacit rejection of governing institutions and processes, especially among young people, […]

2. (logic) Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.

Derived terms

• tacitly
• tacitness

Related terms

• tacet
• taciturn
• taciturnity
• taciturnly

Translations

Further reading

• tacit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• tacit in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• tacit at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Attic, attic, ticat

Romanian

Etymology

From French tacite, from Latin tacitus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta?t??it/

Adjective

tacit m or n (feminine singular tacit?, masculine plural taci?i, feminine and neuter plural tacite)

1. unspoken

Declension

Further reading

• tacit in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

English

Etymology

French tentatif, from Latin tentativus (“trying, testing”), from tento, past participle tentatus (“to try, test”); see tent, tempt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?nt?t?v/
• Hyphenation: ten?ta?tive

Noun

tentative (plural tentatives)

1. A trial; an experiment; an attempt.

Adjective

tentative (comparative more tentative, superlative most tentative)

1. Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.
2. Uncertain; subject to future change.

Derived terms

• tentativeness
• tentatively

Antonyms

• (subject to future change): conclusive, definitive, certain

Translations

Further reading

• tentative in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• tentative in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• attentive

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin tent?t?va, from tent? (“to attempt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??.ta.tiv/

Noun

tentative f (plural tentatives)

1. attempt, try, effort

   Synonym: essai

Related terms

• tenter

Further reading

• “tentative” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

tentative

1. inflection of tentativ:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular