different between tao vs silence

English

Alternative forms

• dao

Etymology

From the Wade-Giles romanization of Chinese ? (Dào, literally “the Way”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da?/, /ta?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Proper noun

tao

1. (Chinese philosophy) Alternative letter-case form of Tao: the way of nature, or way to live one's life.

Noun

tao (usually uncountable, plural taos)

1. (by extension) The art or skill of doing something in harmony with the essential nature of the thing.

   Synonym: zen

   the tao of archery

2. (historical, obsolete) Synonym of circuit: various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China.

See also

• ananke

Anagrams

• AOT, ATO, OTA, Ota, To'a, oat, toa

Bikol Central

Verb

taó

1. to give

Butuanon

Noun

tao

1. person; human

Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?o?/, [?t??o?(?)]
• Rhymes: -?o
• Syllabification: ta?o

Verb

tao

1. inflection of takoa:
   1. indicative present connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative present/present connegative

Etymology 2

From Chinese ? (dào).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?o/, [?t??o?]
• Rhymes: -?o
• Syllabification: ta?o

Noun

tao

1. tao

Declension

Anagrams

• oat, ota

French

Noun

tao m (plural taos)

1. (philosophy) Tao

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?o?]
• Hyphenation: tao
• Rhymes: -o?

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mandarin ? (dào, “way, path”).

Noun

tao

1. tao

Declension

Derived terms

• taoista
• taoizmus

Etymology 2

Abbreviation from the name of the act on társasági adó és osztalékadó (“corporate tax and dividend tax”).

Noun

tao

1. Acronym of társasági adó és osztalékadó.

Declension

Derived terms

• taózás
• taózik

References

Ilocano

Noun

tao

1. person
2. human

Italian

Alternative forms

• dao

Etymology

From the Wade-Giles romanization of Chinese ? (Dào, literally “the Way”) or (dào, "circuit")

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta.o/
• Rhymes: -ao
• Hyphenation: tà?o

Noun

tao m (invariable)

1. (philosophy) Tao

Derived terms

• taoismo
• taoista

Japanese

Romanization

tao

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ta?uq. Compare Indonesian taruh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to]

Noun

tao

1. act, action
2. preparation

Verb

tao

1. to do
2. to prepare, arm, take precautions

Related terms

Mandarin

Romanization

tao

1. Nonstandard spelling of t?o.
2. Nonstandard spelling of táo.
3. Nonstandard spelling of t?o.
4. Nonstandard spelling of tào.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Maori

Noun

tao

1. spear

Samoan

Noun

tao

1. spear

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

tao (ma class, plural matao)

1. arch

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tauo, tau (obsolete)
• tawo (obsolete)

Etymology

From Tagalog tawo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau. Cognate with Thao caw, Ilocano tao, Cebuano tawo, and Motu tau.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /?ta.?o/
• Hyphenation: ta?o

Noun

tao

1. human, human being, person, man
2. one of the faces of a coin

   Synonym: tihaya

3. husband
4. a person left alone in a place as a guard or caretaker

   Synonyms: bantay, tanod

Related terms

Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ta.??o/

Adjective

taó

1. (archaic) mortal

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• (North Central Vietnam) tau

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *so? (“I; me”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [ta?w??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [ta?w??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ta?w??]

Pronoun

tao • (?, ?, ????)

1. (impolite, familiar, disrepectful or hostile) I/me

   Antonyms: mày, mi

Yami

Noun

tao

1. person; human

English

Etymology

From Middle English silence, from Old French silence, from Latin silentium (“silence”). Displaced native Old English sw??e.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?sa?.l?ns/
• Rhymes: -a?l?ns

Noun

silence (usually uncountable, plural silences)

1. The absence of any sound.
2. The act of refraining from speaking.
   • D. Webster

     The administration itself keeps a profound silence.

3. Form of meditative worship practiced by the Society of Friends (Quakers); meeting for worship.

Synonyms

• quietness

Derived terms

Related terms

• silent

Translations

Verb

silence (third-person singular simple present silences, present participle silencing, simple past and past participle silenced)

1. (transitive) To make (someone or something) silent.

   Synonym: mute

2. (transitive) To repress the expression of something.

3. (transitive) To suppress criticism, etc.
4. (molecular biology) To block gene expression.
5. (euphemistic) To murder.

Derived terms

• silencer

Translations

See also

• quiet, noise, loud, deaf, audible.

Interjection

silence

1. (imperative) Be silent.

   Silence! Enough of your insolence!

Synonyms

• be quiet
• hush
• whist

Translations

Anagrams

• license, selenic

French

Etymology

Latin silentium (“silence”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.l??s/
• Homophone: silences

Noun

silence m (plural silences)

1. silence

Antonyms

• bruit
• cacophonie
• mélodie
• musique

Derived terms

• le silence est d'or
• minute de silence
• passer sous silence
• porte-silence
• réduire au silence
• silence, moteur, action
• silencieusement
• silencieux

Further reading

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

Ido

Etymology

silenco (“silence”) +? -e (indicates an adverb).

Adverb

silence

1. noiselessly, silently, quietly

Related terms

• silencoza

Middle English

Alternative forms

• scilence, scylence, scilense, silens, sylence, scielence, cilence

Etymology

From Old French silence, from Latin silentium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si??l?ns(?)/, /si?l?ns(?)/

Noun

silence (uncountable)

1. Silence; the state of refraining or refusing to speak.
2. Peace, calm; a state of tranquil and restful behaviour.
3. Quietness; a lack of sound or speaking (for a given area or time).
4. Refraining from excessive speaking or talking.
5. The following of a religious vow of silence.
6. (rare) The termination of a dispute or conflict.
7. (rare) Secrecy or freedom from disruption.

Descendants

• English: silence
• Scots: seelence

References

• “s??lence, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-03.

Middle French

Noun

silence f (plural silences)

1. silence (absence of noise)