Traduction de silence
silence
[silɑ̃s]nom masculin
- [absence de bruit] silenceun peu de silence, s'il vous plaît !
- [avant un discours] (be) quiet please !
- [dans une bibliothèque, une salle d'étude] quiet ou silence, please !
demander ou réclamer le silence to call for silenceà son arrivée, tout le monde fit silence there was a hush ou everyone fell silent when she arrivedgarder le silence to keep silent ou quietfaire ou obtenir le silence to make everyone keep quietsilence on tourne ! cinéma quiet on the set !dans le silence de la nuit in the still ou silence of the nightil régnait un silence de mort it was as quiet ou silent as the gravesilence radio radio silence - [secret] acheter le silence de quelqu'un to buy somebody's silence, to pay somebody to keep quietgarder le silence sur quelque chose to keep quiet about somethingimposer le silence à quelqu'un to shut somebody uppasser quelque chose sous silence to pass over something in silence, to keep quiet about something
- [lacune] le silence de la loi en la matière the absence of legislation regarding this matter
- [pause] silence[dans la conversation]son récit était entrecoupé de nombreux silences his story was interrupted by numerous pausessilence radio not a peep, (complete) radio silenceil devait me rappeler après son voyage mais depuis silence radio he was supposed to call me back after his trip but I haven't heard a peep ou a dicky bird (vieilli) out of him since a month
- musique rest
en silence
locution adverbiale