Silence - Silence (The 1281st Most Common French Word)

The French word for Silence is Silence. This word often comes up when talking about materials & quality, communication. It can be used as noun. It is the 1281st most commonly used word in French, classified as a A2 word. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to how the word is pronounced by clicking on the speaker icon. Discover all of the 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types by downloading our app.

Pronunciation

English: silence

French: silence

Examples


Silence is strength.	Le silence fait la force.
I don't like silence.	Je n'aime pas le silence.
Silence is golden.	Le silence est d'or.
All around is silence.	Tout autour, c'est le silence.
There was silence for a moment.	Il y eut un moment de silence.
For a few moments, there was complete silence.	Pendant quelques instants, il y eut un silence complet.
Speech is silver, but silence is golden.	La parole est d'argent mais le silence est d'or.
Music is the silence between the notes.	La musique est le silence entre les notes.

Silence grows like cancer.	Le silence croît, tel un cancer.
There was a silence.	Il y eut un silence.
I interpreted your silence as consent.	J'ai interprété ton silence comme un signe de consentement.
Speech is silver, silence is gold.	La parole est d'argent mais le silence est d'or.
I interpreted his silence as consent.	J'ai interprété son silence comme un consentement.
I interpreted their silence as consent.	J'interprète son silence comme un assentiment.
We sat in total silence.	Nous nous assîmes dans un silence complet.
He interpreted my silence as consent.	Il interpréta mon silence comme un assentiment.
She hung up in silence.	Elle raccrocha en silence.
A scream broke the silence.	Un cri brisa le silence.
Speech is silver, silence is golden.	La parole est d'argent, le silence est d'or.
Break the silence.	Brise le silence.
Silence is golden, not sacred.	Le silence est d'or. Il n'est pas sacré.