tacaud, n.m., (ich.) whiting-pout.
tacet (-sèt), n.m., (mus.) pause, tacet; (fig.) silence. Il a gardé le —; he kept silent.
tachant, -e, adj., soiling.
tache, n.f., spot, stain, blot, speck; speckle, blemish. — de rousseur; freckle. Avoir des —s de rousseur; to be freckled. — de feu; tan spot. — de naissance; birth-mark.
tâche, n.f., task; task-work; job. À la —; by the task, by the job, by the piece. Travailler à la —, être à la —; to work by the task, by the piece. Prendre à — de faire une chose; to make it one’s business to do a thing. Ouvrier à la —; jobber, jobbing-workman.
tacher, v.a., to stain; to spot; to taint; to tarnish; to blemish.
se tacher, v.r., to soil one’s self; to soil one’s clothes.
tâcher, v.n., to try, to endeavor, to strive, to seek. Pardonnez-lui, il n’y tâchait pas; (iron.) pardon him, he did not mean it.
tâcheron, n.m., (tech.) jobber.
tacheté, -e, part., spotted, speckled, tabby (of cats).