tact in Arabic
حِسّ ḥiss
/tækt/
tact in Arabic: حِسّ (ḥiss), لَبَاقَة (labāqa), لَمْس (lams). In English, tact means sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing and avoid statements that will give offence or pain even if true.
Arabic words for tact
- sensitive mental touch
- حِسّ ḥiss, لَبَاقَة labāqa, لَمْس lams
English meaning of tact
- noun Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing and avoid statements that will give offence or pain even if true.
- noun Propriety; manners (etiquette).
- noun The sense of touch; feeling.
- noun The stroke in beating time.
tact in a sentence
- By the use of tact, she was able to calm her jealous husband.
- I used tact when I told my fat uncle that his extra weight made him look better.
Synonyms of tact
tact in other languages
Questions about tact in Arabic
- What is the meaning of tact in Arabic?
- Tact in Arabic is حِسّ (ḥiss), لَبَاقَة (labāqa), لَمْس (lams).
- ما معنى كلمة tact؟
- Tact: حِسّ (ḥiss), لَبَاقَة (labāqa), لَمْس (lams).
- What does tact mean in English?
- Tact means sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing and avoid statements that will give offence or pain even if true.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tact (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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