dire

(Northern, Alghero) Alternative form of dir


dire

dire omens

Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.

dire need (of)

One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains.[…]But out of sight is out of mind. And that, together with the inherent yuckiness of the subject, means that many old sewers have been neglected and are in dire need of repair.

2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:

Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.

dire consequences;  to be in dire straits

Cristiana Paşca Palmer, the executive secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, said the destruction of the world’s biggest rainforest was a grim reminder that a fresh approach needed to stabilise the climate and prevent ecosystems from declining to a point of no return, with dire consequences for humanity.

2019 August 30, Jonathan Watts, “Amazon fires show world heading for point of no return, says UN”, in The Guardian:

Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal.

His dire blunder allowed her to checkmate him with her next move.

A second Norwich goal in four minutes arrived after some dire Newcastle defending. Gosling gave the ball away with a sloppy back-pass, allowing Crofts to curl in a cross that the unmarked Morison powered in with a firm, 12-yard header.

2011 December 10, Arindam Rej, “Norwich 4-2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport:

(informal) Bad in quality, awful, terrible.

en-adj

dire (comparative direr or more dire, superlative direst or most dire)

direr (comparative)
more dire (comparative)
direst (superlative)
most dire (superlative)

pressant

requiring action to prevent bad consequences

Borrowed from Latin dīrus (“fearful, ominous”).


dire

— Parfaitement... et il a dit à ces dames que c’était un étranger, arrivé récemment à Paris et colossalement riche.

1889, Fortuné du Boisgobey, Double-Blanc [Double-Blank], Paris: Plon & Nourrit, page 213:

— Perfectly…and he told these ladies that he was a foreigner, recently arrived in Paris and colossally rich.

Bien qu’il n’eût pu comprendre un seul mot de ce qui avait été dit, Bert éprouva un choc en remarquant le ton qu’avait pris l’homme.

1910 [1908], H. G. Wells, translated by Henry-D. Davray and B. Kozakiewicz, La Guerre dans les airs, 1921 edition, Paris: Mercure de France, translation of The War in the Air (in English), page 247:

Although he could not have understood a single word of that which had been said, Bert felt a shock while noticing the tone that the man had taken.

Emmanuel Macron aurait dû se mordre la langue avant de parler d’emmerder les récalcitrants. Mais il a dit tout haut ce que tout le monde pense tout bas.

2022 January 5, Béatrice Dillies, “Au vaccinodrome d'Albi : "Emmanuel Macron dit tout haut ce que tout le monde pense tout bas" [At the Albi Mass Vaccination Centre: "Emmanuel Macron says out loud what everyone is quietly thinking"]”, in La Dépêche, archived from the original on 2024-07-29:

Emmanuel Macron should have bitten his tongue before talking about bugging the recalcitrants. But he said out loud what everyone is quietly thinking.

Dire qu’on fait des cookies, c’est bien, mais il faut ensuite les partager. (American saying)

To say that one is making some cookies, it is good, but it is then necessary to share them.

(transitive) to say, to tell (to express through speech)

to say, to tell (to express through speech)

Il lui a dit de partir.

(transitive) to tell (to order, to advise)

Je vous ai dit dans ma dernière lettre que….

Cet auteur a dit là-dessus d’excellentes choses.

This author has said some excellent things about it.

(transitive) to say, to tell (to set out in writing)

Qu’avez-vous à dire à cela ?

Que trouvez-vous à dire à cette action ? (in this sense, one more commonly says trouver à redire (to find fault with))

What do you have to say to this action? (literally, “What do you find to say to this action?”)

Il y a bien à dire, beaucoup à dire là-dessus. (There are a lot of criticisms, of objections, of observations, etc., to make about that.)

There is much to say, very much to say about that.

On dit en des sens analogues ou contraires.

On ne peut certainement rien dire sur sa conduite.

One certainly cannot say anything about their conduct.

(transitive) to say (often used in the sense of responding to an objection)

to say (often used in the sense of responding to an objection)

Il leur offrit de dire la messe pour leur obtenir de Dieu, au lieu de l’argent qu’ils demandaient, la grâce de souffrir chrétiennement leur ruine.

1888, Jean le Rond d'Alembert, La Suppression des jésuites (éd. populaire abrégée) [The Suppression of the Jesuits (Abridged Popular Ed.)], Édouard Cornély:

He offered to say mass to them to obtain for them from God, instead of the money that they were requesting, the grace to suffer their ruin Christianly.

Je dirai vos exploits.

(transitive, poetic) to say, to tell of (to celebrate, to sing, to narrate)

to say, to tell of (to celebrate, to sing, to narrate)

C’est bon, je n’aime pas à jouer les gêneurs. Je vais faire un tour au foyer, pendant que tu diras ton couplet.

1889, Fortuné du Boisgobey, Double-Blanc [Double-Blank], Paris: Plon & Nourrit, page 187:

It's fine, I don't like to play the nuisance. I'm going to take a walk in the foyer, whilst you say your verse.

Héloïse dit et redit son chapelet. Les grains cliquettent de minute en minute et sans relâche, le chuchotement rapide des oraisons s’allonge.

1958, Jean Rogissart, Passantes d'Octobre [October Passers-by], Paris: Librairie Arthème Fayard:

Heloise says and repeats her rosary. The beads clink from minute to minute and relentlessly, the rapid whispers of the orisons get longer.

Dire sa leçon.

Dire la messe. (To celebrate mass)

Faire dire une messe, des messes pour quelqu’un.

To have a mass or masses said for someone.

Un homme bien-disant se dit d’un Homme qui parle bien et avec facilité.

A well-spoken man is said of a Man who speaks well and with ease.

(transitive, current) to say, to tell (to deliver, to recite)

[…] ; sous ses cheveux, un œil gris brillait à la moindre contrariété d’un feu si resplendissant, qu’on eût dit alors un œil noir.

1845, Alexandre Dumas, chapter IV, in La Reine Margot [Queen Margot], volume I:

[…]; under his headhair, a grey eye was shining at the slightest irritation with a fire so gleaming, that it seemed to be then a black eye.

Il semblait, en effet, à tout le monde qu’un frôlement se faisait entendre derrière la porte. Aucun bruit de pas. On eût dit d’une soie légère qui glissait sur le panneau.

1910, Gaston Leroux, Le Fantôme de l'Opéra [The Phantom of the Opera]:

It seemed, indeed, to everyone that a rustling could be heard behind the door. No sounds of footsteps. It seemed to be a light silk that was sliding along the panel.

Marie, petite pour ses six ans, les yeux très brillants, la frimousse tendue, presque douloureuse, porte un tablier noir et un minuscule jupon qui laisse voir ses jambes minces, pitoyables. On dirait d’une poupée tragique.

1945, Léon Frapié, “La croix [The Cross]”, in Les contes de la maternelle [Kindergarten Tales], Éditions Self, page 29:

Marie, small for her six years, her eyes very bright, her cute little face tight, almost painful, wears a black pinafore and a tiny petticoat that lets you see her thin, pitiful legs. She looks like a tragic doll.

Dirait-il que le mouvement de la marche avait révélé la doublure de ce vêtement – était-ce de la castorette ? –, outre une jupe de tweed qui descendait jusqu’au genou ?

2006, Angelo Rinaldi, chapter 1, in Où finira le fleuve [Where the River Will End], Fayard:

Would he say that the movement of the march had revealed the lining of this garment – was it beaver fur? –, in addition to a tweed skirt that went down to the knee?

Bien justement. Ce n’est pas parce qu’on peut tout dire qu’il faut dire n’importe quoi.

2021 December 7, Marie-Ève Doyon, “Rire des gros, c'est un manque de classe [To Laugh at Overweight People, It Is a Lack of Class]”, in La Journal de Québec:

Well exactly. It is not because you can say anything that it is necessary to say anything.

(informal) On dirait d’un fou, d’un homme ivre, etc., ou On dirait un fou. (judging by his actions, by his speech, one would take him for a madman, one would believe him drunk.)

He looked like a madman, a drunk man, etc., or He seemed like a madman

On dirait d’une main qui se pose sur mon épaule gauche, qui l’immobilise dans une fausse position, comme ferait quelqu’un qui ne voudrait pas que je l’oublie.

1933, François Mauriac, Le Nœud de vipères [The Knot of Vipers], Éditions Grasset, page 23, Le Livre de Poche:

It feels like a hand that is resting on my left shoulder, that immobilizes it in a false position, as someone who would not want me to forget it would do.

On dit de même.

On dirait de loin une barque; ce n’est peut-être qu’une planche.

It looks like a small boat from afar; maybe it is not just a plank.

(transitive, literally) to say, (figuratively) to seem like, to look like (to judge, to believe, to think)

to say, (figuratively) to seem like, to look like (to judge, to believe, to think)

La fidélité aux traditions, devenue presque maniaque, disait l’appauvrissement d’un sang incapable de recréer.

1951, Julien Gracq, Le Rivage des Syrtes [The Shore of Sirtes], José Corti:

Fidelity to tradition, which had become almost maniacal, meant the impoverishment of blood unable to recreate.

— Vous êtes au courant de l’arnaque ? C’est l’hypercherie ! L’embrouille totale. Tout est truqué. Silbermann, ça vous dit quelque chose ? C’est lui le cerveau de la magouille !

1992, Frédéric Lasaygues, Back to la Zone [Back to the Zone], Paris: Éditions J'ai Lu:

— You're in the current of the con? It's the great deception! The total mix-up. Everything is falsified. Silbermann, does that mean anything to you? It is him the brain of the scheme!

Vous savez ce détail ?… En effet, il advint, / Durant que je faisais ma caracole afin / De rassembler mes gens pour la troisième charge, / Qu’un remous de fuyards m’entraîna sur la marge / Des ennemis ; j’étais en danger qu’on me prît / Et qu’on m’arquebusât, quand j’eus le bon esprit / De dénouer et de laisser couler à terre / L’écharpe qui disait mon grade militaire ;

(Can we date this quote?), Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac, Act IV, Scene 4:

You know this detail?… Indeed, it happened, / That while I was making my caracole in order / To assemble my men for the third charge, / That a swirl of fleers drew me onto the fringe / Of the enemy; I was in danger of being captured / And of being arquebused, when I had the good sense / to untie and to let fall to the ground / the scarf that stated my military rank;

Que veut dire ce retard ?

What does this delay mean? (literally, “What does this delay want to say?”)

Cela veut dire que… Cela ne dit rien.

It means that… It does not say anything. (literally, “It wants to say that… It does not say anything.”)

Que veut dire ceci ?

What does this mean? (literally, “What does this want to say?”)

Ce mot seul dit tout.

Je ne sais ce que cela veut dire, je me sens mal à mon aise.

I do not know what it means, I feel ill at my ease. (literally, “I do not know what it wants to say, I feel ill at my ease.”)

On dit : cet homme est un lion, pour dire que c’est un homme plein de courage.

One says: this man is a lion, to mean that he is a man full of courage.

(transitive) to mean, to say, to state (to denote, to signify, to indicate, to mark)

to mean, to say, to state (to denote, to signify, to indicate, to mark)

Mes yeux, mes regards vous disent que je vous aime.

My eyes, my looks tell you that I love you.

Sa contenance, son trouble, sa confusion disent assez qu’il est coupable.

His composure, his trouble, his confusion say enough that he is guilty.

Leur silence vous en dit assez, nous en dit long.

Their silence tells you enough of it, tells us a lot of it.

Cette femme a de beaux yeux, mais ils ne disent rien. (She has beautiful eyes, but they are devoid of vivacity, of expression.)

This woman has beautiful eyes, but they do not say anything.

Cette chose ne dit rien. (It does not produce any effect in the place that it occupies.)

Cela ne dit rien au cœur, à l’âme. (It touches not, moves not.)

It does not say anything to the heart, to the soul

Cela ne me dit rien.

Qui vous dit, qui vous a dit que…? (What reason do you have to believe that…? Are you sure that…?)

Qui vous dit que j’ai cette intention ?

Who tells you that I have that intention?

Qui vous a dit que rien ne s’opposerait à vos desseins ?

Who told you that nothing would be opposed to your designs?

VATELIN. — Ah ! non, ce que ça me dit ! Ce que ça me dit !… autant que de me ficher à l’eau !

1896, Georges Feydeau, Le Dindon [The Turkeycock]:

VATELIN. — Ah! no, what that tells me! What that tells me!… may as well thrust myself into the water!

(transitive, figuratively) to say, to tell (used when speaking of actions, of gestures, of looks, etc., that demonstrate someone's thinking)

Aïe ! J’le dirai !

(transitive, informal) to call out (to denounce)

Et vous vous réveillez un jour avec ce besoin irrépressible de « dire ».

2022, Maurice Henrie, La tête haute [My Head Held High], University of Ottawa Press, page 158:

And you wake up one day with this irrepressible need to "say".

(intransitive) to say (to express what one thinks, what one feels, what one sees)

to say (to express what one thinks, what one feels, what one sees)

Ce mot se dit de telle chose.

Ce proverbe se dit en parlant d’une personne qui….

This proverb is said when speaking of a person who….

Cela ne se dit qu’en mauvaise part.

Cela ne se dit plus.

(reflexive) to say (to signify, to be used for a word, a phrase, a sentence)

to say (to signify, to be used for a word, a phrase, a sentence)

Il se dit votre parent, votre ami.

He says he is your relative, your friend.

Il se dit au courant de ce service et il n’y connaît rien.

He says he is aware of this service, but he does not know anything about it.

Ils se disaient envoyés par lui.

Il se disait malade.

(reflexive) to say (to claim, to assure that one has a certain quality)

to say (to claim, to assure that one has a certain quality)

Ils jettent bien encore des regards de convoitise sur nos bêtes, mais nous nous tenons sur nos gardes, et, nous voyant disposés à nous défendre, ils doivent se dire que le jeu ne vaudrait peut-être pas la chandelle.

1904, Frédéric Weisgerber, edited by Ernest Leroux, Trois mois de campagne au Maroc : étude géographique de la région parcourue [Three Months of Campaigning in Morocco: A Geographical Study of the Region Covered], Paris, page 47:

They cast even more glances of covetousness at our beasts, but we stand on our guard, and, seeing us prepared to defend ourselves, they must think that the game would perhaps not be worth the candle.

Je me le disais bien, je me l’étais bien dit. (I had a hunch about it.)

Quelque chose me le dit.

(reflexive, transitive) to say to oneself, to think to oneself, to tell oneself, to think (to make this or that reflection, to have this or that thought, to make this or that reasoning within oneself)

Ça te dit de regarder un film de science-fiction?

Do you want to watch a science fiction movie? What do you say to watching a science fiction movie?

Ça vous dit ?

Are you interested [in doing this]? Are you up [for it]?

Il m’a demandé si ça nous dirait de nous joindre à eux plus tard.

He asked me if we'd like to join them later.

Ça ne me dit trop rien d’y aller.

Ça te dirait un cinéma ce week-end ?

How about a movie this weekend? (literally, “Does a movie this weekend say to you?”)

Carrément que ça me dit !

Totally I feel like it! (literally, “Totally it says to me!”)

(informal, reflexive) to be of interest to, to interest [with à ‘someone’], to be up for, to be interested, to like to, to feel like (to be okay with, to be tempted by)

Ça me dit quelque chose.

Ça ne me dit rien.

(informal, reflexive) to sound familiar [with à ‘someone’]

dire (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
disant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
dit (participle past)
dis (first-person indicative present singular)
dis (indicative present second-person singular)
dit (indicative present singular third-person)
disons (first-person indicative plural present)
dites (indicative plural present second-person)
disent (indicative plural present third-person)
disais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
disais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
disait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
disions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
disiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
disaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
dis (first-person historic indicative past singular)
dis (historic indicative past second-person singular)
dit (historic indicative past singular third-person)
dîmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
dîtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
dirent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
dirai (first-person future indicative singular)
diras (future indicative second-person singular)
dira (future indicative singular third-person)
dirons (first-person future indicative plural)
direz (future indicative plural second-person)
diront (future indicative plural third-person)
dirais (conditional first-person singular)
dirais (conditional second-person singular)
dirait (conditional singular third-person)
dirions (conditional first-person plural)
diriez (conditional plural second-person)
diraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
dise (first-person present singular subjunctive)
dises (present second-person singular subjunctive)
dise (present singular subjunctive third-person)
disions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
disiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
disent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
disse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
disses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
dît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
dissions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
dissiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
dissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
dis (imperative second-person singular)
disons (first-person imperative plural)
dites (imperative plural second-person)

dis-moi qui tu fréquentes et je te dirai qui tu es

en moins de temps qu’il ne faut pour le dire

Inherited from Middle French dire, from Old French dire, from Latin dīcō, from Proto-Italic *deikō, from Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti (“to show, point out”).

inh

Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti (“to show, point out”)


dire

Louisiana Creole: di


dire

to utter (produce (speech or other sounds) with one's voice)

Dela lengua vòi’ dir alò primeramente

mid 13ᵗʰ century, Gherardo Patecchio, Splanamento de li proverbi di Salomone [Explanation of Solomon's proverbs], line 21; collected in Roberto Tagliani, editor, compiled by Maria Luisa Meneghetti, Il manoscritto Saibante-Hamilton 390 - Edizione critica, Rome: Salerno Editrice, 2019, →ISBN, page 324:

Then I want to talk about language firstly

(intransitive) to talk about, discuss [with di]

to say, tell, utter
to talk about, discuss

used as a generic synonym for certain verbs:

Li savi no ’m reprenda s’eu no dirai sì ben
com’ se vorave dir […]

mid 13ᵗʰ century, Gherardo Patecchio, Splanamento de li proverbi di Salomone [Explanation of Solomon's proverbs], lines 13–14; collected in Roberto Tagliani, editor, compiled by Maria Luisa Meneghetti, Il manoscritto Saibante-Hamilton 390 - Edizione critica, Rome: Salerno Editrice, 2019, →ISBN, page 324:

May the wise not reproach me, if I do not retell as well as one should retell […]

Synonym of raccontare (“to tell, relate, report”)

Synonym of affermare (“to declare, assert”)

Synonym of suggerire (“to suggest, clue”)

Synonym of credere (“to believe, assume”)

to express a concept with the proper word in a given language

domani vi dirò in chiesa

Tomorrow I'll announce your wedding in church

it-verb

dìre (first-person singular present dìco, first-person singular past historic dìssi, past participle détto, first-person singular imperfect dicévo, second-person singular imperative dì' or (with syntactic gemination after the verb, with written accent) dì, auxiliary avére)

dìre (canonical)
dìco (first-person present singular)
dìssi (first-person historic past singular)
détto (participle past)
dicévo (first-person imperfect singular)
dì' (imperative second-person singular)
dì (imperative second-person singular)
avére (auxiliary)
dìre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
dicèndo (gerund)
dicènte (participle present)
détto (participle past)
dìco (first-person indicative present singular)
dìci (indicative present second-person singular)
dìce (indicative present singular third-person)
diciàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
dìte (indicative plural present second-person)
dìcono (indicative plural present third-person)
dicévo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
dicévi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
dicéva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
dicevàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
dicevàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
dicévano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
dìssi (first-person historic indicative past singular)
dicésti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
dìsse (historic indicative past singular third-person)
dicémmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
dicéste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
dìssero (historic indicative past plural third-person)
dirò (first-person future indicative singular)
dirài (future indicative second-person singular)
dirà (future indicative singular third-person)
dirémo (first-person future indicative plural)
diréte (future indicative plural second-person)
dirànno (future indicative plural third-person)
dirèi (conditional first-person present singular)
dirésti (conditional present second-person singular)
dirèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
dirébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
dirémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
diréste (conditional plural present second-person)
dirèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
dirébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
dìca (first-person present singular subjunctive)
dìca (present second-person singular subjunctive)
dìca (present singular subjunctive third-person)
diciàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
diciàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
dìcano (plural present subjunctive third-person)
dicéssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
dicéssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
dicésse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
dicéssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
dicéste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
dicéssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
dì' (imperative second-person singular)
dì (imperative second-person singular)
dìca (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
diciàmo (first-person imperative plural)
dìte (imperative plural second-person)
dìcano (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
dìre (imperative negative second-person singular)
dìca (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
diciàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
dìte (imperative negative plural second-person)
dìcano (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

From a contraction of Latin dīcere, from Proto-Italic *deikō, from Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti (“to show, point out”).


dire

Syncopation of dīcere, perhaps by analogy with audīre and fāre (from facere).


dire

French: dire

From Old French dire, from a contraction of Latin dīcere, present active infinitive of dīcō.


dire

dire (infinitive)
aver dich (infinitive multiword-construction)
disent (gerund)
use gerund of aver + past participle (gerund multiword-construction)
dich (participle past)
disi (first-person indicative present singular)
dises (indicative present second-person singular)
ditz (indicative present singular third-person)
disèm (first-person indicative plural present)
disètz (indicative plural present second-person)
dison (indicative plural present third-person)
disiái (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
disiás (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
disiá (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
disiam (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
disiatz (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
disián (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
diguèri (first-person indicative preterite singular)
diguères (indicative preterite second-person singular)
diguèt (indicative preterite singular third-person)
diguèrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
diguèretz (indicative plural preterite second-person)
diguèron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
dirai (first-person future indicative singular)
diràs (future indicative second-person singular)
dirà (future indicative singular third-person)
direm (first-person future indicative plural)
diretz (future indicative plural second-person)
diràn (future indicative plural third-person)
diriái (conditional first-person indicative singular)
diriás (conditional indicative second-person singular)
diriá (conditional indicative singular third-person)
diriam (conditional first-person indicative plural)
diriatz (conditional indicative plural second-person)
dirián (conditional indicative plural third-person)
diga (present subjunctive)
digas (present singular subjunctive)
diga (present singular subjunctive third-person)
digam (first-person plural present subjunctive)
digatz (plural present second-person subjunctive)
digan (plural present subjunctive third-person)
diguèsse (imperfect subjunctive)
diguèsses (imperfect singular subjunctive)
diguèsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
diguèssem (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
diguèssetz (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
diguèsson (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
diga (imperative second-person singular)
digam (first-person imperative plural)
digatz (imperative plural second-person)

From Old Occitan dir, dire, from a contraction of Latin dīcere, present active infinitive of dīcō.


dire

dire (infinitive)
avoir dit (infinitive multiword-construction)
en disant (gerund)
gerund of avoir + past participle (gerund multiword-construction)
disant (participle present)
dit (participle past)
di (first-person indicative present singular)
dis (indicative present second-person singular)
dit (indicative present singular third-person)
dimes (first-person indicative plural present)
dions (first-person indicative plural present)
disons (first-person indicative plural present)
dites (indicative plural present second-person)
dient (indicative plural present third-person)
disoie (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
diseie (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
disoies (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
diseies (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
disoit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
diseit (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
disiiens (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
disiens (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
disiiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
disiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
disoient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
diseient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
dis (first-person indicative preterite singular)
desis (indicative preterite second-person singular)
dist (indicative preterite singular third-person)
desimes (first-person indicative plural preterite)
desistes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
distrent (indicative plural preterite third-person)
dirai (first-person future indicative singular)
diras (future indicative second-person singular)
dira (future indicative singular third-person)
dirons (first-person future indicative plural)
diroiz (future indicative plural second-person)
direiz (future indicative plural second-person)
direz (future indicative plural second-person)
diront (future indicative plural third-person)
diroie (conditional first-person singular)
direie (conditional first-person singular)
diroies (conditional second-person singular)
direies (conditional second-person singular)
diroit (conditional singular third-person)
direit (conditional singular third-person)
diriiens (conditional first-person plural)
diriens (conditional first-person plural)
diriiez (conditional plural second-person)
diriez (conditional plural second-person)
diroient (conditional plural third-person)
direient (conditional plural third-person)
future tense of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
dïe (first-person present singular subjunctive)
dïes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
dïe (present singular subjunctive third-person)
diiens (first-person plural present subjunctive)
dions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
disiens (first-person plural present subjunctive)
disons (first-person plural present subjunctive)
diiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
disiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
dïent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
desisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
desisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
desist (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
desissons (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
desissiens (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
desissoiz (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
desissez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
desissiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
desissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
di (imperative second-person singular)
dimes (first-person imperative plural)
dions (first-person imperative plural)
disons (first-person imperative plural)
dites (imperative plural second-person)

Middle French: dire

French: dire

Norman: dithe

Walloon: dire

From a contraction of Latin dīcere, present active infinitive of dīcō.


dire

Occitan: dire


dire

From Old French dire, from a contraction of Latin dīcō, dīcere.