"dire" meaning in French

See dire in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /diʁ/, /d͡ziʁ/ [Quebec] Audio: Fr-dire.ogg Forms: dires [plural]
Rhymes: -iʁ Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|dire|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French dire, {{inh+|fr|frm|dire}} Inherited from Middle French dire, {{inh|fr|fro|dire}} Old French dire, {{inh|fr|la|dīcō}} Latin dīcō, {{inh|fr|itc-pro|*deikō}} Proto-Italic *deikō, {{inh|fr|ine-pro|*déyḱti||to show, point out}} Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti (“to show, point out”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} dire m (plural dires)
  1. saying (that which is said) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dire-fr-noun-DE-5fiMT
  2. belief, opinion Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-dire-fr-noun-13pkhIfQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aux dires de

Verb

IPA: /diʁ/, /d͡ziʁ/ [Quebec] Audio: Fr-dire.ogg
Rhymes: -iʁ Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|dire|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French dire, {{inh+|fr|frm|dire}} Inherited from Middle French dire, {{inh|fr|fro|dire}} Old French dire, {{inh|fr|la|dīcō}} Latin dīcō, {{inh|fr|itc-pro|*deikō}} Proto-Italic *deikō, {{inh|fr|ine-pro|*déyḱti||to show, point out}} Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti (“to show, point out”) Head templates: {{fr-verb}} dire Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], 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], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], 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], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], dis [imperative, second-person, singular], disons [first-person, imperative, plural], dites [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. to say, to tell
    Sense id: en-dire-fr-verb-62t5QSvb
  2. (informal) to be of interest to, to interest [+ à (someone)] Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-dire-fr-verb-m7N5uq50 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 7 7 5 79 3
  3. (informal) to sound familiar [+ à (someone)] Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-dire-fr-verb-gj75~fgP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: diction, indicible
Derived forms: à ce qu’on dit, à dire la vérité, à qui le dis-tu, à qui le dites-vous, à vrai dire, aller sans dire, au dire de, aussitôt dit, aussitôt fait, autrement dit, avoir son mot à dire, avoir un œil qui dit merde à l’autre, bien dit, ça va sans dire, ce n’est pas pour dire, ceci dit, ceci étant dit, cela dit, cela étant dit, cela va sans dire, comme qui dirait, c’est celui qui dit qui l’est, c’est dire, c’est le cas de le dire, c’est le moins qu’on puisse dire, c’est moi qui te le dis, c’est moi qui vous le dis, c’est pas pour dire, c’est rien de le dire, dire adieu, dire du mal, dire pis que pendre, dire que, dire quelque chose, dire quoi, dire ses quatre vérités, dis donc, dis-moi qui tu fréquentes et je te dirai qui tu es, en dire des vertes et des pas mûres, en dire long, en moins de temps qu’il ne faut pour le dire, fais ce que je dis, pas ce que je fais, il ne faut jamais dire jamais, il n’y a pas à dire, Jacques a dit, je dis ça, je dis rien, je ne te dis pas, je ne te le fais pas dire, je ne vous le fais pas dire, je te dis merde, la messe est dite, maudire, médire, mon petit doigt m’a dit, ne jamais dire jamais, ne pas croire si bien dire, ne pas se le faire dire deux fois, ne rien dire qui vaille, parler pour ne rien dire, plus facile à dire qu’à faire, pour ainsi dire, pour ne pas dire, pour tout dire, proprement dit, qui dit mieux, qui ne dit mot consent, qu’on se le dise, sans mot dire, se le tenir pour dit, si je puis dire, si le cœur t’en dit, si le cœur vous en dit, si tu le dis, si tu vois ce que je veux dire, si vous le dites, soit dit en passant, susdit, tu l’as dit, tu m’en diras des nouvelles, tu m’en diras tant, vouloir dire, vous m’en direz des nouvelles

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "à ce qu’on dit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "à dire la vérité"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "à qui le dis-tu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "à qui le dites-vous"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "à vrai dire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "aller sans dire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "au dire de"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "aussitôt dit, aussitôt fait"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "autrement dit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "avoir son mot à dire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "avoir un œil qui dit merde à l’autre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "bien dit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ça va sans dire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ce n’est pas pour dire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ceci dit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ceci étant dit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cela dit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cela étant dit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cela va sans dire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "comme qui dirait"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "c’est celui qui dit qui l’est"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "c’est dire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "c’est le cas de le dire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "c’est le moins qu’on puisse dire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "c’est moi qui te le dis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "c’est moi qui vous le dis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "c’est pas pour dire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "c’est rien de le dire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "dire adieu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "dire du mal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "dire pis que pendre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "dire que"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "dire quelque chose"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "dire quoi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "dire ses quatre vérités"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "dis donc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "dis-moi qui tu fréquentes et je te dirai qui tu es"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "en dire des vertes et des pas mûres"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "en dire long"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "en moins de temps qu’il ne faut pour le dire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "fais ce que je dis, pas ce que je fais"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "il ne faut jamais dire jamais"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "il n’y a pas à dire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Jacques a dit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "je dis ça, je dis rien"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "je ne te dis pas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "je ne te le fais pas dire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "je ne vous le fais pas dire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "je te dis merde"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "la messe est dite"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "maudire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "médire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mon petit doigt m’a dit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ne jamais dire jamais"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ne pas croire si bien dire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ne pas se le faire dire deux fois"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ne rien dire qui vaille"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "parler pour ne rien dire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "plus facile à dire qu’à faire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "pour ainsi dire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "pour ne pas dire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "pour tout dire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "proprement dit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "qui dit mieux"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "qui ne dit mot consent"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "qu’on se le dise"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "sans mot dire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "se le tenir pour dit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "si je puis dire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "si le cœur t’en dit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "si le cœur vous en dit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "si tu le dis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "si tu vois ce que je veux dire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "si vous le dites"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "soit dit en passant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "susdit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tu l’as dit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tu m’en diras des nouvelles"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tu m’en diras tant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "vouloir dire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "vous m’en direz des nouvelles"
    }
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      "args": {
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "fr-conj-auto",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "dire",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disant",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ayant + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "multiword-construction",
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "dit",
      "ipa": "/di/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dis",
      "ipa": "/di/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "dis",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dit",
      "ipa": "/di/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disons",
      "ipa": "/di.zɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "dites",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "disent",
      "ipa": "/diz/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disais",
      "ipa": "/di.zɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disais",
      "ipa": "/di.zɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disait",
      "ipa": "/di.zɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disions",
      "ipa": "/di.zjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disiez",
      "ipa": "/di.zje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disaient",
      "ipa": "/di.zɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dis",
      "ipa": "/di/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dis",
      "ipa": "/di/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dit",
      "ipa": "/di/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dîmes",
      "ipa": "/dim/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dîtes",
      "ipa": "/dit/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dirent",
      "ipa": "/diʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dirai",
      "ipa": "/di.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diras",
      "ipa": "/di.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dira",
      "ipa": "/di.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dirons",
      "ipa": "/di.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "word": "cela va sans dire"
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      "word": "comme qui dirait"
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      "word": "c’est le moins qu’on puisse dire"
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      "word": "c’est moi qui te le dis"
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      "word": "c’est moi qui vous le dis"
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      "word": "c’est pas pour dire"
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      "word": "c’est rien de le dire"
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      "word": "dire du mal"
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    {
      "word": "dire pis que pendre"
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      "word": "dire que"
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    {
      "word": "dire ses quatre vérités"
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      "word": "dis donc"
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      "word": "dis-moi qui tu fréquentes et je te dirai qui tu es"
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      "word": "en dire des vertes et des pas mûres"
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      "word": "en moins de temps qu’il ne faut pour le dire"
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      "word": "Jacques a dit"
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      "word": "je ne te dis pas"
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      "word": "je ne te le fais pas dire"
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      "word": "qu’on se le dise"
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      "word": "si je puis dire"
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      "word": "si le cœur t’en dit"
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      "word": "si le cœur vous en dit"
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      "word": "si tu vois ce que je veux dire"
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