"dit" meaning in French

See dit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /di/ Audio: Fr-Paris--dit.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-dit.wav Forms: dite [feminine], dits [masculine, plural], dites [feminine, plural]
Etymology: From Old French dit, from Latin dictus. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|dit}} Old French dit, {{inh|fr|la|dictus}} Latin dictus Head templates: {{fr-past participle}} dit (feminine dite, masculine plural dits, feminine plural dites)
  1. past participle of dire Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: dire
    Sense id: en-dit-fr-verb-2WZowJyg
  2. (in names) Indicating a surname used as a family name. Tags: participle
    Sense id: en-dit-fr-verb-A8wJu56l Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 19 39 39 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ledit, leurdit, lieu-dit, mondit, notredit, sondit, susdit, tondit, votredit
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /di/ Audio: Fr-Paris--dit.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-Pamputt-dit.wav
Etymology: From Latin dīcit, third-person singular present active indicative of dīcō. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|la|dīcit}} Latin dīcit Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} dit
  1. inflection of dire:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: dire
    Sense id: en-dit-fr-verb-7hotvlQw Categories (other): Pages with 22 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 22 entries: 1 1 3 0 5 2 0 8 0 6 7 3 1 1 4 5 4 1 5 10 10 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 3 0 6 3 0 9 0 7 5 2 0 1 3 4 3 0 4 12 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 19 39 39 2
  2. inflection of dire:
    third-person singular past historic
    Tags: form-of, historic, past, singular, third-person Form of: dire
    Sense id: en-dit-fr-verb-Hg7YTvWF Categories (other): Pages with 22 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 22 entries: 1 1 3 0 5 2 0 8 0 6 7 3 1 1 4 5 4 1 5 10 10 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 3 0 6 3 0 9 0 7 5 2 0 1 3 4 3 0 4 12 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 19 39 39 2
  3. inflection of dire: Tags: form-of Form of: dire, dire
    Sense id: en-dit-fr-verb-wVdakG4K
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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