"vouloir dire" meaning in Français

See vouloir dire in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: \vu.lwaʁ diʁ\, \vu.lwaʁ diʁ\, vu.lwaʁ diʁ Audio: Fr-vouloir dire.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-vouloir dire.wav
  1. Signifier.
    Sense id: fr-vouloir_dire-fr-verb-7EP-mG2E Categories (other): Exemples en français
  2. Donner une information, un ordre ou un avertissement de façon détournée. Faire entendre, faire comprendre quelque chose à quelqu’un.
    Sense id: fr-vouloir_dire-fr-verb-oGAJKQur Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: savoir ce que parler veut dire Derived forms (saisir l’allusion, comprendre à demi-mot ; comprendre l’avertissement): comprendre ce que parler veut dire Translations (Signifier): bedeuten (Allemand), heißen (Allemand), mean (Anglais), adierazi (Basque), 뜻하다 (tteuthada) (Coréen), querer decir (Espagnol), celi (Espéranto), signifi (Espéranto), intenci (Espéranto), volere dire (Italien), 意味する (imisuru) (Japonais), reikšti (Lituanien), bedoelen (Néerlandais), znaczyć (Polonais), znaczy (Polonais), querer dizer (Portugais), mearkkašit (Same du Nord), dárkkuhit (Same du Nord), znamenat (Tchèque)
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