dire
French
/d͡ziʁ/
verb
Definitions
- to say, to tell
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French dire inherited from Old French dire inherited from Latin dīcere (say) inherited from Proto-Italic *deikō inherited from Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti (point out, show).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*déyḱti
Gloss
point out, show
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dicere Latin
- dico Latin
- dīcere Latin
- dīcō, dīcere, dico Latin
- benedire Italian
- contraddire Italian
- diceria Italian
- dire Italian
- ridire Italian
- sdire Italian
- mal French
- maudire French
- médire French
- médisance French
- decir Spanish, Castilian
- predicar Spanish, Castilian
- *dik-skos- Proto-Indo-European
- *déyḱti Proto-Indo-European
- *dḗyḱst Proto-Indo-European
- dire Old French
- maudire Old French
- mesdire Old French
- aldiri Esperanto
- antaŭdiri Esperanto
- diradi Esperanto
- diri Esperanto
- diro Esperanto
- ekdiri Esperanto
- eldiri Esperanto
- kontraŭdiri Esperanto
- nedirebla Esperanto
- rediri Esperanto
- verdire Esperanto
- dir-se Catalan, Valencian
- dicir Galician
- zice Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- dithe Norman
- dire Middle French
- mesdire Middle French
- dizer Old Portuguese
- *deikō Proto-Italic
- dicir Asturian
- dî Friulian
- dir Old Occitan
- dire Old Occitan
- dir Venetian
- dî Ligurian
- dicro Dalmatian
- dezir Ladino
- di Haitian, Haitian Creole
- dire Walloon
- dicere Neapolitan
- dit Louisiana Creole French
- dezir Mirandese
- dére Franco-Provençal
- dîr Emilian
- 𐌃𐌄𐌝𐌊𐌖𐌌 Oscan
- dì Romagnol