dire
Old French
verb
Definitions
- (chiefly) to say
- (transitive) to recount a story
Etymology
Inherited from Latin dīcere (say).
Origin
Latin
dīcere
Gloss
say
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
言
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dīcere Latin
- dīcō, dīcere, dico Latin
- dire Italian
- dire French
- médire French
- decir Spanish, Castilian
- predicar Spanish, Castilian
- *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *déyḱti Proto-Indo-European
- mesdire Old French
- dir-se Catalan, Valencian
- dicir Galician
- zice Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- dithe Norman
- dithie Norman
- dîs'resse Norman
- dire Middle French
- mesdire Middle French
- dizer Old Portuguese
- *deikō Proto-Italic
- gir Romansh
- dicir Asturian
- dî Friulian
- dir Old Occitan
- dire Old Occitan
- dir Venetian
- dî Ligurian
- dicro Dalmatian
- dezir Ladino
- dire Walloon
- dicere Neapolitan
- dezir Mirandese
- dîr Emilian
- dì Romagnol