dire
Italian (Fiorentino)
/ˈdi.re/
verb
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) to say, tell
- (ambitransitive) to recite
- (ambitransitive) to mean
- (ambitransitive) to think
- (ambitransitive) to admit
Etymology
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
- benedict English
- benedīcere Latin
- contradico, contradīcō, contradīcĕre Latin
- dicere Latin
- dico Latin
- dīcere Latin
- benedire Italian
- contraddire Italian
- diceria Italian
- ribenedire Italian
- ricontraddire Italian
- ridicibile Italian
- ridicitore Italian
- ridire Italian
- sdire Italian
- dire French
- maudire French
- médire French
- decir Spanish, Castilian
- predicar Spanish, Castilian
- *dik-skos- Proto-Indo-European
- *déyḱti Proto-Indo-European
- *dḗyḱst Proto-Indo-European
- dire Old French
- diri Esperanto
- dir-se Catalan, Valencian
- dicir Galician
- zice Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- benedikar Ido
- dire 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
- dicere Neapolitan
- dit Louisiana Creole French
- dezir Mirandese
- dére Franco-Provençal
- dîr Emilian
- 𐌃𐌄𐌝𐌊𐌖𐌌 Oscan
- dì Romagnol