dire

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. to say, to tell (to express through speech)
2. to tell (to order, to advise)
3. to say, to tell (to set out in writing)
4. to say (often used in the sense of responding to an objection)
5. to say, to tell of (to celebrate, to sing, to narrate)
6. to say, to tell (to deliver, to recite)
7. to say, (figuratively) to seem like, to look like (to judge, to believe, to think)
8. to mean, to say, to state (to denote, to signify, to indicate, to mark)
9. to say, to tell (used when speaking of actions, of gestures, of looks, etc., that demonstrate someone's thinking)
10. (informal) to call out (to denounce)
11. to say (to express what one thinks, what one feels, what one sees)
12. to say (to signify, to be used for a word, a phrase, a sentence)
13. to say (to claim, to assure that one has a certain quality)
14. to say to oneself, to think to oneself, to tell oneself, to think (to make this or that reflection, to have this or that thought, to make this or that reasoning within oneself)
15. (informal) to be of interest to, to interest [with à ‘someone’], to be up for, to be interested, to like to, to feel like (to be okay with, to be tempted by)
16. (informal) to sound familiar

Noun

1. saying (that which is said)
2. belief, opinion

Concepts

dire

parler

raconter

aller

faire

passer

devenir

prononcer

partir

go

conter

révéler

narrer

exprimer

rapporter

déclarer

communiquer

proférer

affirmer

indiquer

parole

réciter

énoncer

montrer

signifier

causer

avouer

confier

dévoiler

émettre

faire remarquer

répéter

informer

il a dit

dire à

assurer

soutenir

dit

de fer

supposer

divulguer

vouloir dire

manifester

bavarder

désigner

dialoguer

comploter

promettre

s’entretenir avec qqun

informer de

s’appeler

ajouter

chanter d’une voix de basse

aviser

s’adresser

dicter

prendre la parole

s’adresser à

faux

devinette

racontera

dicton

procéder

abandonner

distribuer

dé à jouer

faillir

mourir

négliger

sortir avec

tomber en panne

enjoindre

ordre

exposer

démontrer

prouver

témoigner

afficher

annoncer

décréter

proclamer

articuler

accuser

alléguer

garantir

apercevoir

commenter

contenter

observation

remarque

remarquer

disparaître

départir

accommoder

cohabiter

continuer

demeurer

durer

hier

résider

survivre

tenir le coup

traverser

vivre

courir

fonctionner

marcher

être debout

admettre

lire

liser

penser

relire

évoquer

appartenir

appartenir à

entendre

entraîner

moyen

moyenne

appeler

demande

revendication

répétition

mot

terme

accent

bouche

muet

promulguer

marquer

comprendre

compter

développer

expliquer

converser

discuter

papoter

parlez

formuler

phraser

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/diʁ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Inherited from Middle French dire, from Old French dire, from Latin dīcō, from Proto-Italic *deikō, from Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti (“to show, point out”).

Phrases

Ni avec lui , ni avec personne , à vrai dire .

Neither with him, nor with anyone, to tell the truth.

Elle était Italienne , c’est tout dire .

She was Italian, that's to say.

Je balbutiais , je ne savais que dire .

I stammered, I didn't know what to say.

Ie vais tout dire sans ambaiges.

I will say everything unambiguously.