say

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (transitive) To pronounce.
2. (transitive) To recite.
3. (transitive) To tell, either verbally or in writing.
4. (transitive) To indicate in a written form.
5. (impersonal, transitive) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.
6. (imperative, informal, transitive) Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
7. (intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
8. (especially, informal, transitive) To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker.

Noun

A chance to speak; the right or power to influence or make a decision.

Adv

For example; let us assume.

Intj

Used to gain someone's attention before making an inquiry or suggestion

Noun

A type of fine cloth similar to serge.

Noun

1. Trial by sample; assay; specimen.
2. Tried quality; temper; proof.
3. Essay; trial; attempt.

Noun

A strainer for milk.

Concepts

dire

🗣️

parler

🗣️

indiquer

prononcer

déclarer

raconter

affirmer

manifester

narrer

rapporter

il a dit

communiquer

désigner

lire

📖

exprimer

causer

dialoguer

dire au revoir

discourir

🗣️

discuter

divulguer

enjoindre

énoncer

être debout

évoquer

expliquer

faux

formuler

informer

montrer

muet

ordre

penser

🤔

phraser

pleurer

😢

prétendre

prier

🛐

quitter

réciter

relater

relire

renseigner

révéler

s’appeler

signifier

soutenir

supposer

témoigner

vouloir dire

alléguer

Synonymes

speak

🗣️

tell

talk

🗣️

utter

state

declare

express

pronounce

communicate

narrate

inform

mean

mention

show

report

think

🤔

announce

discuss

voice

sound

🔉

enunciate

call

order

articulate

look

guess

indicate

hey

👋

word

vocalize

suppose

speech

address

relate

remark

read

📖

words

convey

let know

aver

enjoin

chat

assert

ask

allege

give

name

inquire

impart

become

Traductions

decir

🗣️

sagen

🗣️

dire

dizer

🗣️

zeggen

🗣️

söylemek

🗣️

sprechen

🗣️

dir

🗣️

spreken

🗣️

قال

🗣️

manifestar

reden

🗣️

opgeven

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/seɪ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: seyen

Hérité de ancien anglais: secgan

Appartenant à frison occidental: sizze

Appartenant à bas-allemand: seggen

Appartenant à néerlandais: zeggen

Appartenant à allemand: sagen

Appartenant à danois: sige

Appartenant à norvégien bokmål: si

Appartenant à norvégien nynorsk: seia

Appartenant à suédois: säga

Appartenant à yiddish: זאָגן

In summary

From Middle English seyen, seien, seggen, from Old English seċġan (“to say, speak”), from Proto-West Germanic *saggjan, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną (“to say”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷ-h₁-yé-, a suffixed o-grade form of *sekʷ- (“to tell, talk”).
Cognate with North Frisian sai, seede, sii (“to say”), West Frisian sizze (“to say”), Dutch zeggen (“to say”), German sagen (“to say”), Low German seggen (“to say, tell”), Luxembourgish soen (“to say”), Danish sige (“to say”), Faroese siga (“to say”), Icelandic segja (“to say”), Jamtish segi (“to say”), Norwegian Bokmål si (“to say”), Norwegian Nynorsk segja, seia, seie (“to say, tell”), Swedish säga (“to say”), Yiddish זאָגן (zogn, “to say; to tell”).
The adverb and interjection are from the verb.

Phrases

What do you say to that ?

Que dites-vous à cela?

Now what do you say ?

Maintenant, que dites-vous?

What do you want me to say ?

Que voulez-vous que je dise?

Where did you say this man worked ?

Où avez-vous dit cet homme?

" No ," he heard a voice on the wind say .

"Non," entendit-il une voix sur le vent dire.

Why don't you say something ?

Pourquoi ne dites-vous pas quelque chose?