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dir

(Engels)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to say, to pronounce
  2. (transitive) to say, to tell
  3. (transitive) to call, to refer to as
  4. (reflexive) to be named, to be called

Frequentie

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
[ˈdi]
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

Inherited from Latin dīcere, from Proto-Italic *deikō, from Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti (“to show, point out”). Compare Occitan dire or díser, French dire, and Spanish decir.

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