dit

Meaning

past participle of dire
Indicating a surname used as a family name.

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/di/

Etymology

From Old French dit, from Latin dictus.

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dire

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

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Sentences

Il
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vous perd , dit Hélène au meurtrier .

He loses you, ”Helen told the murderer.

Comme je l’ai dit précédemment , il
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faut savoir reconnaître ses erreurs .

As I said before, you have to know how to recognize your mistakes.

Il
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suffit Qu’il soit méchant ou bon
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; tout est dit .

It's enough whether he's mean or good; it's all said.

Je n’ai jamais dit , madame la ministre , que la République était en danger .

I never said, Madam Minister, that the Republic was in danger.

Quand l’amour nous tient , adieu la prudence , a

dit La Fontaine .

When love holds us, farewell to prudence, La Fontaine said.

Non
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pas , dit judicieusement Jehan .

"Not at all," said Jehan wisely.

Remarquant le coffre ouvert , elle
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dit à

son
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majordome d'avertir la police
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...

Noticing the open trunk, she told her butler to warn the police...

Cela dit , il
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ne
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s’agit que d’une rationalisation .

That said, this is just a rationalization.

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