dire

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) to say, to tell (to express through speech)
2. (transitive) to tell (to order, to advise)
3. (transitive) to say, to tell (to set out in writing)
4. (transitive) to say (often used in the sense of responding to an objection)
5. (poetic, transitive) to say, to tell of (to celebrate, to sing, to narrate)
6. (transitive) to say, to tell (to deliver, to recite)
7. (figuratively, transitive) to seem like, to look like
8. (transitive) to mean, to say, to state (to denote, to signify, to indicate, to mark)
9. (figuratively, transitive) to say, to tell (used when speaking of actions, of gestures, of looks, etc., that demonstrate someone's thinking)
10. (informal, transitive) to call out (to denounce)
11. (intransitive) to say (to express what one thinks, what one feels, what one sees)
12. (reflexive) to say (to signify, to be used for a word, a phrase, a sentence)
13. (reflexive) to say (to claim, to assure that one has a certain quality)
14. (reflexive, transitive) 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. (masculine) saying (that which is said)
2. (masculine) belief, opinion

Concepts

say

🗣️

tell

speak

🗣️

go

talk

🗣️

mean

express

communicate

show

utter

state

declare

convey

chat

pronounce

inform

recite

announce

answer

tell

tell

tell

talk

🗣️

tell

tell

tell

let on

enunciate

talk

🗣️

talk

🗣️

report

reveal

talk

🗣️

call

put

present

read

📖

divulge

disclose

he said

give away

break

manifest

talk

🗣️

demonstrate

delate

blab out

declare oneself

belong

converse

Synonyms

parler

🗣️

raconter

faire

aller

passer

devenir

prononcer

partir

go

conter

révéler

exprimer

narrer

rapporter

communiquer

déclarer

affirmer

proférer

indiquer

signifier

causer

parole

énoncer

réciter

montrer

divulguer

il a dit

confier

vouloir dire

dire à

soutenir

répéter

🔁

supposer

dit

dialoguer

dévoiler

manifester

désigner

bavarder

avouer

faire remarquer

de fer

assurer

émettre

informer

converser

continuer

articuler

contenter

appeler

Translations

decir

🗣️

sagen

🗣️

dire

dizer

🗣️

söylemek

🗣️

zeggen

🗣️

dir

🗣️

manifestar

قال

🗣️

demek

🗣️

sprechen

🗣️

falar

🗣️

spreken

🗣️

Pronounced as (IPA)

/diʁ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: dire

Inherited from Old French: dire

Inherited from Latin: dīcō

In summary

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”).

Sentences

Elle ne voulait pas le dire .

She didn't want to say it.

Lucien viendra ce soir vous dire adieu , brûlez ceci devant lui ...

Lucien will come tonight to say goodbye, burn this in front of him...

Je ne savais pas ce qu'elle allait dire .

I didn't know what she was going to say.

Mais je voudrais dire un mot sur le budget de l’outre-mer.

But I would like to say a word about the overseas budget.

Il faut dire qu’Aglaé sait serrer ses mailles .

It must be said that Aglaé knows how to tighten her stitches.