dire

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin dirus (“‘fearful, ominous’”).

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Particularly: “US”

[edit] Adjective

dire (comparative direr or more dire, superlative direst or most dire)

Positive
dire

Comparative
direr or more dire

Superlative
direst or most dire
  1. Ill-boding; portentous; as, dire omens.
  2. evil in great degree; dreadful; dismal; horrible; terrible; lamentable.

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ill-boding
evil in great degree

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[edit] French

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From Latin dicere.

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dire

  1. to say, to tell

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   Conjugation of dire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive dire avoir dit
gerund en disant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle disant
past participle dit
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses		 present dis dis dit disons dites disent
imperfect disais disais disait disions disiez disaient
past historic dis dis dit dîmes dîtes dirent
future dirai diras dira dirons direz diront
conditional dirais dirais dirait dirions diriez diraient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
simple
tenses		 present dise dises dise disions disiez disent
imperfect disse disses dît dissions dissiez dissent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— dis — disons dites —

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin dicere.

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[edit] Verb

dire (transitive)

  1. (transitive) To say, to tell
  2. (transitive) To recite
  3. (transitive) To mean
  4. (transitive) To think
  5. (transitive) To admit

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infinitive dire
gerund dicendo
present participle dicente
past participle detto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei noi voi loro
present dico dici dice diciamo dite dicono
imperfect dicevo dicevi diceva dicevamo dicevate dicevano
passato remoto dissi dicesti disse dicemmo diceste dissero
future dirò dirai dirà diremo direte diranno
conditional direi diresti direbbe diremmo direste direbbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei che noi che voi che loro
present dica dica dica diciamo diciate dicano
imperfect dicessi dicessi dicesse dicessimo diceste dicessero
imperative – tu lui/lei noi voi loro
— di’ dica diciamo dite dicano

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  • Anagrams of deir
  • ride
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