dicter

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin dictāre. Compare Old French ditier.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /dik.te/
  • Audio(file)

Verb[edit]

dicter

  1. to dictate

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of dicter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple dicter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple dictant
/dik.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle dicté
/dik.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present dicte
/dikt/ 		dictes
/dikt/ 		dicte
/dikt/ 		dictons
/dik.tɔ̃/ 		dictez
/dik.te/ 		dictent
/dikt/
imperfect dictais
/dik.tɛ/ 		dictais
/dik.tɛ/ 		dictait
/dik.tɛ/ 		dictions
/dik.tjɔ̃/ 		dictiez
/dik.tje/ 		dictaient
/dik.tɛ/
past historic2 dictai
/dik.te/ 		dictas
/dik.ta/ 		dicta
/dik.ta/ 		dictâmes
/dik.tam/ 		dictâtes
/dik.tat/ 		dictèrent
/dik.tɛʁ/
future dicterai
/dik.tə.ʁe/ 		dicteras
/dik.tə.ʁa/ 		dictera
/dik.tə.ʁa/ 		dicterons
/dik.tə.ʁɔ̃/ 		dicterez
/dik.tə.ʁe/ 		dicteront
/dik.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional dicterais
/dik.tə.ʁɛ/ 		dicterais
/dik.tə.ʁɛ/ 		dicterait
/dik.tə.ʁɛ/ 		dicterions
/dik.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		dicteriez
/dik.tə.ʁje/ 		dicteraient
/dik.tə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present dicte
/dikt/ 		dictes
/dikt/ 		dicte
/dikt/ 		dictions
/dik.tjɔ̃/ 		dictiez
/dik.tje/ 		dictent
/dikt/
imperfect2 dictasse
/dik.tas/ 		dictasses
/dik.tas/ 		dictât
/dik.ta/ 		dictassions
/dik.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		dictassiez
/dik.ta.sje/ 		dictassent
/dik.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — dicte
/dikt/ 		— dictons
/dik.tɔ̃/ 		dictez
/dik.te/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

dicter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dictō

Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From dig +‎ der.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

dicter m (plural dicterau)

  1. anger, wrath

Related terms[edit]

  • dicllon (“wrathful”, adjective)

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
dicter ddicter nicter unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dicter”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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