dire in French dictionary

  • dire

    Meanings and definitions of "dire"

    • Communiquer oralement, en utilisant une langue en particulier.
    • Commencer, être en train de, et finir de communiquer oralement en utilisant une langue particulière.
    • Être en train de communiquer oralement, en utilisant une langue particulière.

    Synonyms of "dire" in French dictionary

    engager, compter, enseigner are the top synonyms of "dire" in the French thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "dire" in French dictionary

    cacher is the antonym of "dire" in the French thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of dire

    • dire (je dis, tu dis, il dit, nous disons, vous dites, ils disent), disant, (avoir) dit, dir-, d- (je dis, tu dis, il dit, nous dîmes, vous dîtes, ils dirent), dis- blp  bez liczby pojedynczej, lm  liczba mnoga dires
    • (Verb)    Conjugation of dire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
      simple compound
      infinitive dire avoir dit
      gerund en disant en ayant dit
      present participle disant
      past participle dit
      person singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
      simpletenses present dis dis dit disons dites disent
      imperfect disais disais disait disions disiez disaient
      past historic1 dis dis dit dîmes dîtes dirent
      future dirai diras dira dirons direz diront
      conditional dirais dirais dirait dirions diriez diraient
      compoundtenses 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 anterior1 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
      simpletenses present dise dises dise disions disiez disent
      imperfect1 disse disses dît dissions dissiez dissent
      compoundtenses past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
      imperative – tu – nous vous –
      — dis — disons dites —
      1literary tenses
    • dire m (plural dires)
    • Conjugation of dire
      simple compound
      infinitive dire avoir dit
      gerund en disant en ayant dit
      present participle disant
      /di.zɑ̃/
      past participle dit
      /di/
      person singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
      simple
      tenses       		present dis
      /di/       		dis
      /di/       		dit
      /di/       		disons
      /di.zɔ̃/       		dites
      /dit/       		disent
      /diz/
      imperfect disais
      /di.zɛ/       		disais
      /di.zɛ/       		disait
      /di.zɛ/       		disions
      /di.zjɔ̃/       		disiez
      /di.zje/       		disaient
      /di.zɛ/
      past historic1 dis
      /di/       		dis
      /di/       		dit
      /di/       		dîmes
      /dim/       		dîtes
      /dit/       		dirent
      /diʁ/
      future dirai
      /di.ʁe/       		diras
      /di.ʁa/       		dira
      /di.ʁa/       		dirons
      /di.ʁɔ̃/       		direz
      /di.ʁe/       		diront
      /di.ʁɔ̃/
      conditional dirais
      /di.ʁɛ/       		dirais
      /di.ʁɛ/       		dirait
      /di.ʁɛ/       		dirions
      /di.ʁjɔ̃/       		diriez
      /di.ʁje/       		diraient
      /di.ʁɛ/
      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 anterior1 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
      /diz/       		dises
      /diz/       		dise
      /diz/       		disions
      /di.zjɔ̃/       		disiez
      /di.zje/       		disent
      /diz/
      imperfect1 disse
      /dis/       		disses
      /dis/       		dît
      /di/       		dissions
      /di.sjɔ̃/       		dissiez
      /di.sje/       		dissent
      /dis/
      compound
      tenses       		past Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      imperative – tu – nous vous –
      — dis
      /di/       		— disons
      /di.zɔ̃/       		dites
      /dit/       		—
      1literary tenses
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