dicter
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dictāre. Compare Old French ditier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dik.te/
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Verb
dicter
- to dictate
Conjugation
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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
- dictaphone
- dictateur
- dictatorial
- dictature
- dictée
- diktat (historical), dictat (1990 spelling)
Further reading
- “dicter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
dicter
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dictō
Welsh
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɪktɛr/
- Rhymes: -ɪktɛr
Noun
dicter m (plural dicterau)
Related terms
- dicllon (“wrathful”, adjective)
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| dicter | ddicter | nicter | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- 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