dicter

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dictāre. Compare Old French ditier.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dik.te/
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Verb

dicter

  1. 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 – 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).

Further reading

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

dicter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dictō

Welsh

Etymology

From dig +‎ der.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɪktɛr/
  • Rhymes: -ɪktɛr

Noun

dicter m (plural dicterau)

  1. anger, wrath
  • dicllon (“wrathful”, adjective)

Mutation
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
  • 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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