interdire

See also: interdiré

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin interdicere. In Old French, the word also existed in a more popular or gallicized form, entredire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.tɛʁ.diʁ/
  • (file)

Verb

interdire

  1. (transitive) to forbid, ban, prohibit
  2. (transitive) to interdict

Conjugation

This verb is one of a group of -re verbs all ending in -dire. They are conjugated exactly like dire, but with a different second-person plural indicative present (that is, like confire). Members of this group include contredire and dédire.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin interdīcere.

Verb

interdìre (first-person singular present interdìco, first-person singular past historic interdìssi, past participle interdétto, first-person singular imperfect interdicévo, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to forbid, to ban, to prohibit
  2. (Catholicism, law, military) to interdict
  3. (electronics) to cause cut-off (in a transistor or other electronic component)

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Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin interdīcere, present active infinitive of interdīcō. Compare the doublet entredire, entredíser.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

interdire

  1. (transitive) to forbid, ban, prohibit
  2. (transitive) to interdict

Conjugation

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