dicter
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dictāre, present active infinitive of dictō. 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
- crédit
- décrit
- direct
Latin
Verb
dicter
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dictō
Welsh
Etymology
From dig + der.
Noun
dicter m (plural dicterau)
- anger, wrath
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. | |||