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).

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

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

Related terms

• dicllon (“wrathful”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of dicter

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