dicte
See also: dicté
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
dicte
- inflection of dicter:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Interlingua
Participle
dicte
- past participle of dicer
Latin
Participle
dicte
- vocative masculine singular of dictus
Middle English
Etymology
Noun
dicte (plural dictes)
- saying
- 1477, William Caxton, “Et sic est finis”, in The Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres, Westminster, London: William Caxton, folio 74, recto:
- Here endeth the book named the dictes or sayengis of the philosophres enprynted. by me william Caxton at westmestre the yere of our lord .M.CCCC.Lxx vij.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
- English: dict
References
- “dicte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Spanish
Verb
dicte
- inflection of dictar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative