dixit
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin dīxit (“he or she has said”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /dik.sit/
Audio (Switzerland): (file)
Preposition
editdixit
- Names the author of a previously quoted statement
Usage notes
editAlthough considered a preposition by dictionaries such as Le Petit Larousse the word is often used as a replacement for the verbal form a dit (“said”).
Latin
editVerb
editdīxit
- third-person singular perfect active indicative of dīcō
- (Old Latin) third-person singular sigmatic future active indicative of dīcō
Usage notes
editSee explanation at dīcō.
Verb
editdīxīt
Usage notes
editSee explanation at dīcō.
Spanish
editPronunciation
editPreposition
editdixit
- Said by
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