different between dire vs abominable

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin d?rus (“fearful, ominous”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da???(?)/
• Rhymes: -a??(?)

Adjective

dire (comparative direr or more dire, superlative direst or most dire)

1. Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.

2. Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
3. Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal

   Synonyms: horrible, terrible, lamentable

4. (informal) Bad in quality, awful, terrible.

   His dire mistake allowed her to checkmate him with her next move.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:dire.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• voir dire

Anagrams

• Dier, IDer, Reid, dier, drie, ired, ride

French

Etymology

From Middle French dire, from Old French dire, from Latin d?c?, from Proto-Italic *deik?, from Proto-Indo-European *déy?ti (“to show, point out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di?/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /d?zi?/
• Rhymes: -i?

Verb

dire

1. to say, to tell
2. (informal) (transitive with à) to be of interest to someone, to interest someone

3. (informal) (transitive with à) to sound familiar

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

• diction
• indicible

Noun

dire m (plural dires)

1. saying (that which is said)
2. belief, opinion

Derived terms

• aux dires de

Further reading

• “dire” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• ride, ridé

Italian

Alternative forms

• dicere (archaic)

Etymology

From a contraction of Latin d?cere, present active infinitive of d?c?, from Proto-Italic *deik?, from Proto-Indo-European *déy?ti (“to show, point out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?di.re/
• Hyphenation: dì?re

Verb

dìre (first-person singular present dìco, first-person singular past historic dìssi, past participle détto, first-person singular imperfect dicévo, second-person singular imperative di' or (with written accent) dì, auxiliary avere) (transitive)

1. to say, tell
2. to recite
3. to mean
4. to think
5. to admit

Conjugation

Related terms

Anagrams

• ride

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?di?.re/, [?d?i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?di.re/, [?d?i???]

Adjective

d?re

1. vocative masculine singular of d?rus

References

• dire in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French dire, from a contraction of Latin d?cere, present active infinitive of d?c?.

Verb

dire

1. to say (express using language)

Descendants

• French: dire

Occitan

Alternative forms

• díder, díser

Etymology

From Old Occitan dir, dire, from a contraction of Latin d?cere, present active infinitive of d?c?.

Verb

dire

1. to say (express using language)
2. to mean; to signify

Conjugation

Old French

Etymology

From a contraction of Latin d?cere, present active infinitive of d?c?.

Verb

dire

1. (chiefly intransitive) to say
2. (transitive) to recount (a story)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• Middle French: dire
  • French: dire
• Norman: dithe
• Walloon: dire

References

• “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ?ISBN, page 153

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• dir

Etymology

From a contraction of Latin d?cere, present active infinitive of d?c?.

Verb

dire

1. to say

Descendants

• Occitan: dire

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French dire, from a contraction of Latin d?c?, d?cere.

Verb

dire

1. to say

English

Etymology

From Middle English abhomynable, from Old French abominable, from Late Latin ab?min?bilis (“deserving abhorrence”), from ab?minor (“abhor, deprecate as an ill omen”), from ab (“from, away from”) + ?minor (“forebode, predict, presage”), from ?men (“sign, token, omen”). Formerly erroneously folk-etymologized as deriving from Latin ab- + homo and therefore spelled abhominable, abhominal; see those entries for more.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??b?m.?.n?.bl?/, /??b?m.n?.bl?/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /??b?m.?.n?.b?/

Adjective

abominable (comparative more abominable, superlative most abominable)

1. Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable. [first attested around 1150 to 1350]
2. (obsolete) Excessive, large (used as an intensifier).
3. Very bad or inferior.
4. Disagreeable or unpleasant. [First attested in the late 19^th century.]

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "abominable" is often applied: man, woman, crime, act, deed, sin, vice, character, place, mystery, treatment, church, bride, snowman.

Alternative forms

• abhominable (obsolete, based on folk etymology), abhominal (obsolete, based on folk etymology)

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Norwegian Bokmål: abominabel

Translations

References

• abominable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• abominable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• abominable at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin ab?min?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?.bo.mi?na.bl?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?.bu.mi?na.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.bo.mi?na.ble/
• Rhymes: -a?le

Adjective

abominable (masculine and feminine plural abominables)

1. abominable

Derived terms

• abominablement

Related terms

• abominar
• abominació

French

Etymology

From Late Latin ab?min?bilis (“abominable, detestable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.b?.mi.nabl/
• Homophone: abominables

Adjective

abominable (plural abominables)

1. Absolutely loathsome; abominable.
2. Exceedingly bad or ugly; abominable.

Synonyms

• Most terms of the second category also have literal meanings closer to that of the first, but are now less common in these uses, as well as marking actions that are not as markedly odious.
• (loathsome): odieux, méprisable, ignoble, sacrilège (religious), impie (religious)
• (exceedingly bad or ugly): laid, détestable, exécrable, horrible

Derived terms

• abominable homme des neiges
• abominablement

Further reading

• “abominable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Alternative forms

• abominábel

Etymology

From Late Latin ab?min?bilis.

Adjective

abominable m or f (plural abominables)

1. abominable

Related terms

• abominación
• abominar

Further reading

• “abominable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Middle English

Adjective

abominable

1. Alternative form of abhomynable

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab?m??n??bl?/
• Rhymes: -??bl?
• Hyphenation: a?bo?mi?na?ble

Adjective

abominable

1. definite singular of abominabel
2. plural of abominabel

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin ab?min?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abomi?nable/, [a.??o.mi?na.??le]

Adjective

abominable (plural abominables)

1. abominable

Derived terms

Related terms

• abominar
• abominado

Further reading

• “abominable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.