disdire

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word disdire. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word disdire, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say disdire in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word disdire you have here. The definition of the word disdire will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofdisdire, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈzdi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: di‧sdì‧re

Etymology 1

Verb

disdìre (first-person singular present disdìco, first-person singular past historic disdìssi, past participle disdétto, first-person singular imperfect disdicévo, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (law) to cancel; to call off; to annul (a booking, contract, etc.)
    Synonyms: cancellare, annullare
  2. (rare) to unsay (to deny having said); to refute; to contradict
  3. to countermand
  4. (literary) to deny, to ban
    Synonyms: vietare, proibire
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Latin dēdecere; reconstructed by analogy with addirsi.

Verb

disdìre (third-person only, third-person singular present disdìce, third-person singular past historic disdìsse, no past participle, third-person singular imperfect disdicéva) (intransitive)

  1. to not suit, to not be becoming
Conjugation