Standard Lemma guide

say

adv · intj · name · noun · verb · 30 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American:
  • General-American: /seɪ/
  • General-American: [seː]
  • British, Southern, Standard: /seɪ/
  • British, Southern, Standard: [sɛj]
  • Received-Pronunciation: /seɪ/
  • Canada:
  • Canada: /seɪ/
  • Canada: [seː]
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪ
  • CMU ARPABET: S EY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

For example; let us assume.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Pick a color you think they'd like, say, peach.
  • He was driving pretty fast, say, fifty miles per hour.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

intj

Meaning 2

Used to gain someone's attention before making an inquiry or suggestion

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, colloquial

Examples

  • Say, what did you think about the movie?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A chance to speak; the right or power to influence or make a decision.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • To have a say

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A type of fine cloth similar to serge.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Trial by sample; assay; specimen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Tried quality; temper; proof.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Essay; trial; attempt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A strainer for milk.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Scotland

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To pronounce.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Please say your name slowly and clearly.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To recite.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Martha, will you say the Pledge of Allegiance?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To tell, either verbally or in writing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • He said he would be here tomorrow.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To indicate in a written form.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The sign says it’s 50 kilometres to Paris.
  • What time does it say on the clock?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

verb

Meaning 14

To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: impersonal, transitive

Examples

  • They say "when in Rome, do as the Romans do", which means "behave as those around you do."

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

verb

Meaning 15

Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: imperative, informal, transitive

Examples

  • A holiday somewhere warm – Florida, say – would be nice.
  • Say he refuses. What do we do then?
  • Say your family is starving and you don't have any money, is it okay to steal some food?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

verb

Meaning 16

To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

verb

Meaning 17

To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: especially, informal, transitive

Topics: business, finance, money

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

verb

Meaning 18

To try; to assay.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

noun

Meaning 19

the chance to speak

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • let him have his say

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: opportunity, chance

20

verb

Meaning 20

give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I said to him to go home
  • She ordered him to do the shopping
  • The mother told the child to get dressed

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: order, tell, enjoin

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: request

Narrower terms: direct, instruct, command, require, call, send for, warn

21

verb

Meaning 21

express a supposition

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Let us say that he did not tell the truth
  • Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you do?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: suppose

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: speculate

22

verb

Meaning 22

indicate

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The clock says noon

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: read, register, show, record

23

verb

Meaning 23

communicate or express nonverbally

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • What does this painting say?
  • Did his face say anything about how he felt?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: convey

24

verb

Meaning 24

recite or repeat a fixed text

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Say grace
  • She said her `Hail Mary'

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: recite

25

verb

Meaning 25

speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She pronounces French words in a funny way
  • I cannot say `zip wire'
  • Can the child sound out this complicated word?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: twang, devoice, raise, lilt, palatalize, palatalise, nasalize, nasalise, mispronounce, misspeak, aspirate, voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise, retroflex, subvocalize, subvocalise, syllabize, syllabise, drawl, round, labialize, labialise, lisp, stress, accent, accentuate, vowelize, vowelise, click, trill, sibilate, flap, explode, roll

26

verb

Meaning 26

utter aloud

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She said `Hello' to everyone in the office

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to

27

verb

Meaning 27

express in words

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He said that he wanted to marry her
  • tell me what is bothering you
  • state your opinion
  • state your name

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: state, tell

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to

Narrower terms: present, represent, lay out, misstate, answer, reply, respond, precede, preface, premise, introduce, announce, declare, articulate, enunciate, vocalize, vocalise, get out, note, observe, mention, remark, add, append, supply, explain, give, summarize, summarise, sum, sum up

28

verb

Meaning 28

state as one's opinion or judgement; declare

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I say let's forget this whole business

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

29

verb

Meaning 29

report or maintain

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He alleged that he was the victim of a crime
  • He said it was too late to intervene in the war
  • The registrar says that I owe the school money

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: allege, aver

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: assert, asseverate, maintain

Narrower terms: plead

30

verb

Meaning 30

have or contain a certain wording or form

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The passage reads as follows
  • What does the law say?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: read

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: have, feature

History

Etymology

From Middle English saien, sain, san, secgan, segen, seien, sein, seiȝen, sugen, sægen, ziggen, from Old English seċġan, secgean, secggan, secggean, seggan, sæċġan (“to say, speak”), from Proto-West Germanic *saggjan, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną (“to say”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokw-h1-yé-, a suffixed o-grade form of *sekw- (“to say”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian sai, seede, sii, sjide, sooi, säie (“to say”), West Frisian sizze (“to say”), Alemannic German ŝchége, ŝchegi, séege, säge, sägä (“to say”), Bavarian sogn, soon, sågn (“to say”), Dutch zeggen (“to say”), German sagen (“to say”), Low German seggen (“to say, tell”), Luxembourgish soen (“to say”), Vilamovian ziöen, zuön, zuø̄n (“to say”), Yiddish זאָגן (zogn, “to say”), Danish sige (“to say”), Elfdalian saja (“to say”), Faroese siga (“to say”), Icelandic segja (“to say”), Jamtish segi (“to say”), Norwegian Bokmål si (“to say”), Norwegian Nynorsk segja, seia, seie (“to say, tell”), Scanian siğa (“to say”), Swedish säga (“to say”); also Cornish hwedhel (“narrative, story, tale”), Irish scéal (“story, tale”), Manx skeeal (“story; news; narrative”), Scottish Gaelic sgeul (“story, tale; information, news”), Welsh chwedl (“story, tale”), hebu (“to say”), Latin inquam (“to say”), Ancient Greek ἐνέπω (enépō), ἐννέπω (ennépō, “tell or tell about; speak”), Latvian sacīt (“to say, tell”), Lithuanian sakyti (“to say, tell”), Bulgarian соча (soča, “to indicate; to point”), Czech sočit (“to blame, hate”), Old Polish soczyć (“to accuse, slander”), Russian сочи́ть (sočítʹ, “to emit (a liquid)”), Ukrainian сочи́ти (sočýty, “to emit (a liquid), exude, ooze; to drain, sap”). The adverb and interjection are from the verb.

From Middle French saie, from Latin saga, plural of sagum (“military cloak”).

Aphetic form of assay.

Across languages

Translations

609 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: zeg maar — Translations
  • German: sagen wir — Translations
  • Hungarian: mondjuk — Translations
  • Irish: abair — Translations
  • Central Kurdish: بڵێین (bllêyn) — Translations
  • Northern Kurdish: bibêjin — Translations
  • Southern Kurdish: بۊشیم (büşîm) — Translations
  • Polish: dajmy na to — Translations
  • Polish: bodaj — Translations
  • Russian: скажем (skažem) — Translations
  • Spanish: digamos — Translations
  • Swedish: säg — Translations
  • Turkish: nasıl desem — Translations
  • Turkish: atıyorum — Translations
  • Dutch: zeg eens — Translations
  • Hebrew: תגיד (tagíd) — Translations
  • Hebrew: תגידי (tagídi) — Translations
  • Hindi: कहते हैं (kahte ha͠i) — Translations
  • Hindi: कहता हूँ (kahtā hū̃) — Translations
  • Hindi: कहती हूँ (kahtī hū̃) — Translations
  • Spanish: dígame — Translations
  • Bulgarian: ду́ма (dúma) — chance to speak; right or power to influence or decide
  • Dutch: zeggenschap — chance to speak; right or power to influence or decide
  • Dutch: zegje — chance to speak; right or power to influence or decide
  • Finnish: sananvalta — chance to speak; right or power to influence or decide
  • French: mot à dire — chance to speak; right or power to influence or decide
  • German: Mitsprache — chance to speak; right or power to influence or decide
  • German: Mitspracherecht — chance to speak; right or power to influence or decide
  • Hungarian: beleszólás — chance to speak; right or power to influence or decide
  • Polish: głos — chance to speak; right or power to influence or decide
  • Russian: го́лос (gólos) — chance to speak; right or power to influence or decide
  • Russian: пра́во го́лоса (právo gólosa) — chance to speak; right or power to influence or decide
  • Afar: exce — to say, to tell
  • Albanian: them — to say, to tell
  • Albanian: kallzoj — to say, to tell
  • Amharic: አለ (ʾälä) — to say, to tell
  • Arabic: قَالَ (qāla) — to say, to tell
  • Aragonese: dir — to say, to tell
  • Argobba: ሀላ (halā) — to say, to tell
  • Assamese: ক (ko) — to say, to tell
  • Bangi: loba — to say, to tell
  • Bashkir: әйтеү (əytew) — to say, to tell
  • Bashkir: тейеү (teyew) — to say, to tell
  • Big Nambas: ivr — to say, to tell
  • Bulgarian: ка́звам (kázvam) — to say, to tell
  • Bulgarian: ка́жа (káža) — to say, to tell
  • Catalan: dir — to say, to tell
  • Chinese: 講 /讲 (zh-min-nan) — to say, to tell
  • Chinese Mandarin: 說 /说 (shuō) — to say, to tell
  • Ngazidja Comorian: hwamɓia — to say, to tell
  • Czech: říkat — to say, to tell
  • Czech: říct — to say, to tell
  • Dutch: zeggen — to say, to tell
  • Emilian: dîr — to say, to tell
  • Esperanto: diri — to say, to tell
  • Extremaduran: dizil — to say, to tell
  • Extremaduran: izil — to say, to tell
  • Finnish: kertoa — to say, to tell
  • Finnish: sanoa — to say, to tell
  • Finnish: olla että — to say, to tell
  • French: dire — to say, to tell
  • West-Frisian: sizze — to say, to tell
  • Ge'ez: ብህለ (bəhlä) — to say, to tell
  • German: sagen — to say, to tell
  • German: erzählen — to say, to tell
  • German: säge — to say, to tell
  • Greek: λέγω (légo) — to say, to tell
  • Ancient Greek: λέγω (légō) — to say, to tell
  • Hebrew: אָמַר (amár) — to say, to tell
  • Hindi: कहना (kahnā) — to say, to tell
  • Hungarian: mond — to say, to tell
  • Indonesian: berkata — to say, to tell
  • Indonesian: bilang — to say, to tell
  • Italian: dire — to say, to tell
  • Japanese: 言う — to say, to tell
  • Japanese: おっしゃる (ossharu) — to say, to tell
  • Japanese: 申す (mōsu) — to say, to tell
  • Japanese: 申し上げる (mōshiageru) — to say, to tell
  • Judeo-Italian: דִירֵי (dire) — to say, to tell
  • Kashmiri: وَنُن (vanun) — to say, to tell
  • Kashmiri: دَپُن (dapun) — to say, to tell
  • Kashmiri: بوزناوُن (bōznāvun) — to say, to tell
  • Konkani: सांगचे (sāṅgce) — to say, to tell
  • Korean: 말하다 (malhada) — to say, to tell
  • Korean: 말씀하다 (malsseumhada) — to say, to tell
  • Lingala: loba — to say, to tell
  • Lombard: dì — to say, to tell
  • Malay: bilang — to say, to tell
  • Malay: cakap — to say, to tell
  • Malay: kata — to say, to tell
  • Māori: korokī — to say, to tell
  • Marathi: सांगणे (sāṅgṇe) — to say, to tell
  • Marathi: म्हणणे (mhaṇṇe) — to say, to tell
  • Southern Sierra Miwok: kacyh·eh·yʔ — to say, to tell
  • Mwani: kusema — to say, to tell
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fortelle — to say, to tell
  • Nǀuu: ka — to say, to tell
  • Oromo: jechuu — to say, to tell
  • Dari: گُفْتَن (guftan) — to say, to tell
  • Iranian Persian: گُفْتَن (goftan) — to say, to tell
  • Polish: powiadać — to say, to tell
  • Polish: powiedzieć — to say, to tell
  • Portuguese: dizer — to say, to tell
  • Portuguese: dire — to say, to tell
  • Romanian: spune — to say, to tell
  • Romanian: zice — to say, to tell
  • Russian: говори́ть (govorítʹ) — to say, to tell
  • Russian: сказа́ть (skazátʹ) — to say, to tell
  • Saho: erhxe — to say, to tell
  • Serbo-Croatian: kazati — to say, to tell
  • Serbo-Croatian: reći — to say, to tell
  • Slovak: hovoriť — to say, to tell
  • Slovak: povedať — to say, to tell
  • Somali: dhihid — to say, to tell
  • Somali: sheegid — to say, to tell
  • Spanish: decir — to say, to tell
  • Swahili: kuambia — to say, to tell
  • Sylheti: ꠇꠃꠣ (xoua) — to say, to tell
  • Tajik: гуфтан (guftan) — to say, to tell
  • Tamil: என் (eṉ) — to say, to tell
  • Tamil: சொல் (col) — to say, to tell
  • Tamil: கூறு (kūṟu) — to say, to tell
  • Tày: cạ — to say, to tell
  • Telugu: చెప్పు (ceppu) — to say, to tell
  • Ternate: waje — to say, to tell
  • Tetum: dehan — to say, to tell
  • Tooro: -gamba — to say, to tell
  • Turkish: söylemek — to say, to tell
  • Turkish: demek — to say, to tell
  • Udmurt: вераны (verany) — to say, to tell
  • Ukrainian: каза́ти (kazáty) — to say, to tell
  • Ukrainian: говори́ти (hovorýty) — to say, to tell
  • Urdu: بولنا (bolnā) — to say, to tell
  • Urdu: کہنا (kahnā) — to say, to tell
  • Urdu: فرمانا (farmānā) — to say, to tell
  • Uzbek: aytmoq — to say, to tell
  • Uzbek: demoq — to say, to tell
  • Vietnamese: nói — to say, to tell
  • Zealandic: zeie — to say, to tell
  • Zealandic: zegge — to say, to tell
  • Afrikaans: sê — to pronounce
  • Ainu: イェ (ye) — to pronounce
  • Albanian: them — to pronounce
  • Arabic: قَالَ (qāla) — to pronounce
  • Arabic: قال (ʔāl) — to pronounce
  • Arabic: قَال (gāl) — to pronounce
  • Iraqi Arabic: قال (gāl) — to pronounce
  • Arabic: قال (qāl) — to pronounce
  • Arabic: حكى (ḥaka) — to pronounce
  • Arabic: حكى (ḥaka) — to pronounce
  • Aragonese: decir — to pronounce
  • Aramaic: ܐܡܪ ('émar) — to pronounce
  • Armenian: ասել (asel) — to pronounce
  • Aromanian: spun — to pronounce
  • Aromanian: dzãc — to pronounce
  • Assamese: ক (ko) — to pronounce
  • Asturian: dicir — to pronounce
  • Azerbaijani: demək — to pronounce
  • Bashkir: әйтеү (əytew) — to pronounce
  • Bashkir: тейеү (teyew) — to pronounce
  • Basque: esan — to pronounce
  • Belarusian: гавары́ць (havarýcʹ) — to pronounce
  • Belarusian: сказа́ць (skazácʹ) — to pronounce
  • Belarusian: каза́ць (kazácʹ) — to pronounce
  • Bengali: বলা (bola) — to pronounce
  • Brahui: par — to pronounce
  • Breton: lavaret — to pronounce
  • Bulgarian: ка́звам (kázvam) — to pronounce
  • Bulgarian: ка́жа (káža) — to pronounce
  • Burmese: ဆို (hcui) — to pronounce
  • Burmese: ပြော (prau:) — to pronounce
  • Catalan: dir — to pronounce
  • Chechen: ала (ala) — to pronounce
  • Cherokee: ᏂᎦᏪᎠ (nigawea) — to pronounce
  • Chickasaw: aachi — to pronounce
  • Chinese Cantonese: 講 /讲 (gong2) — to pronounce
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 講 /讲 (kóng, káng) — to pronounce
  • Chinese: 講 /讲 (kóng) — to pronounce
  • Chinese: 說 /说 (seh) — to pronounce
  • Chinese Mandarin: 說 /说 (shuō) — to pronounce
  • Chinese Mandarin: 告訴 /告诉 (gàosu) — to pronounce
  • Wu Chinese: 講 /讲 — to pronounce
  • Cornish: leverel — to pronounce
  • Cornish: lawl — to pronounce
  • Czech: říkat — to pronounce
  • Czech: říct — to pronounce
  • Czech: povědět — to pronounce
  • Dalmatian: decro — to pronounce
  • Danish: sige — to pronounce
  • Dutch: zeggen — to pronounce
  • Dutch: luiden — to pronounce
  • Dutch: opzeggen — to pronounce
  • Egyptian: D:d (ḏd) — to pronounce
  • Emilian: dîr — to pronounce
  • Esperanto: diri — to pronounce
  • Esperanto: elparoli — to pronounce
  • Esperanto: prononci — to pronounce
  • Estonian: ütlema — to pronounce
  • Even: гӫндэй (gjöndəj) — to pronounce
  • Evenki: гунми (gunmi) — to pronounce
  • Extremaduran: izil — to pronounce
  • Faroese: siga — to pronounce
  • Finnish: sanoa — to pronounce
  • Finnish: kertoa — to pronounce
  • French: dire — to pronounce
  • West-Frisian: útsprekke — to pronounce
  • Friulian: dî — to pronounce
  • Galician: dicir — to pronounce
  • Gallurese: dí — to pronounce
  • Georgian: თქმა (tkma) — to pronounce
  • Georgian: ლაპარაკი (laṗaraḳi) — to pronounce
  • German: sagen — to pronounce
  • German: säge — to pronounce
  • Gothic: 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌰𐌽 (qiþan) — to pronounce
  • Ancient Greek: λέγω (légō) — to pronounce
  • Ancient Greek: φημί (phēmí) — to pronounce
  • Paraguayan Guarani: 'e — to pronounce
  • Haitian Creole: di — to pronounce
  • Hebrew: אָמַר (amár) — to pronounce
  • Higaonon: ikagi — to pronounce
  • Hindi: कहना (kahnā) — to pronounce
  • White Hmong: hais — to pronounce
  • Hungarian: mond — to pronounce
  • Icelandic: segja — to pronounce
  • Indonesian: berkata — to pronounce
  • Indonesian: bicara — to pronounce
  • Ingush: ала (ala) — to pronounce
  • Interlingua: dicer — to pronounce
  • Irish: abair — to pronounce
  • Old Irish: as·beir — to pronounce
  • Italian: dire — to pronounce
  • Japanese: 言う (iu) — to pronounce
  • Japanese: 語る (kataru) — to pronounce
  • Japanese: おっしゃる (ossharu) — to pronounce
  • Japanese: 申す (mōsu) — to pronounce
  • Japanese: 申し上げる (mōshi-ageru) — to pronounce
  • Javanese: kandha — to pronounce
  • Old Javanese: warah — to pronounce
  • Kalmyk: келх (kelx) — to pronounce
  • Kashmiri: وَنُن (vanun) — to pronounce
  • Kashmiri: دَپُن (dapun) — to pronounce
  • Kazakh: айту (aitu) — to pronounce
  • Kazakh: деу (deu) — to pronounce
  • Khmer: ថា (thaa) — to pronounce
  • Khmer: និយាយ (niyiəy) — to pronounce
  • Komi-Permyak: шуны (šuny) — to pronounce
  • Konkani: म्हणचे (mhaṇce) — to pronounce
  • Korean: 말하다 (malhada) — to pronounce
  • Korean: 말씀하다 (malsseumhada) — to pronounce
  • Kumyk: демек (demek) — to pronounce
  • Kumyk: айтмакъ (aytmaq) — to pronounce
  • Central Kurdish: وِتِن (witin) — to pronounce
  • Central Kurdish: گوتِن (gutin) — to pronounce
  • Laki: ڤِتِن (vitin) — to pronounce
  • Northern Kurdish: gotin — to pronounce
  • Southern Kurdish: وەتِن (wetin) — to pronounce
  • Kyrgyz: айтуу (aytuu) — to pronounce
  • Ladin: dì — to pronounce
  • Ladin: dir — to pronounce
  • Ladin: disc — to pronounce
  • Ladino: dezir — to pronounce
  • Lao: ເວົ້າ (wao) — to pronounce
  • Lao: ກ່າວ (kāo) — to pronounce
  • Latin: dico — to pronounce
  • Latin: loquor — to pronounce
  • Latin: proloquor — to pronounce
  • Latin: for — to pronounce
  • Latin: aio — to pronounce
  • Latin: inquam — to pronounce
  • Latvian: sacīt — to pronounce
  • Latvian: teikt — to pronounce
  • Lithuanian: sakyti — to pronounce
  • Livonian: kītõ — to pronounce
  • Low German: säggen — to pronounce
  • : ᦞᦱᧈ (vaa1) — to pronounce
  • Macedonian: кажува (kažuva) — to pronounce
  • Macedonian: каже (kaže) — to pronounce
  • Malay: kata — to pronounce
  • Malay: cakap — to pronounce
  • Malayalam: പറയുക (paṟayuka) — to pronounce
  • Malayalam: ശബ്ദിക്കുന്നു (śabdikkunnu) — to pronounce
  • Western Bukidnon Manobo: kaɣi — to pronounce
  • Manx: abbyr — to pronounce
  • Marathi: म्हणणे (mhaṇṇe) — to pronounce
  • Mongolian: хэлэх (xelex) — to pronounce
  • Nanai: ун- (un-) — to pronounce
  • Nepali: भन्नु (bhannu) — to pronounce
  • Nepali: बोल्नु (bolnu) — to pronounce
  • Norman: dithe — to pronounce
  • Norwegian Bokmål: si — to pronounce
  • Norwegian Bokmål: uttale — to pronounce
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: seia — to pronounce
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: seie — to pronounce
  • Occitan: dire — to pronounce
  • Old Occitan: dizer — to pronounce
  • Odia: କହିବା (kahibā) — to pronounce
  • Old East Slavic: казати (kazati) — to pronounce
  • Old East Slavic: мълвити (mŭlviti) — to pronounce
  • Old East Slavic: говорити (govoriti) — to pronounce
  • Old English: secgan — to pronounce
  • Old Saxon: seggian — to pronounce
  • Pannonian Rusyn: гуториц (hutoric) — to pronounce
  • Pannonian Rusyn: повесц (povesc) — to pronounce
  • Pashto: ويل (wayǝ́l) — to pronounce
  • Pashto: اظهارول (ezhārawǝ́l) — to pronounce
  • Dari: گُفْتَن (guftan) — to pronounce
  • Iranian Persian: گُفْتَن (goftan) — to pronounce
  • Piedmontese: dì — to pronounce
  • Polish: mówić — to pronounce
  • Polish: powiadać — to pronounce
  • Polish: powiedzieć — to pronounce
  • Polish: wymawiać — to pronounce
  • Polish: rzec — to pronounce
  • Portuguese: dizer — to pronounce
  • Portuguese: falar — to pronounce
  • Punjabi: ਕਹਿਣਾ (kahiṇā) — to pronounce
  • Quechua: ñiy — to pronounce
  • Quechua: nii — to pronounce
  • Rapa Nui: ki — to pronounce
  • Romanian: zice — to pronounce
  • Romanian: spune — to pronounce
  • Romansh: dir — to pronounce
  • Romansh: deir — to pronounce
  • Romansh: gir — to pronounce
  • Russian: говори́ть (govorítʹ) — to pronounce
  • Russian: сказа́ть (skazátʹ) — to pronounce
  • Sanskrit: वदति (vádati) — to pronounce
  • Sanskrit: भाषते (bhāṣate) — to pronounce
  • Sanskrit: विवक्ति (vívakti) — to pronounce
  • Sardinian: nàrrere — to pronounce
  • Sardinian: narri — to pronounce
  • Sardinian: faedhare — to pronounce
  • Campidanese Sardinian: fueddai — to pronounce
  • Campidanese Sardinian: narai — to pronounce
  • Sardinian: faeddare — to pronounce
  • Sassarese: fabiddà — to pronounce
  • Scottish Gaelic: abair — to pronounce
  • Scottish Gaelic: can — to pronounce
  • Serbo-Croatian: ре̏ћи — to pronounce
  • Serbo-Croatian: гово̀рити — to pronounce
  • Serbo-Croatian: ка́зати — to pronounce
  • Serbo-Croatian: rȅći — to pronounce
  • Serbo-Croatian: govòriti — to pronounce
  • Serbo-Croatian: kázati — to pronounce
  • Sicilian: diri — to pronounce
  • Sicilian: dìciri — to pronounce
  • Sindhi: چَوَڻُ (cavaṇu) — to pronounce
  • Sinhalese: කියනවා (kiyanawā) — to pronounce
  • Slovak: hovoriť — to pronounce
  • Slovak: povedať — to pronounce
  • Slovene: reči — to pronounce
  • Slovene: povedati — to pronounce
  • Lower Sorbian: groniś — to pronounce
  • Spanish: decir — to pronounce
  • Sundanese: carios — to pronounce
  • Swedish: säga — to pronounce
  • Tagalog: sabihin — to pronounce
  • Tagalog: magsabi — to pronounce
  • Tajik: гуфтан (guftan) — to pronounce
  • Tamil: சொல் (col) — to pronounce
  • Tashelhit: ini — to pronounce
  • Tatar: әйтергә (äytergä) — to pronounce
  • Tatar: дияргә (diyärgä) — to pronounce
  • Telugu: చెప్పు (ceppu) — to pronounce
  • Tetum: ha'ak — to pronounce
  • Thai: กล่าว (glàao) — to pronounce
  • Thai: พูด (pûut) — to pronounce
  • Tibetan: ལབ (lab) — to pronounce
  • Tibetan: གསུངས (gsungs) — to pronounce
  • Tocharian B: we- — to pronounce
  • Turkish: söylemek — to pronounce
  • Turkish: demek — to pronounce
  • Ottoman Turkish: سویلهمك (söylemek) — to pronounce
  • Ottoman Turkish: دیمك (demek) — to pronounce
  • Turkmen: diýmek — to pronounce
  • Udmurt: шуыны (šuyny) — to pronounce
  • Ukrainian: говори́ти (hovorýty) — to pronounce
  • Ukrainian: каза́ти (kazáty) — to pronounce
  • Ukrainian: сказа́ти (skazáty) — to pronounce
  • Urdu: کَہْنا (kahnā) — to pronounce
  • Uyghur: دېمەك (dëmek) — to pronounce
  • Uzbek: demoq — to pronounce
  • Uzbek: gapirmoq — to pronounce
  • Vietnamese: nói — to pronounce
  • Walloon: dire — to pronounce
  • Welsh: dweud — to pronounce
  • Yakut: эт (et) — to pronounce
  • Yiddish: זאָגן (zogn) — to pronounce
  • Zhuang: gangj — to pronounce
  • Arabic: يَتْلُو (yatlū) — to recite
  • Bashkir: һөйләү (höyləw) — to recite
  • Bulgarian: деклами́рам (deklamíram) — to recite
  • Bulgarian: рецити́рам (recitíram) — to recite
  • Bulgarian: изрецити́рам (izrecitíram) — to recite
  • Burmese: ပြော (prau:) — to recite
  • Catalan: recitar — to recite
  • Catalan: declamar — to recite
  • Mwali Comorian: uswali — to recite
  • Dutch: opzeggen — to recite
  • Esperanto: deklami — to recite
  • Finnish: lausua — to recite
  • French: dire — to recite
  • French: réciter — to recite
  • Galician: recitar — to recite
  • German: sagen — to recite
  • German: verrichten — to recite
  • Irish: abair — to recite
  • Old Irish: as·beir — to recite
  • Italian: recitare — to recite
  • Japanese: 暗唱する (anshō suru) — to recite
  • Korean: 암송하다 (amsonghada) — to recite
  • Latin: inquam — to recite
  • Latin: dico — to recite
  • Latin: for — to recite
  • Latin: loquor — to recite
  • Latin: fabulor — to recite
  • Manx: abbyr — to recite
  • Nepali: वाचन गर्नु (vācan garnu) — to recite
  • Norman: dithe — to recite
  • Norwegian Bokmål: resitere — to recite
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forrette — to recite
  • Iranian Persian: باز خوانْدَن (bâz xândan) — to recite
  • Iranian Persian: بَرْخوانْدَن (barxândan) — to recite
  • Portuguese: recitar — to recite
  • Serbo-Croatian: recitírati — to recite
  • Lower Sorbian: groniś — to recite
  • Tashelhit: ɣr — to recite
  • Turkish: söylemek — to recite
  • Turkish: okumak — to recite
  • Vietnamese: đọc — to recite
  • Walloon: dire — to recite
  • Yiddish: זאָגן (zogn) — to recite
  • Arabic: قَالَ (qāla) — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Arabic: يَقُول (yaqūl) — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Armenian: ասել (asel) — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Aromanian: spun — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Aromanian: dzãc — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Bashkir: әйтеү (əytew) — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Bashkir: һөйләү (höyləw) — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Bulgarian: гово́ря (govórja) — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Catalan: dir — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Chickasaw: aachi — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 說 /说 (shuō) — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 告訴 /告诉 (gàosu) — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Maore Comorian: urongoa — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Ngazidja Comorian: hwamɓa — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Cornish: leverel — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Cornish: lawl — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Czech: říct — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Danish: sige — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Danish: fortælle — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Dutch: zeggen — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Dutch: opgeven — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Emilian: dîr — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Esperanto: diri — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Finnish: sanoa — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Finnish: virkkaa — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • French: dire — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • West-Frisian: sizze — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Friulian: dî — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • German: sagen — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Greek: λέγω (légo) — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Ancient Greek: λέγω (légō) — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Ancient Greek: εἴρω (eírō) — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Ancient Greek: εἶπον (eîpon) — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Ancient Greek: φήμι (phḗmi) — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Hebrew: אמר (amár) — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Icelandic: segja — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Ido: dicar — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Interlingua: dicer — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Irish: abair — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Old Irish: as·beir — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Italian: dire — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Japanese: 言う (iu) — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Japanese: 語る (kataru) — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Japanese: おっしゃる (ossharu) — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Kazakh: деу (deu) — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Central Kurdish: گۆتن (gotin) — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Central Kurdish: وتن (wtin) — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Northern Kurdish: gotin — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Latin: dico — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Latin: loquor — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Latin: fabulor — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Latin: for — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Latvian: teikt — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Lithuanian: sakyti — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Luxembourgish: soen — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Manx: abbyr — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Norman: dithe — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: si — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: seia — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: seie — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Old Turkic: 𐱅𐰃 — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Dari: گُفْتَن (guftan) — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Iranian Persian: گُفْتَن (goftan) — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Polish: mówić — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Portuguese: dizer — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Portuguese: falar — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Ratahan: maoman — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Romanian: zice — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Romanian: spune — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Romansh: dir — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Russian: говори́ть (govorítʹ) — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Russian: сказа́ть (skazátʹ) — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Russian: сообща́ть (soobščátʹ) — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Russian: сообщи́ть (soobščítʹ) — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Serbo-Croatian: rȅći — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Serbo-Croatian: kázati — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Slovak: hovoriť — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Slovak: povedať — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Slovene: reči — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Slovene: praviti — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Lower Sorbian: groniś — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Spanish: decir — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Sundanese: carios — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Tashelhit: ini — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Tatar: ди (di) — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Turkish: demek — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Turkish: söylemek — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Ottoman Turkish: دیمك (demek) — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Venetan: dir — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Walloon: dire — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Welsh: dweud — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Welsh: medd — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Yiddish: זאָגן (zogn) — to communicate verbally or in writing
  • Armenian: ասել (asel) — to indicate in a written form
  • Catalan: dir — to indicate in a written form
  • Chickasaw: aachi — to indicate in a written form
  • Czech: říct — to indicate in a written form
  • Danish: fortælle — to indicate in a written form
  • Dutch: staan — to indicate in a written form
  • Dutch: opgeven — to indicate in a written form
  • Finnish: näyttää — to indicate in a written form
  • French: indiquer — to indicate in a written form
  • French: dire — to indicate in a written form
  • West-Frisian: sizze — to indicate in a written form
  • West-Frisian: stean — to indicate in a written form
  • Irish: abair — to indicate in a written form
  • Italian: dire — to indicate in a written form
  • Japanese: 書かれている (kakarete-iru) — to indicate in a written form
  • Latin: for — to indicate in a written form
  • Manx: abbyr — to indicate in a written form
  • Norman: dithe — to indicate in a written form
  • Norwegian Bokmål: si — to indicate in a written form
  • Norwegian Bokmål: opplyse — to indicate in a written form
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fortelle om — to indicate in a written form
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vise — to indicate in a written form
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: seia — to indicate in a written form
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: seie — to indicate in a written form
  • Iranian Persian: نَمایانْدَن (namâyândan) — to indicate in a written form
  • Iranian Persian: نِمودَن (nemudan) — to indicate in a written form
  • Portuguese: dizer — to indicate in a written form
  • Russian: гласи́ть (glasítʹ) — to indicate in a written form
  • Serbo-Croatian: kázati — to indicate in a written form
  • Slovak: hovoriť — to indicate in a written form
  • Slovak: povedať — to indicate in a written form
  • Slovene: reči — to indicate in a written form
  • Slovene: praviti — to indicate in a written form
  • Spanish: decir — to indicate in a written form
  • Spanish: poner — to indicate in a written form
  • Swedish: stå — to indicate in a written form
  • Turkish: söylemek — to indicate in a written form
  • Turkish: demek — to indicate in a written form
  • Turkish: yazmak — to indicate in a written form
  • Walloon: dire — to indicate in a written form
  • Chickasaw: aachi — to have a common expression
  • Finnish: sanoa — to have a common expression
  • French: il paraît — to have a common expression
  • French: on dit — to have a common expression
  • German: es heißt — to have a common expression
  • German: man sagt — to have a common expression
  • Interlingua: on dice — to have a common expression
  • Italian: si dice — to have a common expression
  • Japanese: そうだ (-sōda) — to have a common expression
  • Japanese: って (-tte) — to have a common expression
  • Korean: 대 (dae) — to have a common expression
  • Korean: 답니다 (damnida) — to have a common expression
  • Lithuanian: sakoma — to have a common expression
  • Norwegian Bokmål: si — to have a common expression
  • Norwegian Bokmål: det sies — to have a common expression
  • Portuguese: diz-se — to have a common expression
  • Portuguese: dizem — to have a common expression
  • Slovak: hovorí sa — to have a common expression
  • Slovak: povie sa — to have a common expression
  • Spanish: se dice — to have a common expression
  • Bulgarian: да ка́жем (da kážem) — imperative: let's say
  • Burmese: ပေါ့ (pau.) — imperative: let's say
  • Dutch: laten wij zeggen — imperative: let's say
  • Esperanto: ni diru — imperative: let's say
  • Finnish: sanotaan — imperative: let's say
  • Finnish: oletetaan — imperative: let's say
  • French: disons — imperative: let's say
  • Galician: digamos — imperative: let's say
  • Georgian: ვთქვათ (vtkvat) — imperative: let's say
  • Georgian: სიტყვაზე (siṭq̇vaze) — imperative: let's say
  • German: sagen wir — imperative: let's say
  • Hebrew: נגיד (nagíd) — imperative: let's say
  • Italian: diciamo — imperative: let's say
  • Lithuanian: tarkim — imperative: let's say
  • Manx: abbyr — imperative: let's say
  • Portuguese: suponhamos — imperative: let's say
  • Portuguese: digamos — imperative: let's say
  • Russian: ска́жем (skážem) — imperative: let's say
  • Slovak: povedzme — imperative: let's say
  • Spanish: digamos — imperative: let's say
  • Swedish: ponera — imperative: let's say
  • Swedish: låt oss säga — imperative: let's say
  • Swedish: låt säga — imperative: let's say
  • Turkish: diyelim — imperative: let's say