dic

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈdik]
• Rhymes: -ik

Borrowed from Dutch dijk.

dic m (plural dics)

1. dyke (a barrier to prevent flooding)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dic

1. first-person singular present indicative of dir

• “dic” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• chapter DIC, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “dic” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dic” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• dik

From Latin decem.

dic

1. ten

dīc

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dīcō

From Proto-West Germanic *dīk, from Proto-Germanic *dīkaz (compare Old Norse díki), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ-.

• IPA^(key): /diːk/, /diːt͡ʃ/

dīc or dīċ m or f

1. ditch; trench; dike

• dīċe

• Middle English: dich, dych, dike, dyke
  • English: ditch, dyke
  • Scots: dyke

• (Sandong) IPA^(key): /ti˧/

dic

1. one

dic

1. young
2. small, little
3. (of thread) thin