directe

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin directus. Doublet of dret, which was inherited.

Adjective

directe (feminine directa, masculine and feminine plural directes)

  1. direct (proceeding without deviation or interruption)
    Antonym: indirecte
  2. direct (straight; not crooked)
  3. direct (straightforward; sincere)
    Antonym: indirecte

Derived terms

Adverb

directe

  1. directly; straight to, right to
    • 2011, Joan Torró Soriano, Pluja a la mar: El somni impossible d'Alessandro Malaspina, Universitat de València →ISBN, page 142
      Tot va anar bé, fins i tot Montbou se'n va anar directe a descansar.
      Everything went well; Montbou even went straight to rest.
    Synonym: directament

Noun

directe m (plural directes)

  1. (boxing) cross (a hook thrown over the opponent's punch)

Further reading

French

Adjective

directe

  1. feminine singular of direct

Anagrams

Interlingua

Adjective

directe (comparative plus directe, superlative le plus directe)

  1. direct, straight

Latin

Adjective

dīrecte

  1. vocative masculine singular of dīrectus

References

  • directe in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • directe in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • directe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Norman

Adjective

directe

  1. feminine singular of direct
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