dia
French, interjection/dja/
dia is spelled D-I-A (3 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written French, the 20,080th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dia is a French interjection meaning “yah!, cry to make (a) working animal(s) etc. advance or turn left” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cri que les charretiers poussaient pour faire aller leurs chevaux vers la gauche. Variante 'diai' (en…”.
What does dia mean in English?
interjection
- 1
yah!, cry to make (a) working animal(s) etc. advance or turn left
prefix
- 1
dia-
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Cri que les charretiers poussaient pour faire aller leurs chevaux vers la gauche. Variante 'diai' (en bourguignon par exemple).
noun: 1. Diapositive.
noun: 1. Langue torricelli parlée en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée.
prefix: 1. Préfixe indiquant un processus, une traversée, etc.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dia
- dias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dia?
- /dja/
- \dja\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dia in French?
dia appears 2.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).