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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdɪkʃən/ Audio: en-us-diction.ogg [US] Forms: dictions [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪkʃən Etymology: From late Middle English diccion (“something said; a word or phrase”) (an obsolete sense in Modern English), borrowed directly from Latin dictiō (“a saying, speaking, uttering”) or from Old French dicïon (“word”) (Anglo-Norman dictyoun), from Late Latin dictiō (“word”), both from dīcō (“to say, to talk”) + -tiō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show, to point out”). The modern senses of “choice and use of words” and “clarity of word choice” were likely influenced by additional senses of dictiō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*deyḱ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|diccion||something said; a word or phrase}} Middle English diccion (“something said; a word or phrase”), {{der|en|la|dictiō||a saying, speaking, uttering}} Latin dictiō (“a saying, speaking, uttering”), {{der|en|fro|dicïon||word}} Old French dicïon (“word”), {{der|en|xno|dictyoun}} Anglo-Norman dictyoun, {{der|en|LL.|dictiō||word}} Late Latin dictiō (“word”), {{suf|la|dīcō|tiō|nocat=1|t1=to say, to talk}} dīcō (“to say, to talk”) + -tiō, {{der|en|ine-pro|*deyḱ-||to show, to point out}} Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show, to point out”), {{m|la|dictiō}} dictiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} diction (countable and uncountable, plural dictions)
  1. Choice and use of words, especially with regard to effective communication. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-diction-en-noun-W1yk4pYD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 13 21
  2. The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice and expression. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-diction-en-noun-iakLr2mL
  3. (theater) Enunciation, pronunciation. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Theater
    Sense id: en-diction-en-noun-ylIFqDA9 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dictional Related terms: dictate, dictation, dictionary, dictum Translations (clarity of word choice): λέξις (léxis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ди́кция (díkcija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), dicció [feminine] (Catalan), 吐字 (tǔzì) (Chinese Mandarin), dikce [feminine] (Czech), způsob vyjadřování (Czech), dictie [feminine] (Dutch), väljendusviis (Estonian), sõnastus (Estonian), sananvalinta (Finnish), lausuntatapa (Finnish), kirjoitustapa (Finnish), diktio (Finnish), diction [feminine] (French), Ausdrucksweise [feminine] (German), Diktion [feminine] (German), דיקציה (diqtzia) [feminine] (Hebrew), előadásmód (Hungarian), diciono (Ido), diksi (Indonesian), briathraíocht [feminine] (Irish), dizione [feminine] (Italian), 言い回し (iimawashi) (alt: いいまわし) (Japanese), ディクション (dikushon) (Japanese), dictio (Latin), eloquium (Latin), gotin [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), derbirîn (Northern Kurdish), گویه (guye) (Persian), بیان (bayân) (Persian), dykcja [feminine] (Polish), dicção [feminine] (Portuguese), ди́кция (díkcija) [feminine] (Russian), дѝкција [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dìkcija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dicción [feminine] (Spanish), söyleyim (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'clarity of word choice': 44 55 1

Noun [French]

IPA: /dik.sjɔ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-diction.wav Forms: dictions [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dictiōnem, from dictus, past participle of dicere (“to speak”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show, point out”). Etymology templates: {{root|fr|ine-pro|*deyḱ-}}, {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|la|dictiō|dictiōnem||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin dictiōnem, {{bor+|fr|la|dictiō|dictiōnem}} Borrowed from Latin dictiōnem, {{m|la|dictus}} dictus, {{m|la|dicere||to speak}} dicere (“to speak”), {{inh|fr|ine-pro|*deyḱ-||to show, point out}} Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show, point out”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} diction f (plural dictions)
  1. diction (clarity of word choice) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Phonetics, Theater
    Sense id: en-diction-fr-noun-B7vxmEgx Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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