See diction in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ipa": "/ˈdɪkʃən/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-diction.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ed/En-us-diction.ogg/En-us-diction.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/En-us-diction.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪkʃən"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "díkcija",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ди́кция"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dicció"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tǔzì",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"word": "吐字"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dikce"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"word": "způsob vyjadřování"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dictie"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"word": "väljendusviis"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"word": "sõnastus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"word": "sananvalinta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"word": "lausuntatapa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"word": "kirjoitustapa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"word": "diktio"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "diction"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ausdrucksweise"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Diktion"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "léxis",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "λέξις"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "díktsiya",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "דִּיקְצִיָּה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"word": "előadásmód"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"word": "diciono"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"word": "diksi"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "briathraíocht"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dizione"
},
{
"alt": "いいまわし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "iimawashi",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"word": "言い回し"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dikushon",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"word": "ディクション"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gotin"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"word": "derbirîn"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"word": "dictio"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"word": "eloquium"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "guye",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"word": "گویه"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bayân",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"word": "بیان"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dykcja"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dicção"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "díkcija",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ди́кция"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "дѝкција"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "dìkcija"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dicción"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "clarity of word choice",
"word": "söyleyim"
}
],
"word": "diction"
}
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