diction

English

Etymology

From the Latin dicere, to speak.

Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -ɪkʃən

Noun

diction (uncountable)

1. The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice, and presentation of said words.

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Translations

clarity in speech

Bulgarian: дикция Dutch: dictie f. Hebrew: דיקציה (diqtzia) f. Latin: dictio (la), eloquium (la) Persian: گویه (guyeh), بیان (bayan) Portuguese: dicção (pt) f.

Russian: дикция (ru) (díkcija) f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: дѝкција (sh) f. Roman: dìkcija (sh) f. Spanish: dicción (es) f.