dicción

See also: diccion

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti

Proto-Italic *deikō

Latin dīcō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin dictiōnembor.

Spanish dicción

Borrowed from Latin dictiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diɡˈθjon/ [d̪iɣ̞ˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /diɡˈsjon/ [d̪iɣ̞ˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: dic‧ción

Noun

dicción f (plural dicciones)

1. diction

Related terms

• decir
• diccionario
• dicho

Further reading

• “dicción”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025