diction

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Old French diction, from Latin dictiō, dictiōnis, from dictus, past participle of dicere (“to speak”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show, point out”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪkʃən/

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  Rhymes: -ɪkʃən

Noun

diction (countable and uncountable, plural dictions)

1. The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice and expression.

Related terms

• dictate
• dictionary

Translations

clarity of word choice

• Bulgarian: дикция (bg) f (díkcija)
• Catalan: dicció f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吐字 (zh) (tǔzì)

• Dutch: dictie (nl) f
• Estonian: väljendusviis, diktsioon
• Finnish: sananvalinta, lausuntatapa, kirjoitustapa, diktio (fi)
• French: diction (fr) f
• German: Diktion (de) f
• Hebrew: דיקציה‏‎ f (diqtzia)
• Hungarian: előadásmód (hu)
• Ido: diciono (io)
• Indonesian: diksi (id)
• Irish: briathraíocht f

• Italian: dizione (it) f
• Japanese: 言い回し (いいまわし, iimawashi), ディクション (dikushon)
• Kurdish: gotin‏‎ (ku) f, derbirîn‏‎ (ku)
• Latin: dictio, eloquium
• Persian: گویه‏‎ (guye), بیان‏‎ (fa) (bayân)
• Polish: dykcja (pl) f
• Portuguese: dicção (pt) f
• Russian: ди́кция (ru) f (díkcija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дѝкција f

  Roman: dìkcija (sh) f

• Spanish: dicción (es) f
• Turkish: söyleyim