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Borrowed from Latin dictiō, dictiōnis dictus dicere ( “ to speak ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- ( “ to show, point out ” ) .
Pronunciation Noun diction (countable and uncountable plural dictions
Choice and use of words, especially with regard to effective communication.
The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice and expression. Related terms Translations clarity of word choice
Bulgarian: ди́кция (bg) f ( díkcija )
Catalan: dicció f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 吐字 (zh) ( tǔzì )
Dutch: dictie (nl) f
Estonian: väljendusviis sõnastus
Finnish: sananvalinta lausuntatapa kirjoitustapa diktio (fi)
French: diction (fr) f
German: Ausdrucksweise (de) f Diktion (de) f
Hebrew: דיקציה f ( diqtzia )
Hungarian: előadásmód (hu)
Ido: diciono (io)
Indonesian: diksi (id)
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Irish: briathraíocht f
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Italian: dizione (it) f
Japanese: 言い回し ( いいまわし, iimawashi ) , ディクション ( dikushon )
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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
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