edict

English

Etymology

From Middle English edycte, borrowed from Latin edictum; earlier form edit, from Old French edit, from the same Latin word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiː.dɪkt/

Noun

edict (plural edicts)

1. a proclamation of law or other authoritative command
   • 2018 June 18, Phil McNulty, “Tunisia 1 - 2 England”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     It was made clear in a pre-tournament referees' briefing that such grappling would be taken seriously and punished, so England have every right to ask why this edict was not carried out.

Translations

a proclamation of law

• Armenian: պատգամ (hy) (patgam)
• Bulgarian: декрет (bg) m (dekret), указ (bg) m (ukaz)
• Catalan: edicte m
• Czech: výnos m, edikt m
• Dutch: edict (nl) n
• Faroese: fyriskipan f, kunngerð f
• Finnish: julistus (fi), edikti
• French: édit (fr) m
• Galician: edicto m, bando m
• German: Edikt (de) n
• Greek: διάταγμα (el) n (diátagma), χρυσόβουλο (el) n (chrysóvoulo)

  Ancient: δόγμα n (dógma)

• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: فه‌رمان‎ (ku) (ferman)

• Latin: ēdictum n
• Polish: edykt (pl) m, dekret (pl) m
• Portuguese: edito (pt) m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: ука́з (ru) m (ukáz), эдикт (ru) m (edikt)
• Slovak: edikt (sk) m, dekrét m
• Spanish: edicto (es) m
• Swedish: edikt (sv), kungörelse (sv), påbud (sv)
• Volapük: dalebüd (vo)
• Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• cited, ticed

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Dutch

Etymology

From Latin ēdictum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

edict n (plural edicten, diminutive edictje n)

1. edict