diction
/ˈdɪkʃən/DIK-shuhn
/ˈdɪkʃən/DIK-shuhn
Meaninga way of speaking
Common meaning: the way someone pronounces or chooses words
- dictto say, speakLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 570 · scan
- ionnoun ending: act or result
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√DA‘know’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 145, p. 735 · scan
- Latindīcō, dīxī, dictum‘to say, speak’
- Englishdiction‘the way someone pronounces or chooses words’ · today
dict also in: dictatedictionarypredictverdictcontradict
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
- No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
- No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.
Origin: Built on Latin dīcō ‘to say, speak’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry dīcō, p. 570 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry VERDICT, p. 683 · dictionary scan
Roots
- dīcō, dīxī, dictum Latin “to say, speak”
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