dictate

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• /ˈdɪkˌteɪt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /(ˌ)dɪkˈteɪt/
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• General-American: /ˈdɪkˌteɪt/
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• rhymes with -eɪt
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 K T EY1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: D IH1 K T EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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First attested in 1581; borrowed from Latin dictātum (“a thing said, something dictated”), substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of dictātus, the perfect passive participle of dictō (“pronounce or declare repeatedly; dictate”), frequentative of dīcō (“say, speak”). Doublet of diktat.

First attested in 1577; borrowed from Latin dictātus, perfect passive participle of dictō (“to pronounce or declare repeatedly; to dictate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), frequentative of dīcō (“say, speak”).

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: إملاء — an order or command
• Bulgarian: заповед (zapoved) — an order or command
• Bulgarian: нареждане (nareždane) — an order or command
• Bulgarian: диктат (diktat) — an order or command
• Galician: orde — an order or command
• German: Diktat — an order or command
• German: Gebot — an order or command
• Hungarian: parancs — an order or command
• Hungarian: diktátum — an order or command
• Italian: dettame — an order or command
• Marathi: हुकुम (hukum) — an order or command
• Polish: nakaz — an order or command
• Portuguese: ordem — an order or command
• Portuguese: comando — an order or command
• Russian: веле́ние (velénije) — an order or command
• Russian: дикта́т (diktát) — an order or command
• Spanish: dictado — an order or command
• Turkish: buyruk — an order or command
• Turkish: buyuru — an order or command
• Turkish: dikta — an order or command
• Turkish: emir — an order or command
• Turkish: ferman — an order or command
• Arabic: أَمْلَى (ʔamlā) — to order, command, control
• Azerbaijani: diktə etmək — to order, command, control
• Bulgarian: командвам (komandvam) — to order, command, control
• Bulgarian: нареждам (nareždam) — to order, command, control
• Chinese Mandarin: 命令 (mìnglìng) — to order, command, control
• Chinese Mandarin: 規定 /规定 (guīdìng) — to order, command, control
• Chinese Mandarin: 要求 (yāoqiú) — to order, command, control
• Finnish: sanella — to order, command, control
• German: diktieren — to order, command, control
• German: bestimmen — to order, command, control
• German: vorschreiben — to order, command, control
• Hebrew: הכתיב (hikhtív) — to order, command, control
• Hungarian: diktál — to order, command, control
• Italian: imporre — to order, command, control
• Italian: comandare — to order, command, control
• Kazakh: бұйрық беру (būiryq beru) — to order, command, control
• Kazakh: пәрмен беру (pärmen beru) — to order, command, control
• Māori: whakatopatopa — to order, command, control
• Polish: dyktować — to order, command, control
• Polish: podyktować — to order, command, control
• Portuguese: ordenar — to order, command, control
• Portuguese: comandar — to order, command, control
• Portuguese: controlar — to order, command, control
• Russian: кома́ндовать (komándovatʹ) — to order, command, control
• Russian: предпи́сывать (predpísyvatʹ) — to order, command, control
• Spanish: dictar — to order, command, control
• Tagalog: diktahan — to order, command, control
• Turkish: dikte etmek — to order, command, control
• Arabic: أَمْلَى (ʔamlā) — to speak in order for someone to write down the words
• Arabic: أَكْتَبَ (ʔaktaba) — to speak in order for someone to write down the words
• Azerbaijani: söyləyib yazdırmaq — to speak in order for someone to write down the words
• Azerbaijani: deyib yazdırmaq — to speak in order for someone to write down the words
• Azerbaijani: diktə etmək — to speak in order for someone to write down the words
• Bulgarian: диктувам (diktuvam) — to speak in order for someone to write down the words
• Chinese Mandarin: 听写 (tīngxiě) — to speak in order for someone to write down the words
• Czech: diktovat — to speak in order for someone to write down the words
• Finnish: sanella — to speak in order for someone to write down the words
• French: dicter — to speak in order for someone to write down the words
• German: diktieren — to speak in order for someone to write down the words
• Hebrew: הכתיב (hikhtív) — to speak in order for someone to write down the words
• Hungarian: diktál — to speak in order for someone to write down the words
• Hungarian: tollba mond — to speak in order for someone to write down the words
• Irish: deachtaigh — to speak in order for someone to write down the words
• Italian: dettare — to speak in order for someone to write down the words
• Kazakh: айтып жаздыру (aityp jazdyru) — to speak in order for someone to write down the words
• Latin: dictō — to speak in order for someone to write down the words
• Māori: āhukareo — to speak in order for someone to write down the words
• Polish: dyktować — to speak in order for someone to write down the words
• Polish: podyktować — to speak in order for someone to write down the words
• Portuguese: ditar — to speak in order for someone to write down the words
• Romanian: dicta — to speak in order for someone to write down the words
• Russian: диктова́ть (diktovátʹ) — to speak in order for someone to write down the words
• Spanish: dictar — to speak in order for someone to write down the words
• Swedish: diktera — to speak in order for someone to write down the words
• Turkish: dikte etmek — to speak in order for someone to write down the words