dictation

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• US: /dɪkˈteɪʃən/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 K T EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Late Latin dictātiō, noun of action from dictātus, the perfect passive participle of dictō. By surface analysis, dictate + -ion.

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: إِمْلَاء (ʔimlāʔ) — the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words
• Bulgarian: дикто́вка (diktóvka) — the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words
• Chinese Mandarin: 听写 (tīngxiě) — the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words
• Dutch: dictee — the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words
• Esperanto: diktado — the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words
• Finnish: sanelu — the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words
• French: dictée — the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words
• Georgian: კარნახი (ḳarnaxi) — the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words
• German: Diktat — the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words
• Greek: υπαγόρευση (ypagórefsi) — the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words
• Hebrew: הַכתָבָה (hakhtava) — the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words
• Icelandic: upplestur — the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words
• Indonesian: dikte — the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words
• Irish: deachtú — the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words
• Italian: dettatura — the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words
• Italian: dettato — the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words
• Māori: āhukareo — the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words
• Persian: دیکته (dikte) — the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words
• Portuguese: ditado — the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words
• Russian: дикто́вка f дикта́нт (diktóvka) — the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words
• Spanish: dictado — the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words
• Swahili: imla — the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words
• Swedish: diktamen — the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words
• Tajik: дикт́ант (dikt́ant) — the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words
• Ukrainian: дикта́нт (dyktánt) — the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words
• Arabic: إِمْلَاء (ʔimlāʔ) — an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
• Armenian: թելադրություն (tʻeladrutʻyun) — an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
• Belarusian: дыкто́ўка (dyktówka) — an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
• Belarusian: дыкта́нт (dyktánt) — an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
• Bulgarian: дикто́вка (diktóvka) — an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
• Chinese Mandarin: 聽寫 /听写 (tīngxiě) — an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
• Czech: diktát — an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
• Esperanto: diktado — an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
• Finnish: sanelu — an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
• French: dictée — an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
• German: Diktat — an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
• Greek: υπαγόρευση (ypagórefsi) — an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
• Hebrew: הַכתָבָה (hakhtava) — an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
• Hungarian: tollbamondás — an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
• Indonesian: dikte — an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
• Italian: dettato — an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
• Japanese: 聞き取り (kikitori) — an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
• Korean: 받아쓰기 (badasseugi) — an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
• Māori: āhukareo — an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
• Persian: دیکته (dikte) — an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
• Persian: املا (emlâ) — an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
• Polish: dyktando — an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
• Portuguese: ditado — an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
• Russian: дикта́нт (diktánt) — an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
• Slovak: diktát — an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
• Swahili: imla — an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
• Swedish: diktamen — an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
• Thai: การเขียนตามคําบอก — an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
• Ukrainian: дикта́нт (dyktánt) — an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
• Bulgarian: нареждане (nareždane) — the act of ordering or commanding
• Esperanto: ordono — the act of ordering or commanding
• Finnish: sanelu — the act of ordering or commanding
• Italian: ordine — the act of ordering or commanding
• Portuguese: ordem — the act of ordering or commanding
• Russian: предписа́ние (predpisánije) — the act of ordering or commanding
• Russian: распоряже́ние (rasporjažénije) — the act of ordering or commanding
• Bulgarian: предписа́ние (predpisánie) — orders given in an overbearing manner
• Finnish: sanelu — orders given in an overbearing manner
• Georgian: განკარგულება (ganḳarguleba) — orders given in an overbearing manner
• Georgian: ბრძანება (brʒaneba) — orders given in an overbearing manner
• Georgian: განაწესი (ganac̣esi) — orders given in an overbearing manner
• Georgian: მითითება (mititeba) — orders given in an overbearing manner
• Italian: ordine — orders given in an overbearing manner
• Persian: دیکته کردن (dikte kardan) — orders given in an overbearing manner
• Portuguese: ditame — orders given in an overbearing manner
• Russian: повеле́ние (povelénije) — orders given in an overbearing manner
• Russian: приказа́ние (prikazánije) — orders given in an overbearing manner