dictator

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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɪkˈteɪtə/
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• General-American: /ˈdɪkˌteɪtəɹ/
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• General-American: [-ɾəɹ]
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• General-American, dated: /ˌdɪkˈteɪtəɹ/
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• homophone: dictater
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• rhymes with -eɪtə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 K T EY1 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: D IH1 K T EY0 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin dictātor (“a chief magistrate”), from dictō (“dictate, prescribe”), from dīcō (“say, speak”). By surface analysis, dictate + -or, literally “one who dictates”. Compare Old English tictator (“absolute ruler of the Roman Republic”).

128 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: diktator — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Albanian: diktator — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Albanian: diktatore — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Arabic: دِكْتَاتُور (diktātūr) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Arabic: دِكْتَاتُورَة (diktātūra) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Armenian: բռնապետ (bṙnapet) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Armenian: դիկտատոր (diktator) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Azerbaijani: diktator — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Belarusian: дыкта́тар (dyktátar) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Belarusian: дыкта́тарка (dyktátarka) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Bengali: একনায়ক (eknaẏok) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Bube: öpippa — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Bulgarian: дикта́тор (diktátor) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Bulgarian: дикта́торка (diktátorka) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Burmese: အာဏာရှင် (anahrang) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Burmese: သက်ဦးဆံပိုင် (sak-u:hcampuing) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Chinese Mandarin: 獨裁者 /独裁者 (dúcáizhě) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Czech: diktátor — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Czech: diktátorka — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Danish: diktator — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Dutch: dictator — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Esperanto: diktatoro — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Estonian: diktaator — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Finnish: diktaattori — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• French: dictateur — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• French: dictatrice — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Galician: ditador — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Georgian: დიქტატორი (dikṭaṭori) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• German: Diktator — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• German: Diktatorin — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Greek: δικτάτορας (diktátoras) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Hebrew: דִיקטָטוֹר — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Hebrew: דיקטאטור (diktátor) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Hebrew: רוֹדָן (rodán) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Hindi: तानाशाह (tānāśāh) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Hindi: अधिनायक (adhināyak) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Hungarian: diktátor — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Icelandic: einræðisherra — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Indonesian: diktator — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Irish: deachtóir — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Italian: dittatore — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Italian: dittatrice — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Japanese: 独裁者 (dokusaisha) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Kazakh: диктатор (diktator) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Khmer: អ្នកប្រើអំណាចផ្ដាច់ការ (nĕək praə ʼɑmnaac phdac kaa) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Korean: 독재자 (dokjaeja) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Central Kurdish: دیکتاتۆر (dîktator) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Kyrgyz: диктатор (diktator) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Lao: ຜູ້ບົ່ງການ (phū bong kān) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Lao: ຜູ້ຜະເດັດການ (phū pha det kān) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Latin: dictātor — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Latvian: diktators — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Latvian: diktatore — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Lithuanian: diktatorius — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Lithuanian: diktatorė — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Macedonian: дикта́тор (diktátor) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Macedonian: дикта́торка (diktátorka) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Malay: diktator — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Manx: ardreillagh — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Manx: ard-smaghteyder — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Marathi: हुकुमशहा (hukūmśahā) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Mongolian: дарангуйлагч (darangujlagč) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠷᠤᠩᠭᠤᠢᠯᠠᠭᠴᠢ (darungɣuilaɣči) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Norman: dictateur — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Norwegian Bokmål: diktator — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Pashto: ديکتاتور (diktātor) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Pashto: ډيکټاټور (ḍikṭaṭor) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Iranian Persian: دیکْتاتور (diktâtor) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Polish: dyktator — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Polish: dyktatorka — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Portuguese: ditador — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Portuguese: ditadora — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Romanian: dictator — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Russian: дикта́тор (diktátor) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Serbo-Croatian: дѝкта̄тор — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Serbo-Croatian: дѝкта̄торица — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Serbo-Croatian: дѝкта̄то̄рка — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Serbo-Croatian: dìktātor — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Serbo-Croatian: dìktātorica — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Serbo-Croatian: dìktātōrka — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Sicilian: dittaturi — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Slovak: diktátor — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Slovak: diktátorka — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Slovene: diktator — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Slovene: diktatorka — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Spanish: dictador — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Spanish: dictadora — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Swahili: dikteta — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Swedish: diktator — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Tagalog: diktador — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Tajik: диктатор (diktator) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Tatar: диктатор (diktator) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Thai: ผู้มีอํานาจ (pûu-mii-am-nâat) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Thai: จอมบงการ (jɔɔm-bong-gaan) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Thai: จอมเผด็จการ (jɔɔm-pà-dèt-gaan) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Turkish: diktatör — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Turkmen: diktator — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Ukrainian: дикта́тор (dyktátor) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Ukrainian: дикта́торка (dyktátorka) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Urdu: ڈِکْٹیٹَر (ḍikṭeṭar) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Urdu: آمِر (āmir) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Urdu: تاناشاہ (tānāśāh) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Uyghur: دىكتاتور (diktator) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Uzbek: diktator — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Vietnamese: kẻ độc tài — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Vietnamese: nhà độc tài — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Yiddish: דיקטאַטאָר (diktator) — authoritarian leader of a dictatorship
• Afrikaans: diktator — (historical) Ancient Roman magistrate
• Chinese Mandarin: 獨裁官 /独裁官 (dúcái guān) — (historical) Ancient Roman magistrate
• Danish: diktator — (historical) Ancient Roman magistrate
• Ancient Greek: δικτάτωρ (diktátōr) — (historical) Ancient Roman magistrate
• Icelandic: alræðismaður — (historical) Ancient Roman magistrate
• Korean: 독재관 (dokjaegwan) — (historical) Ancient Roman magistrate
• Latin: dictātor — (historical) Ancient Roman magistrate
• Old English: tictator — (historical) Ancient Roman magistrate
• Sicilian: dittaturi — (historical) Ancient Roman magistrate
• Afrikaans: diktator — tyrannical boss, or authority figure
• Finnish: diktaattori — tyrannical boss, or authority figure
• Greek: δικτάτορας (diktátoras) — tyrannical boss, or authority figure
• Hindi: अधिनायक (adhināyak) — tyrannical boss, or authority figure
• Portuguese: ditador — tyrannical boss, or authority figure
• Russian: дикта́тор (diktátor) — tyrannical boss, or authority figure
• Sicilian: dittaturi — tyrannical boss, or authority figure
• Sicilian: rais — tyrannical boss, or authority figure
• Sicilian: capurali — tyrannical boss, or authority figure
• Swahili: dikteta — tyrannical boss, or authority figure
• Swedish: diktator — tyrannical boss, or authority figure
• Swedish: envåldshärskare — tyrannical boss, or authority figure