diktat
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Diktat, from Latin dictātum (“that which has been dictated”), from the perfect passive participle of dictō (“dictate”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
diktat (plural diktats)
- a harsh penalty or settlement imposed upon a defeated party by the victor
- a dogmatic decree or command, especially issued by one who rules without popular consent
- Synonym: ukase
- 1964 May, “News and Comment: Minister hamstrings BR workshops”, in Modern Railways, page 291:
- Whatever the pressures that have invoked the Minister's diktat, the outcome is Gilbertian.
- 1982, Steven L. Sampson, The Planners and the Peasants:
- Today, regional diktat is now supplemented (though not wholly replaced) by other means of recruiting elites.
- 2005, Vitaly Naumkin, Radical Islam in Central Asia: Between Pen and Rifle, page 179:
- It should be noted that Saddam's power was held up by fear and diktat.
- 2018, Julian Sanchez, “Brand Loyalty”, in Just Security:
- Trump—according not to the paranoid fears of his opponents, but his own professed desires—would have the government’s law enforcement institutions act as political weapons, aimed by his diktat.
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Noun edit
diktat m (plural diktats)
Descendants edit
- → Turkish: dikta
Further reading edit
- “diktat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch dictaat, from Latin dictātum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
diktat
- dictated text.
- prepared text.
- (extension) note, a brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
- (education) lecture note
Further reading edit
- “diktat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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Pronunciation edit
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diktat m (definite singular diktaten, indefinite plural diktater, definite plural diktatene)
- dictation, dictating
- a text which is written after hearing
- (education) an orthography exam in which students write down what the teacher says
diktat n (definite singular diktatet, uncountable)
Related terms edit
References edit
- “diktat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
diktat m (definite singular diktaten, indefinite plural diktatar, definite plural diktatane)
- dictation, dictating
- a text which is written after hearing
- (education) an orthography exam in which students write down what the teacher says
diktat n (definite singular diktatet, uncountable)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
diktat
- supine of dikta
- 1861, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Ferdaminni fraa Sumaren 1860, volume II, page 30:
- Kvat er det ikki for Usans Wergeland hever diktat um Konge og Dronning?
- What kind of nonsense is it not that Wergeland has versified about King and Queen?
References edit
- “diktat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian edit
Noun edit
dìktāt m (Cyrillic spelling дѝкта̄т)
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Spanish edit
Noun edit
diktat m (plural diktats)
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin dictātum, from dictāre. Cognate with English dictate, German Diktat, French dictée.
Noun edit
diktat n
Declension edit
Declension of diktat | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | diktat | diktatet | diktat | diktaten |
Genitive | diktats | diktatets | diktats | diktatens |
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
diktat
Adjective edit
diktat