diktat

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Diktat, from Latin dictātum (“that which has been dictated”), from the perfect passive participle of dictō (“dictate”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒt
• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪkˈtɑːt/, /ˈdɪktɑːt/, /ˈdɪktæt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪkˈtɑt/

Noun

diktat (plural diktats)

1. a harsh penalty or settlement imposed upon a defeated party by the victor
2. 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.

Translations

See also

• dictate

French

Alternative forms

• dictat

Pronunciation

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Noun

diktat m (plural diktats)

1. diktat

Descendants

• → Turkish: dikta

Further reading

• “diktat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch dictaat, from Latin dictātum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: dik‧tat

Noun

diktat

1. dictated text.
2. prepared text.
3. (extension) note, a brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
4. (education) lecture note

Further reading

• “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

Etymology

From Latin dictātum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪkˈtɑːt/

Noun

diktat m (definite singular diktaten, indefinite plural diktater, definite plural diktatene)

1. dictation, dictating
2. a text which is written after hearing
3. (education) an orthography exam in which students write down what the teacher says

diktat n (definite singular diktatet, uncountable)

1. something which is dictated; orders

Related terms

• dikt
• diktere

References

• “diktat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Latin dictātum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪkˈtɑːt/

Noun

diktat m (definite singular diktaten, indefinite plural diktatar, definite plural diktatane)

1. dictation, dictating
2. a text which is written after hearing
3. (education) an orthography exam in which students write down what the teacher says

diktat n (definite singular diktatet, uncountable)

1. something which is dictated; orders

Related terms

• dikt
• diktere

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²dɪk.tɑ(t)/

Verb

diktat

1. 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

• “diktat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

dìktāt m (Cyrillic spelling дѝкта̄т)

1. dictate

Declension

Spanish

Noun

diktat m (plural diktats)

1. diktat

Swedish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin dictātum, from dictāre. Cognate with English dictate, German Diktat, French dictée.

Noun

diktat n

1. diktat

Declension

Related terms

• diktera
• diktator
• diktatur

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

diktat

1. supine of dikta

Adjective

diktat

1. indefinite neuter singular of diktad