dictum
Spanish, noun/diɡˈtum/
dictum is spelled D-I-C-T-U-M (6 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish, the 167,210th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dictum is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “dictum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Máxima, principio o lema muy necesario”.
What does dictum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedictum
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Máxima, principio o lema muy necesario. 2. Juicio o afirmación que imprudentemente se lo toma por verdadero, debido a que se lo asocia con la autoridad de la persona que lo pronunció en lugar de analizar su contenido.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dictum
- dictums plural
- díctums plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dictum?
- /diɡˈtum/
- [d̪iɣ̞ˈt̪ũm]
- [ˈd̪ikt̪ũm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dictum in Spanish?
dictum appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).