diction
French, noun/dik.sjɔ̃/
diction is spelled D-I-C-T-I-O-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 31,863rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diction is a French feminine noun meaning “diction (clarity of word choice)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Manière de dire, de prononcer un discours, des vers, etc”.
What does diction mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediction (clarity of word choice)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Manière de dire, de prononcer un discours, des vers, etc.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of diction
- dictions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diction?
- /dik.sjɔ̃/
- \dik.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to diction
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diction in French?
diction appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).