dictate – English noun declension

English noun forms of dictate

Noun: dictate
Singulardictate
Pluraldictates

Sample Sentences

  • I must obey the dictates of my conscience.

Etymology

First attested in 1581; borrowed from Latin dictātum (“a thing said, something dictated”), substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of dictātus, the perfect passive participle of dictō (“pronounce or declare repeatedly; dictate”), frequentative of dīcō (“say, speak”). Doublet of diktat. See: Latin Nouns 'dictātum'.

Verbs referencing "dictate"

Swedish Nouns diktat.