# diktat
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɒt
* (UK) IPA: /dɪkˈtɑːt/, /ˈdɪktɑːt/, /ˈdɪktæt/
* (US) IPA: /dɪkˈtɑt/

### Noun

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.

#### Translations
### See also

* dictate

## French
### Alternative forms

* dictat

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

diktat m (plural diktats)
* diktat

#### Descendants

* → Turkish: dikta

### Further reading

* “diktat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch dictaat, from Latin dictātum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdɪktat]
* Hyphenation: dik‧tat

### Noun

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

* “diktat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin dictātum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɪkˈtɑːt/

### Noun

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)
* something which is dictated; orders

#### Related terms

* dikt
* diktere

### References

* “diktat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Latin dictātum.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɪkˈtɑːt/

#### Noun

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)
* something which is dictated; orders

##### Related terms

* dikt
* diktere

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²dɪk.tɑ(t)/

#### Verb

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

* “diktat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

dìktāt m (Cyrillic spelling дѝкта̄т)
* dictate

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Noun

diktat m (plural diktats)
* diktat

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

diktat n
* diktat

##### Related terms

* diktera
* diktator
* diktatur

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

diktat
* supine of dikta

#### Adjective

diktat
* indefinite neuter singular of diktad