dictamen
English
Etymology
From LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from Latin#DICTAMENCategory:English terms derived from Latin#DICTAMEN dictāmen.
Pronunciation
Noun
dictamen (plural dictamina or dictamens)Category:English lemmas#DICTAMENCategory:English nouns#DICTAMENCategory:English countable nouns#DICTAMENCategory:English nouns with irregular plurals#DICTAMENCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DICTAMENCategory:Pages with entries#DICTAMENCategory:Pages with 3 entries#DICTAMEN
- (rareCategory:English terms with rare senses#DICTAMEN) A dictation or dictate.
- 1871, Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, translated by R. S. and S. J., Of Adoration in Spirit and Truth:
- The spirit is not bound to follow the laws and dictamens of the fleshCategory:English terms with quotations#DICTAMEN
Translations
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From dictō (“to dictate”) + -men (noun-forming suffix)Category:Latin terms suffixed with -men#DICTAMEN.
Pronunciation
Noun
dictāmen n (genitive dictāminis)Category:Latin lemmas#DICTAMENCategory:Latin nouns#DICTAMENCategory:Latin third declension nouns#DICTAMENCategory:Latin neuter nouns in the third declension#DICTAMENCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#DICTAMENCategory:Latin neuter nouns#DICTAMENCategory:Pages with entries#DICTAMENCategory:Pages with 3 entries#DICTAMEN; third declension (Late LatinCategory:Late Latin#DICTAMEN, Medieval LatinCategory:Medieval Latin#DICTAMEN)
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Descendants
References
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “dictamen”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from LatinCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from Latin#DICTAMENCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#DICTAMEN dictāmen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diɡˈtamen/ [d̪iɣ̞ˈt̪a.mẽn]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#DICTAMENCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#DICTAMEN
- Rhymes: -amenCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/amen#DICTAMENCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/amen/3 syllables#DICTAMEN
- Syllabification: dic‧ta‧men
Noun
dictamen m (plural dictámenes)Category:Spanish lemmas#DICTAMENCategory:Spanish nouns#DICTAMENCategory:Spanish countable nouns#DICTAMENCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#DICTAMENCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#DICTAMENCategory:Pages with entries#DICTAMENCategory:Pages with 3 entries#DICTAMEN
Derived terms
Further reading
- “dictamen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025