diction

Etymology
From late (an obsolete sense in Modern English), borrowed directly from  or from , from , both from , ultimately from.

The modern senses of “choice and use of words” and “clarity of word choice” were likely influenced by additional senses of.

Noun

 * 1) Choice and use of words, especially with regard to effective communication.
 * 2) The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice and expression.
 * 3)  Enunciation, pronunciation.
 * 1)  Enunciation, pronunciation.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: dicció
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, způsob vyjadřování
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: väljendusviis, sõnastus
 * Finnish: sananvalinta, lausuntatapa, kirjoitustapa,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: λέξις
 * Hebrew: דיקציה
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: briathraíocht
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ディクション
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Latin:, eloquium
 * Persian: گویه,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: дѝкција
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: söyleyim

Etymology
, from, past participle of , from.

Noun

 * 1)  (clarity of word choice)