dictature

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French dictature.

Noun

dictature (plural dictatures)

(obsolete) Office of a dictator; dictatorship.
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Anagrams

trucidate, urticated

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dictātūra, from dictō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dik.ta.tyʁ/

Noun

dictature f (plural dictatures)

dictatorship

Related terms

Further reading

“dictature” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

dictateur

Latin

Participle

dictātūre

vocative masculine singular of dictātūrus

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