Usage Note
dictée is a central part of French primary education — a passage read aloud that pupils write down, testing spelling and grammar. La dictée de Mérimée is a famous 19th-century competition dictation infamous for its difficulty. The verb dicter means to dictate.
Examples
"Les élèves font une dictée chaque vendredi."
Natural Translation
The pupils do a dictation every Friday.
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