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dictée

dictation (exercise)

noun deek-TEH Rare

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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