dictée
Meanings
Noun
1. dictation, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words
2. dictation, an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
Examples3
La secrétaire a écrit sous la dictée de son patron.
The secretary took dictation from her boss.
Cette dictée est compliquée.
This dictation is complicated.
Il faut apprendre à compter et faire des tas de dictées.
One has to learn to calculate and do heaps of dictations.