dictation machine

noun

A sound recording device most commonly used to record speech for later playback or to be typed into print.

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dictaphone
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Meanings

noundictation machine (plural dictation machines)

plural dictation machines

  1. A sound recording device most commonly used to record speech for later playback or to be typed into print.

    Synonyms: dictaphone

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA sound recording device most commonly used to record speech for later playback or to be typed into print.

Similar
dictaphone

Translations

Bulgarian диктофо́н
  • диктофо́н (diktofón)sound recording device
Catalan dictàfon
  • dictàfonsound recording device
Chinese Mandarin 口述錄音機 /口述录音机
  • 口述錄音機 /口述录音机 (kǒushù lùyīnjī)sound recording device
Czech diktafon
  • diktafonsound recording device
Esperanto diktafono
  • diktafonosound recording device
Estonian diktofon
  • diktofonsound recording device
Finnish sanelukone, sanelin
  • sanelukonesound recording device
  • sanelinsound recording device
French dictaphone, appareil à dictée
  • dictaphonesound recording device
  • appareil à dictéesound recording device
German Diktiergerät
  • Diktiergerätsound recording device
Italian dittafono
  • dittafonosound recording device
Japanese ボイスレコーダー, 口述録音機
  • ボイスレコーダー (boisu rekōdā)sound recording device
  • 口述録音機 (kōjutsu rokuonki)sound recording device
Māori (mīhini) hopu kōrero
  • (mīhini) hopu kōrerosound recording device
Polish dyktafon
  • dyktafonsound recording device
Portuguese ditafone
  • ditafonesound recording device
Russian диктофо́н
  • диктофо́н (diktofón)sound recording device
Spanish dictáfono
  • dictáfonosound recording device
Turkish diktafon, ünalga
  • diktafonsound recording device
  • ünalgasound recording device
  • dikte cihazısound recording device
Ukrainian диктофо́н
  • диктофо́н (dyktofón)sound recording device
Cite this entry
APA

dictation machine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dictation%20machine

MLA

“dictation machine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dictation%20machine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dictation machine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dictation%20machine.

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