publisitas

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pūblicitās, from Latin pūblicus (“public, general”). Displaced loanword from Dutch publiciteit (“publicity”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /publiˈsitas/
• Rhymes: -tas, -as, -s
• Hyphenation: pub‧li‧si‧tas

Noun

publisitas (plural publisitas-publisitas, first-person possessive publisitasku, second-person possessive publisitasmu, third-person possessive publisitasnya)

1. publicity: Advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something.

Alternative forms

• publisiti (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “publisitas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.