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English

A Coca-Cola advertisement from the 1890s

Etymology

From Middle French advertissement (“statement calling attention”), compare French avertissement (“warning”). See advertise.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt/, SAMPA: /@d"v3:tIsm@nt/

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• (US) IPA: /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt/, SAMPA: /{"dv@`%taIzm@nt/

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• Hyphenation: ad‧ver‧tise‧ment

Noun

Wikipedia advertisement (plural advertisements)

1. (marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.

   Companies try to sell their products using advertisements in form of placards, television spots and print publications.

2. A public notice.

   The city council placed an advertisement in the local newspaper to inform its residents of the forthcoming roadworks.

3. A recommendation of a particular product, service or person.

   The people gave a good advertisement for Wiktionary.

Synonyms

• (commercial solicitation): ad, advert
• (public notice):

Derived terms

terms derived from advertisement

ad advert

classified advertisement pop-up advertisement

Hyponyms

• commercial
• infomercial

Related terms

• advertising
• adware

Translations

commercial solicitation

Arabic: إيذان (ar) ('idhaan) m., إعلان (ar) ('i3laan) m. Armenian: գովազդ (hy) (govazd) Breton: bruderezh m. Bulgarian: реклама (bg) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 廣告 (cmn), 广告 (cmn) (guǎnggào) Croatian: reklama (hr) Czech: reklama (cs) f. Danish: reklame (da) Dutch: reclame f. m., advertentie f. Esperanto: reklamo (eo) Estonian: reklaam (et), propaganda (et), kuulutus (et) Finnish: mainos, mainostus French: publicité (fr) f., pub (fr) f., annonce (fr) f. German: Anzeige f., Werbung f., Annonce f., Reklameanzeige f. Greek: διαφήμιση (el) (diafimisi) f. Hebrew: פרסומת (he) (pirsomet) f. Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: hirdetés (hu), reklám (hu) Icelandic: auglýsing (is) f. Indonesian: iklan (id), reklame (id) Interlingua: annuncio, publicitate, reclamo, propaganda Italian: annuncio (it) m., pubblicità (it) f. Japanese: 広告 (ja) (こうこく, kōkoku), CM (ja) (シーエム, shī-emu) Korean: 광고 (ko) (gwanggo) (廣告 (ko))

Latin: prescriptio f. (-ionis) Lithuanian: reklama (lt) Macedonian: реклама (mk) (rekláma) f. Malay: iklan (ms) Maltese: riklam, pubbliċità, tgħarif kummerċjali Navajo: óʼoolkąąh Norwegian: reklame (no) annonse (no) Polish: ogłoszenie (pl) n., reklama (pl) f., anons (pl) m. Portuguese: anúncio (pt) m., publicidade (pt) f., reclame (pt) m., propaganda (pt) f. Romanian: anunț n. publicitate f., reclamă f. Russian: реклама (ru) (rekláma) f., объявление (ru) (ob”javlénije) n., анонс (ru) (anóns) m., заявление (ru) (zajavlénije) n. Serbian: oglas, objavljenje, izveštenje Slovene: oglas (sl) m., reklama (sl) f. Spanish: anuncio (es) m., publicidad (es) f., reclamo (es) m. Swedish: annons (sv), annonsering (sv), reklam (sv) Tamil: விளம்பரம் (ta) Telugu: వ్యాపార ప్రకటన Thai: การโฆษณา (th) (gaan kôhtsànaa) Turkish: reklam (tr), ilan (tr), duyuru (tr) Vietnamese: quảng cáo (vi) (廣告 (vi)), giới thiệu (vi) Volapük: noted, reklam, nunam West Frisian: advertinsje, oankundiging Yiddish: רעקלאַמע (yi) (reklame) f.

public notice

Bulgarian: обявление (bg), обява (bg) German: Anzeige f., Bekanntmachung f. Greek: διαφήμιση (el) (diafimisi) f., αγγελία (el) (agelía) f. Kurdish: بۆزانین Macedonian: оглас (mk) (óglas) m.

Portuguese: edital m. Romanian: anunț  (ro) n. (public) Russian: объявление (ru) (ob”javlénije) n., анонс (ru) (anóns) m., извещение (ru) (izveščénije) n.

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Volapük: noted