pub

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /pʌb/, SAMPA: /pVb/

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• Rhymes: -ʌb

Etymology 1

Short form of public, from public house

Noun

Wikipedia pub (plural pubs)

1. A public house, where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and drunk. Many pubs also provide food and/or entertainment.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:pub

Derived terms

gastropub pub crawl

pub quiz superpub

Translations

public house

Albanian: pijetore f. Arabic: خانة (ar) (khaana) f. Bulgarian: кръчма (bg) (krǎčma) f. Catalan: bar m., taverna f. Chinese: Mandarin: 酒吧 (zh) (jiǔbā) Croatian: krčma (hr) f. Czech: hospoda (cs) f. Dutch: kroeg (nl) f. Esperanto: drinkejo (eo) Finnish: kapakka (fi) French: bar m., pub m., cabaret m., estaminet m. German: Kneipe (de) f. Hungarian: kocsma (hu), korcsma (hu)

Icelandic: krá (is) f. Ido: drinkerio (io) Interlingua: pub, café, taverna Italian: béttola f. Japanese: 居酒屋 (ja) (いざかや , izakaya), パブ (ja) (pabu), バー (ja) (bā) Korean: 술집 (ko) (suljip) Macedonian: крчма (mk) (k'rčma) f., паб (mk) (pab) m. Portuguese: bar (pt) m., taberna (pt) f. Romanian: cârciumă (ro) f. Russian: бар (ru) (bar) m., пивная (ru) (pivnája) f., кабак (ru) (kabák) m., паб (ru) (pab) m. Scottish Gaelic: taigh-seinnse (gd) m. Spanish: bar (es) m., taberna (es) f. Swedish: krog (sv) c., pub (sv) c.

Verb

pub (third-person singular simple present pubs, present participle pubbing, simple past and past participle pubbed)

1. (intransitive) To go to one or more public houses.

See also

• inn
• off-license
• tavern

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of publication

Noun

pub (plural pubs)

1. A publication.

   registered pubs

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of publish

Verb

pub (third-person singular simple present pubs, present participle pubbing, simple past and past participle pubbed)

1. (informal, transitive) to publish

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French

Etymology 1

Short form of publicité

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pyb/, SAMPA: /pyb/

Noun

pub f. (plural pubs)

1. Television ad or advert.

Derived terms

• pause pub

Etymology 2

From English pub

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA: /pœb/, SAMPA: /p9b/
• (Québec) IPA: /pɔb/, SAMPA: /pOb/

Noun

pub m. (plural pubs)

1. pub

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

pub m. inv.

1. pub

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Swedish

Etymology

English pub

Noun

pub c.

1. pub

Declension

Declension of pub

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pub	puben	pubar	pubarna
genitive	pubs	pubens	pubars	pubarnas