advertise

English

Alternative forms

• advertize (chiefly archaic (US))

Etymology

From (the stem of) (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman avertir, advertir, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French advertir, avertir (“to warn, give notice to”), with the ending assimilated to -ise, -ize and probably influenced by the noun advertisement. Compare also advert.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈad.və(ɹ).taɪz/
• IPA^(key): /ˈæd.vəɹ.taɪz/

Verb

1. (transitive) To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly. [from 15th c.]
2. (intransitive) To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others. [from 18th c.]

   It pays to advertise.

   For personal needs, advertise on the internet or in a local newspaper.

3. (transitive) To provide public information about (a product, service etc.) in order to attract public awareness and increase sales. [from 19th c.]

   Over the air, they advertise their product on drive-time radio talk shows and TV news shows.

4. (transitive, now rare) To notify (someone) of something; to call someone's attention to something. [from 15th c.]
   • Template:RQ:Flr Mntgn Essays
   • 1726, Terræ Filius [pseudonym; Nicholas Amherst], “[The Dedication]”, in Terræ-Filius: Or, the Secret History of the University of Oxford; in Several Essays. To which are Added, Remarks upon a Late Book, Entitled, University Education, by R. Newton, D.D. Principal of Hart-Hall. In Two Volumes, 2nd edition, volume I, London: Printed for R. Francklin, under Tom's Coffee-House, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden, →OCLC, page xi:

     […] I am daily advertiſed by ſeveral friends and correſpondents from Oxford, that I have omitted many particulars, which it is proper to animadvert upon, in order to compleat the Secret Hiſtory of that place; and I have therefore, in compliance with their requeſt, reſolved to reſume this work, and continue to publiſh ſome part of it every Act-Term, till the whole is finiſhed, and the ſubject fully exhauſted: […]

Synonyms

• (tell about): notify, inform, apprise, (with urgency) alert
• (give public notice): make known, announce, proclaim, promulgate, (uncommon use) publish
• (advertise commercially): promote, publicise, sell

Derived terms

• advertisement
• advertiser

Translations

(transitive) to give public notice of; to announce publicly

• Bulgarian: обявявам (bg) (objavjavam), информирам (bg) (informiram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 廣告／广告 (zh) (guǎnggào), 广告 (zh) (guǎnggào)

• Danish: reklamere (da), annoncere
• Finnish: julistaa (fi), ilmoittaa (fi), kuuluttaa (fi)
• French: annoncer (fr)
• German: ankündigen (de), annoncieren (de)
• Greek: διαφημίζω (el) (diafimízo)

  Ancient: διαφημίζω (diaphēmízō)

• Gullah: abbuhtize
• Hebrew: פרסם (he) (pirsém)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Interlingue:
• Japanese: 広告する (ja) (こうこくする, kōkoku suru)
• Lithuanian: skelbti (lt)
• Macedonian: обја́вува (objávuva)
• Maori: pānui
• Portuguese: anunciar (pt), promulgar (pt), divulgar (pt), publicar (pt)
• Russian: объявля́ть (ru) (obʺjavljátʹ), информи́рова́ть (ru) (informírovátʹ), извеща́ть (ru) (izveščátʹ)
• Spanish: anunciar (es)
• Turkish: duyurmak (tr)
• Welsh: hysbysu (cy), hysbysebu (cy)
• Yiddish: רעקלאַמירן (reklamirn), מעלדן (meldn)

(intransitive) to provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others

• Bulgarian: рекламирам (bg) (reklamiram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 廣告／广告 (zh) (guǎnggào), 广告 (zh) (guǎnggào), 宣揚／宣扬 (zh) (xuānyáng), 宣扬 (zh) (xuānyáng), 宣傳／宣传 (zh) (xuānchuán), 宣传 (zh) (xuānchuán)

• Danish: reklamere (da), annoncere
• Esperanto: reklami
• Finnish: mainostaa (fi)
• French: afficher (fr), publier (fr)
• German: inserieren (de), werben (de)
• Greek: διαφημίζω (el) (diafimízo)
• Hebrew: פרסם (he) (pirsém)
• Interlingue:
• Japanese: 宣伝する (ja) (せんでんする, senden suru)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: venditō
• Lithuanian: reklamuoti (lt)
• Macedonian: реклами́ра (reklamíra)
• Malay: mengiklan
• Portuguese: anunciar (pt), publicitar
• Russian: реклами́ровать (ru) (reklamírovatʹ)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} hacer publicidad
• Turkish: reklâm yapmak
• Ukrainian: рекламува́ти impf (reklamuváty)

(transitive) to provide public information about (a product, services etc.)

• Bulgarian: рекламирам (bg) (reklamiram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 宣傳／宣传 (zh) (xuānchuán), 宣传 (zh) (xuānchuán)

• Danish: reklamere (da), annoncere
• Finnish: mainostaa (fi)
• German: anbieten (de), anpreisen
• Greek: διαφημίζω (el) (diafimízo)

  Ancient: διαφημίζω (diaphēmízō)

• Hebrew: פרסם (he) (pirsém)
• Hungarian: hirdet (hu), reklámoz (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Interlingue:
• Italian: pubblicizzare (it)
• Latin: venditō
• Lithuanian: publikuoti
• Macedonian: реклами́ра (reklamíra)
• Maori: whakatairanga
• Portuguese: anunciar (pt), publicitar
• Russian: реклами́ровать (ru) (reklamírovatʹ), публикова́ть (ru) (publikovátʹ)
• Turkish: tanıtım yapmak
• Ukrainian: рекламува́ти impf (reklamuváty), реклямува́ти impf (rekljamuváty)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} reklami
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} auglýsa (is)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} تبلیغات (fa) (tabliğāt)

Anagrams

• derivates