advisory

English

Etymology

advise +‎ -ory

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ədˈvaɪzəɹi/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Adjective

advisory (comparative more advisory, superlative most advisory)

1. Able to give advice.

   The advisory committee could only offer advice, but since that was almost always accepted they had real power.

2. Containing advice; advising.

   The consultant's advisory recommendations were selectively adopted.

Derived terms

• advisory opinion

Translations

able to give advice

• Bulgarian: съвещателен (bg) (sǎveštatelen), консултативен (bg) (konsultativen)
• Czech: poradní
• Danish: rådgivende
• Dutch: raadgevend (nl)
• Estonian: nõustav (et)
• Finnish: neuvoa-antava (fi)
• French: consultatif (fr) m
• German: beratend (de), Beratungs-
• Hungarian: tanácsadó (hu)
• Italian: consultivo (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rådgivende

  Nynorsk: rådgivande, rådgjevande

• Polish: doradczy (pl)
• Russian: совеща́тельный (ru) (soveščátelʹnyj)
• Spanish: consultivo
• Swedish: rådgivande (sv)

containing advice

• Dutch: raadgevend (nl)
• Finnish: neuvoa-antava (fi)

Noun

advisory (plural advisories)

1. A warning.

   The Coast Guard issued a small craft advisory, warning little boats to watch out for bad weather.

Hyponyms

• resolution advisory
• traffic advisory

Translations

a warning — see also warning

• Bulgarian: предупреждение (bg) (predupreždenie)
• Finnish: tiedotus (fi), varoitus (fi)
• French: alerte (fr) f, bulletin d’alerte m
• Hungarian: figyelmeztetés (hu)
• Italian: avvertenza (it)
• Russian: предупрежде́ние (ru) f (predupreždénije)

See also

• adviso / aviso