announcement

English

Etymology

From Middle French annoncement. By surface analysis, announce +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈnaʊns.mənt/

• Audio (California):

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Noun

announcement (plural announcements)

1. An act of announcing, or giving notice.

   He raised his hand to make his announcement and said, "Excuse me everyone, I have an announcement to make."

   • 2025 October 15, Vitali Vitaliev, “The recipe for Swiss bliss”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 68:

     Where else in the world can you pre-order sushi and fondue on some of the trains, travel in family carriages equipped with mini-playgrounds, or use a request stop button at some small stations? Where else can you hear the announcement: "The train at Platform 4 is ten minutes late due to an incident in another country," as I did once at the Swiss station of Spiez?

2. That which conveys what is announced.

   This announcement was made during the first training session.

3. The content which is announced.

   The announcement implied that somebody needed a spare Toshiba charger.

Synonyms

• proclamation
• publication

Derived terms

• announcementware
• back announcement
• counterannouncement
• foreannouncement
• nonannouncement
• preannouncement
• pre-announcement
• public service announcement
• reannouncement

Translations

act

• Armenian: հայտարարում (hy) (haytararum)
• Azerbaijani: elan (az), elan etmə, elan edilmə, bildirmə
• Belarusian: аб'яўле́нне n (abʺjawljénnje), абвяшчэ́нне n (abvjaščénnje)
• Bengali: এলান (bn) (elan)
• Bulgarian: обявя́ване (bg) n (objavjávane)
• Estonian: teadaanne
• Finnish: ilmoitus (fi), tiedottaminen (fi)
• French: annoncement (fr) m
• Galician: pregón m, anuncio m
• Georgian: გამოცხადება (gamocxadeba)
• German: Ankündigung (de) f, Durchsage (de) f
• Greek: ανακοίνωση (el) f (anakoínosi)
• Hungarian: bejelentés (hu), kihirdetés (hu)
• Ido: anunco (io)
• Italian: annuncio (it) m
• Macedonian: објавување n (objavuvanje)
• Malay: pemberitahuan (ms), pengumuman (ms), pemakluman
• Malayalam: അറിയിപ്പ് (ml) (aṟiyippŭ), വിളംബരം (ml) (viḷambaraṁ) (royal announcement)
• Maori: whakapuakanga
• Polish: ogłoszenie (pl) n, anons (pl) m (literary), uniwersał (pl) m
• Portuguese: anúncio (pt) m, pronunciamento (pt) m
• Quechua: willay
• Romanian: anunț (ro) n
• Russian: объявле́ние (ru) n (obʺjavlénije), оповеще́ние (ru) n (opoveščénije)
• Spanish: anuncio (es) m, declaración (es) f, anunciación f, anunciamiento m
• Swahili: tangazo (sw)
• Tamil: அறிவிப்பு (ta) (aṟivippu)
• Thai: การประกาศ (th) (gaan-bprà-gàat)
• Tocharian B: śaṃtsna
• Turkish: ilan (tr), beyan (tr), duyuru (tr)
• Ukrainian: оголо́шення (uk) n (oholóšennja)
• Zazaki: elan m

that which conveys what is announced

• Albanian: shpallje (sq) f, njoftim (sq) m
• Arabic: إِعْلَان m (ʔiʕlān)
• Armenian: հայտարարություն (hy) (haytararutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: elan (az), bildiriş (az), anons
• Bashkir: иғлан (iğlan)
• Belarusian: аб’я́ва f (abʺjáva), аб'яўле́нне n (abʺjawljénnje), абвяшчэ́нне n (abvjaščénnje), ано́нс m (anóns)
• Bengali: এলান (bn) (elan)
• Bulgarian: обя́ва (bg) f (objáva), обявле́ние (bg) n (objavlénie), съобще́ние (bg) n (sǎobšténie), ано́нс (bg) m (anóns)
• Burmese: ကြေညာချက် (my) (kre-nyahkyak)
• Catalan: anunci (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 公告 (gung¹ gou³), 發表 / 发表 (faat³ biu²)

  Mandarin: 公告 (zh) (gōnggào), 發表 / 发表 (zh) (fābiǎo)

• Czech: oznámení (cs) n
• Danish: bekendtgørelse (da) c
• Dutch: bekendmaking (nl) f, aankondiging (nl) f
• Esperanto: anoncilo
• Estonian: teade, teadaanne, kuulutus
• Finnish: ilmoitus (fi), tiedotus (fi)
• French: annonce (fr) f
• Georgian: განცხადება (gancxadeba), გამოცხადება (gamocxadeba), აღიარება (aɣiareba)
• German: Bekanntmachung (de) f, Mitteilung (de) f, Ankündigung (de) f
• Greek: ανακοίνωση (el) f (anakoínosi), αγγελτήριο (el) n (angeltírio)
• Hebrew: הוֹדָעָה f (hoda'á), הַכְרָזָה (he) f (hakhrazá)
• Hindi: इश्तहार (hi) m (iśtahār), घोषणा (hi) f (ghoṣṇā), एलान (hi) m (elān)
• Hungarian: közlemény (hu), hirdetmény (hu), bejelentés (hu)
• Icelandic: tilkynning (is) f
• Ido: anuncajo (io)
• Italian: annuncio (it) m
• Japanese: 発表 (ja) (はっぴょう, happyō), お知らせ (ja) (おしらせ, oshirase), 公告 (ja) (こうこく, kōkoku), 広告 (ja) (こうこく, kōkoku)
• Kazakh: хабарландыру (xabarlandyru), жариялау (jariälau), жариялама (jariälama), мәлімдеме (mälımdeme)
• Khmer: សេចក្តីប្រកាស (sackdəy prɑkaah), ការប្រកាស (kaaprɑɑkaah)
• Korean: 발표(發表) (ko) (balpyo), 공고(公告) (ko) (gonggo)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: îlan (ku), anons (ku), beyan (ku), agehdarkirin (ku)

• Kyrgyz: кулактандыруу (kulaktandıruu), жарыялоо (ky) (jarıyaloo)
• Lao: ການປະກາດ (kān pa kāt)
• Latvian: paziņojums m
• Lithuanian: paviešinimas m, paskelbimas m, pranešimas (lt) m
• Macedonian: објава f (objava)
• Malay: pemberitahuan (ms), pengumuman (ms), perisytiharan
• Malayalam: പ്രഖ്യാപനം (ml) (prakhyāpanaṁ)
• Maori: pānuitanga
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: зарлал (mn) (zarlal), мэдэгдэл (mn) (medegdel)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kunngjøring (no) m, anmeldelse m, bekjentgørelse m

• Old English: bodung f
• Pashto: اعلان (ps) m (e'lān), انانس m (anāns)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: اِعْلان (e'lân), اِطِّلاعِیِّه (ettelâ'iyye), آنونْس (ânons)

• Polish: ogłoszenie (pl) n, obwieszczenie (pl) n, anons (pl) m (literary), awizacja (pl) f (literary)
• Portuguese: anúncio (pt) m
• Romanian: anunț (ro) n
• Russian: объявле́ние (ru) n (obʺjavlénije), ано́нс (ru) m (anóns), сообще́ние (ru) n (soobščénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̏бјава f

  Roman: ȍbjava (sh) f

• Slovak: oznámenie n
• Slovene: objava f, obvestilo n
• Spanish: anuncio (es) m
• Swahili: tangazo (sw)
• Swedish: kungörelse (sv) c
• Tagalog: anunsiyo
• Tajik: эълон (tg) (e'lon)
• Tatar: игълан (tt) (iğlan)
• Thai: การประกาศ (th) (gaan-bprà-gàat)
• Turkish: ilan (tr), beyan (tr), anons (tr)
• Turkmen: bildiriş (tk), yglan
• Ukrainian: об'я́ва f (obʺjáva), оголо́шення (uk) n (oholóšennja), ано́нс (uk) m (anóns)
• Urdu: اِعْلان m (i'lān), اِشْتِہار m (iśtihār)
• Uyghur: ئېلان (ëlan), ئۇقتۇرۇش (uqturush)
• Uzbek: eʻlon, bildirish (uz)
• Vietnamese: thông báo (vi)
• Yiddish: מעלדונג f (meldung)
• Zazaki: beyan c

content

• Armenian: հայտարարություն (hy) (haytararutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: elan (az), bildiriş (az)
• Finnish: ilmoitus (fi), tiedotus (fi)
• Greek: ανακοίνωση (el) f (anakoínosi)
• Hungarian: közlemény (hu), bejelentés (hu)
• Indonesian: pengumuman (id), pemberitahuan (id), pemakluman (id)
• Italian: annuncio (it) m
• Malay: pemberitahuan (ms), pengumuman (ms), makluman, pernyataan (ms)
• Polish: anons (pl) m (literary)
• Portuguese: anúncio (pt) m
• Russian: объявле́ние (ru) n (obʺjavlénije)
• Spanish: anunciación f, anunciamiento m, anuncio (es) m
• Tagalog: anunsiyo
• Tamil: அறிவிப்பு (ta) (aṟivippu)
• Turkish: ilan (tr), beyan (tr)

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)} anoncado
• Ewe: ^{(please verify)} gbeƒãɖeɖe
• Malay: ^{(please verify)} pengumuman (ms)
• Maori: ^{(please verify)} pānuitanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ^{(please verify)} kunngjøring (no) m or f, ^{(please verify)} kunngjørelse m

  Nynorsk: ^{(please verify)} kunngjering f

• Odia: ^{(please verify)} ବିଜ୍ଞପ୍ତି (or) (bijñapti)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} duyuru (tr)

References

• “announcement, n.”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “announcement, n.”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.