announcement

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English

Etymology

announce +‎ -ment

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ʌˈnaʊs.mɛnt/

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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."

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

Translations

act

• Armenian: հայտարարում (hy) (haytararum)
• Finnish: ilmoitus (fi)
• Greek: ανακοίνωση (el) f (anakoínosi)
• Malay: pemberitahuan, pengumuman, pemakluman, pengisytiharan
• Portuguese: anúncio (pt) m, pronunciamento (pt) m

• Romanian: anunț (ro) n
• Russian: объявле́ние (ru) n (obʺjavlénije)
• Swahili: tangazo (sw)
• Thai: การประกาศ (kaan-prà-gàd)
• Turkish: ilan (tr), beyan (tr)

that which conveys what is announced

• Armenian: հայտարարություն (hy) (haytararutʿyun)
• Finnish: ilmoitus (fi)
• Greek: ανακοίνωση (el) f (anakoínosi), αγγελτήριο (el) n (angeltírio)
• Malay: pemberitahuan, pengumuman, perisytiharan
• Maori: whakapuakanga

• Portuguese: anúncio (pt) m
• Russian: объявле́ние (ru) n (obʺjavlénije)
• Swahili: tangazo (sw)
• Turkish: ilan (tr), beyan (tr)

content

• Armenian: հայտարարություն (hy) (haytararutʿyun)
• Finnish: ilmoitus (fi)
• Greek: ανακοίνωση (el) f (anakoínosi)
• Malay: pemberitahuan, pengumuman, makluman, pernyataan

• Portuguese: anúncio (pt) m
• Russian: объявле́ние (ru) n (obʺjavlénije)
• Turkish: ilan (tr), beyan (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} اِعْلَام m (iʿlām), ^{(please verify)} إعلان
• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} съобщение (sǎobštenie), ^{(please verify)} обявление (objavlenie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 公告 (gōnggào), ^{(please verify)} 發表, ^{(please verify)} 发表 (fābiǎo)

• Czech: ^{(please verify)} oznámení n
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} aankondiging f
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} anoncado
• Ewe: ^{(please verify)} gbeƒãɖeɖe
• French: ^{(please verify)} annonce f
• German: ^{(please verify)} Ankündigung f
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} annuncio m
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 발표 (balpyo)

• Malay: ^{(please verify)} pengumuman
• Maori: ^{(please verify)} pānuitanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ^{(please verify)} kunngjøring m, f, ^{(please verify)} kunngjørelse m

  Nynorsk: ^{(please verify)} kunngjering f

• Oriya: ^{(please verify)} ବିଜ୍ଞପ୍ତି
• Polish: ^{(please verify)} ogłoszenie n
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} anunț
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} anunciación f, ^{(please verify)} anuncio m
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} duyuru
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} הודעה f (hoda'a)
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 発表 (happyō), ^{(please verify)} お知らせ (oshirase)

References

• announcement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “announcement” in Dictionary.com Unabridged: Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–.