announcement

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English

Etymology

announce +‎ -ment

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈnaʊns.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

Derived terms

• back announcement
• pre-announcement

• public service announcement

Translations

act

• Armenian: հայտարարում (hy) (haytararum)
• Azerbaijani: elan (az), elan etmə, elan edilmə, bildirmə
• Belarusian: аб'яўле́нне n (abʺjaŭljénnje), абвяшчэ́нне n (abvjaščénnje)
• Bengali: এলান (elan)
• Bulgarian: обявле́ние (bg) n (objavlénie)
• Finnish: ilmoitus (fi), tiedottaminen (fi)
• French: annoncement (fr) m
• Galician: pregón m, anuncio m
• Greek: ανακοίνωση (el) f (anakoínosi)
• Hungarian: bejelentés (hu), kihirdetés (hu)
• Ido: anunco (io)
• Italian: annuncio (it) m

• Macedonian: објавување n (objavuvanje)
• Malay: pemberitahuan, pengumuman (ms), pemakluman
• Malayalam: അറിയിപ്പ് (ml) (aṟiyippŭ), വിളംബരം (ml) (viḷambaraṃ) (royal announcement)
• Maori: whakapuakanga
• Polish: ogłoszenie (pl) n, anons (pl) m (literary)
• 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
• Swahili: tangazo (sw)
• Thai: การประกาศ (th) (kaan-prà-gàd)
• Tocharian B: śaṃtsna
• Turkish: ilan (tr), beyan (tr)
• Ukrainian: оголо́шення (uk) n (oholóšennja)

that which conveys what is announced

• Arabic: إِعْلَان‎ m (ʾiʿlān)
• Armenian: հայտարարություն (hy) (haytararutʿyun)
• Azerbaijani: elan (az), bildiriş (az)
• Belarusian: аб’я́ва f (abʺjáva), аб'яўле́нне n (abʺjaŭljénnje), абвяшчэ́нне n (abvjaščénnje)
• Bengali: এলান (elan)
• Bulgarian: обя́ва (bg) f (objáva)
• Catalan: anunci (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公告 (zh) (gōnggào)

• Czech: oznámení (cs) n
• Danish: bekendtgørelse (da)
• Dutch: bekendmaking (nl)
• Esperanto: anoncilo
• Finnish: ilmoitus (fi), tiedotus (fi)
• French: annonce (fr) f
• German: Bekanntmachung (de) f
• Greek: ανακοίνωση (el) f (anakoínosi), αγγελτήριο (el) n (angeltírio)
• Hungarian: közlemény (hu), hirdetmény (hu), bejelentés (hu)
• 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)
• Korean: 발표 (ko) (balpyo)
• Macedonian: објава f (objava)
• Malay: pemberitahuan, pengumuman (ms), perisytiharan
• Maori: pānuitanga
• Norwegian: bekjentgørelse
• Polish: ogłoszenie (pl) n, anons (pl) m, anons (pl) m (literary)
• Portuguese: anúncio (pt) m
• Russian: объявле́ние (ru) n (obʺjavlénije), ано́нс (ru) m (anóns)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̏бјава f

  Roman: ȍbjava (sh) f

• Slovak: oznámenie n
• Slovene: objava f, obvestilo n
• Swahili: tangazo (sw)
• Swedish: kungörelse (sv) c
• Tagalog: anunsiyo
• Turkish: ilan (tr), beyan (tr)
• Ukrainian: об'я́ва f (obʺjáva), оголо́шення (uk) n (oholóšennja)
• Yiddish: מעלדונג‎ f (meldung)

content

• Armenian: հայտարարություն (hy) (haytararutʿyun)
• Azerbaijani: elan (az), bildiriş (az)
• Finnish: ilmoitus (fi), tiedotus (fi)
• Greek: ανακοίνωση (el) f (anakoínosi)
• Hungarian: közlemény (hu), hirdetmény (hu), bejelentés (hu)
• Italian: annuncio (it) m

• Malay: pemberitahuan, pengumuman (ms), makluman, pernyataan
• Polish: anons (pl) m (literary)
• Portuguese: anúncio (pt) m
• Russian: объявле́ние (ru) n (obʺjavlénije)
• Tagalog: anunsiyo
• 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 (ar) m (iʿlām), ^{(please verify)} إِعْلَان‎ (ʾiʿlān)
• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} съобщение (bg) (sǎobštenie), ^{(please verify)} обявление (bg) (objavlenie)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: ^{(please verify)} oznámení (cs) n
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} aankondiging (nl) f
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} anoncado
• Ewe: ^{(please verify)} gbeƒãɖeɖe
• German: ^{(please verify)} Ankündigung (de) f
• Hebrew: הודעה‎ f (hodaá)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} annuncio (it) m
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 発表 (ja) (happyō), ^{(please verify)} お知らせ (ja) (oshirase)

• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 발표 (ko) (balpyo)
• 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

• Oriya: ^{(please verify)} ବିଜ୍ଞପ୍ତି (or) (bijñôpti)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} anunț (ro)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} anunciación f, ^{(please verify)} anuncio (es) m
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} duyuru (tr)

References

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