briefing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹiːfɪŋ/

Noun

briefing (plural briefings)

1. A short and concise summary of a situation.

   The president received a briefing on the situation before going to the press conference.

2. A presentation of information or instruction; the meeting at which it is presented.

   Today's briefing of the press will take place at 10 o'clock.

   • 2021 September 22, Guillem Balagué, “Barcelona: The toxic battle ripping apart a European giant”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Despite knowing that getting rid of Koeman was going to necessitate putting his hand very deep into what are currently very shallow pockets, Laporta changed tack a couple of weeks ago by summoning journalists for an off-the-record briefing about what was going to happen with the coach.

Coordinate terms

• press gaggle

Derived terms

• briefing note
• e-briefing

 

Descendants

• → Cantonese: briefing
• → French: briefing
• → Italian: briefing
• → Japanese: ブリーフィング (burīfingu)
• → Korean: 브리핑 (beuriping)
• → Russian: бри́финг (brífing)
• → Spanish: briefing
• → Turkish: brifing

Translations

short and concise summary of a situation

• Armenian: բրիֆինգ (hy) (brifing), ճեպազրույց (hy) (čepazruycʿ)
• Dutch: briefing (nl) f
• Estonian: infotund
• Finnish: yhteenveto (fi); briiffaus (informal)
• French: revue (fr) f de presse
• Japanese: ブリーフィング (ja) (burīfingu)
• Kazakh: брифинг (brifiñ), лезжиын (lezjiyn)
• Korean: 브리핑 (beuriping)
• Polish: briefing (pl) m
• Portuguese: resumo (pt) m
• Russian: (instruction) инструкта́ж (ru) m (instruktáž), бри́финг (ru) m (brífing)
• Swedish: summering (sv) c
• Turkish: brifing (tr), brifingler pl
• Walloon: brifigne (wa) m (military)

presentation of information or instruction

• Dutch: briefing (nl) f
• Finnish: tiedotustilaisuus (fi) (information); tehtävänjako, käskynjako (instruction)
• Hungarian: eligazítás (hu)
• Swedish: informationsmöte n

Verb

briefing

1. present participle of brief

Anagrams

• fibering

Chinese

Etymology

From English briefing.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bi¹ fing⁴, bi¹ fing²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bi¹ fing⁴, bi¹ fing²
    • Yale: bī fìhng, bī fíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bi¹ fing⁴, bi¹ fing²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bi¹ fing⁴, bi¹ fing²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piː⁵⁵ fɪŋ²¹/, /piː⁵⁵ fɪŋ³⁵/

Noun

briefing

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) briefing; meeting with the purpose of introducing information or instruction about something that happens afterwards

Related terms

• debriefing

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English briefing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbri(ː).fɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: brie‧fing

Noun

briefing f (plural briefings)

1. briefing; a short and concise summary of a situation.
2. briefing; a presentation of information or instruction; the meeting at which it is presented.

Related terms

• briefen
• debriefen, debriefing

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English briefing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁi.fiŋ/

Noun

briefing m (plural briefings)

1. briefing

Further reading

• “briefing”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English briefing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbri.finɡ/, /ˈbri.finɡ/, /ˈbri.fin/
• Rhymes: -ifinɡ, -ifin
• Hyphenation: brìe‧fing

Noun

briefing m (invariable)

1. briefing

Further reading

• briefing in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English briefing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbri.fiŋk/
• Rhymes: -ifiŋk
• Syllabification: brie‧fing

Noun

briefing m inan

1. briefing (short and concise summary of a situation)

Declension

Declension of briefing

	singular	plural
nominative	briefing	briefingi
genitive	briefingu	briefingów
dative	briefingowi	briefingom
accusative	briefing	briefingi
instrumental	briefingiem	briefingami
locative	briefingu	briefingach
vocative	briefingu	briefingi

Further reading

• briefing in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• briefing in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English briefing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbri.fiŋɡ/

Noun

briefing n (plural briefinguri)

1. briefing

Declension

Declension of briefing

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) briefing	briefingul	(niște) briefinguri	briefingurile
genitive/dative	(unui) briefing	briefingului	(unor) briefinguri	briefingurilor
vocative	briefingule		briefingurilor

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English briefing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾifin/ [ˈbɾi.fĩn]
• Rhymes: -ifin
• Syllabification: brie‧fing

Noun

briefing m (plural briefings)

1. briefing