communiqué

See also: Communiqué and communique

English

Etymology

Borrowing from French communiqué (“something communicated”), past participle of communiquer (“to communicate”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˌmjuːn.ɪˈkeɪ/

Noun

communiqué (plural communiqués)

1. an official report or statement, such as a government press release or the report of a conference.

   The final communiqué of the G8 summit didn't even mention human rights.

Translations

official announcement

• Catalan: comunicat m
• Esperanto: komunikaĵo
• Finnish: julkilausuma, kommunikea (fi)
• French: communiqué (fr) m

• Portuguese: comunicado (pt) m
• Russian: коммюнике́ (ru) n (kommjuniké)
• Spanish: comunicado (es) m
• Swedish: kommuniké (sv) c

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French

Etymology

• See the verb section.

Noun

communiqué m (plural communiqués)

1. communiqué, statement

Verb

communiqué m (feminine singular communiquée, masculine plural communiqués, feminine plural communiquées)

1. past participle of communiquer

Further reading

• “communiqué” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).