notice

English

A Notice of Baggage Inspection issued by the Transportation Security Administration of the USA which was placed inside a piece of luggage after it had been searched

Alternative forms

• not. (abbreviation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French notice, from the Latin notitia.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊtɪs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnoʊtɪs/, [ˈnoʊɾɪs]

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: no‧tice

Noun

notice (countable and uncountable, plural notices)

1. (chiefly uncountable) The act of observing; perception.

   He took no notice of the changes, and went on as though nothing had happened.

   • 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], OCLC 16832619, page 16:

     Athelstan Arundel walked home […], foaming and raging. […] He walked the whole way, walking through crowds, and under the noses of dray-horses, carriage-horses, and cart-horses, without taking the least notice of them.

   • 1741, I[saac] Watts, The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick: […], London: […] James Brackstone, […], OCLC 723474632:

     How ready is envy to mingle with the notices which we take of other persons?

2. (countable) A written or printed announcement.

   Shall we post a notice about the new policy?

   I always read the death notices in the paper.

3. (countable) A formal notification or warning.

   The sidewalk adjacent to the damaged bridge stonework shall be closed until further notice.

5. (chiefly uncountable) Advance notification of termination of employment, given by an employer to an employee or vice versa.

   I gave her her mandatory two weeks' notice and sacked her.

   I can't work here any longer. I'm giving notice.

6. (countable) A published critical review of a play or the like.
   • 1989, The New York Times Theater Reviews, 1920- (volume 18, page 167)

     The first-night audience, yes. The first-night reviewers, not exactly. The notices have so far been mixed, only The Financial Times having delivered itself of an unequivocal rave.

7. (uncountable) Prior notification.

   I don't mind if you want to change the venue; just give me some notice first, OK?

   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene i]:

     I have been with your father and given him notice that the Duke of Cornwall and Regan his duchess will be here with him this night.

8. (dated) Attention; respectful treatment; civility.

Synonyms

• (attention): heed, regard; see also Thesaurus:attention

Derived terms

Terms derived from notice (noun)

• constructive notice
• fixed penalty notice
• forenotice
• judicial notice

• notice board
• notice period
• penal notice
• short notice

Translations

act of observing

• Bulgarian: забелязване n (zabeljazvane)
• Catalan: atenció (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 注意 (zh) (zhùyì)

• Dutch: opmerken (nl)
• Finnish: huomio (fi), havainto (fi); huomata (fi), havaita (fi) (to take notice)
• French: remarquer (fr)

• Greek: παρατήρηση (el) f (paratírisi)
• Italian: percezione (it)
• Malayalam: നിരീക്ഷണം (nirīkṣaṇaṃ)
• Portuguese: percepção (pt)
• Romanian: observare (ro) f, percepere (ro) f
• Scottish Gaelic: fios m, aire f
• Serbo-Croatian: zapažanje (sh)

written or printed announcement

• Belarusian: паведамле́нне n (pavjedamljénnje), аб'я́ва f (abʺjáva)
• Bulgarian: обявле́ние (bg) n (objavlénie), обя́ва (bg) f (objáva)
• Catalan: anunci (ca) m, nota (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公告 (zh) (gōnggào)

• Czech: oznámení (cs) n
• Danish: notits (da) c
• Dutch: kennisgeving (nl)
• Esperanto: afiŝo, anonco, avizo (eo)
• Finnish: ilmoitus (fi)
• French: notification (fr) f
• German: Bekanntmachung (de) f
• Greek: ανακοίνωση (el) f (anakoínosi), κοινοποίηση (el) f (koinopoíisi)

  Ancient: προγραφή f (prographḗ)

• Irish: fógra m, fógraí m pl
• Italian: notifica (it)
• Japanese: 通知 (ja) (つうち, tsūchi), 知らせ (ja) (しらせ, shirase)
• Kazakh: ескертпе (eskertpe)
• Korean: 통지(通知) (ko) (tongji)
• Malayalam: നോട്ടീസ് (ml) (nōṭṭīsŭ)
• Maori: pānui, whakaaturanga, kupu whakaatu
• Polish: awizo (pl) n (in regards to mail), awizacja f (in regards to mail)
• Portuguese: aviso (pt) m
• Romagnol: avìș m
• Romanian: înștiințare (ro) f, aviz (ro) n,
• Russian: объявле́ние (ru) n (obʺjavlénije), уведомле́ние (ru) n (uvedomlénije)
• Slovak: oznámenie n
• Swahili: notisi (sw), tangazo (sw)
• Swedish: meddelande (sv) n
• Tagalog: patalastas
• Tamil: அறிவிப்பு (ta) (aṟivippu)
• Ukrainian: об'я́ва f (obʺjáva), оголо́шення (uk) n (oholóšennja), повідо́млення n (povidómlennja), спові́щення (spovíščennja)

formal notification or warning

• Bulgarian: изве́стие (bg) n (izvéstie)
• Catalan: avís (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (notify in advance) 提前通知 (tíqián tōngzhī)

• Czech: výpověď (cs) f
• Danish: advarsel (da) c
• Dutch: verwittiging (nl)
• Esperanto: averto
• Finnish: ilmoitus (fi), huomautus (fi), tiedonanto (fi), varoitus (fi); toistaiseksi (fi) (until further notice)

• German: Benachrichtigung (de) f, Mitteilung (de) f
• Irish: fógra m
• Italian: avviso (it), comunicazione (it)
• Malayalam: താക്കീത് (ml) (tākkītŭ), നോട്ടീസ് (ml) (nōṭṭīsŭ)
• Portuguese: notificação (pt) f
• Romagnol: avìș m
• Romanian: notificare (ro) f, aviz (ro) n, avertisment (ro) n
• Russian: уведомле́ние (ru) n (uvedomlénije), извеще́ние (ru) n (izveščénije)
• Spanish: comunicación (es) f, notificación f
• Swahili: notisi (sw), tangazo (sw)
• Ukrainian: спові́щення n (spovíščennja)

notification of termination of employment

• Catalan: acomiadament m (by employer), dimissió (ca) f (by employee)
• Danish: opsigelse c(terminating employment from either side), opsigelsesfrist c (legal delay until the termination takes effect)
• Dutch: vooropzeg (nl)
• Finnish: irtisanoa (fi) (to give notice from employer's side); irtisanoutua (to give notice from employee's side); irtisanomisaika (fi) (period of the notice), irtisanomisilmoitus

• French: préavis (fr) m
• German: Kündigungsfrist (de) f, Kündigung (de) f
• Hungarian: felmondási idő (hu)
• Italian: preavviso (it)
• Malayalam: നോട്ടീസ് (ml) (nōṭṭīsŭ)
• Polish: wymówienie n
• Portuguese: aviso prévio (pt)

published critical review

• Bulgarian: реце́нзия (bg) f (recénzija)
• Catalan: ressenya (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 評論 (zh), 评论 (zh) (pínglùn)

• Dutch: kritiek (nl)
• Finnish: arvostelu (fi)
• Russian: реце́нзия (ru) f (recénzija)

prior notification

• Bulgarian: съобще́ние (bg) n (sǎobšténie)
• Danish: besked c
• Dutch: bescheid (nl)
• Finnish: ennakkoilmoitus, tieto (fi); kertoa etukäteen (to give notice)
• French: préavis (fr) m

• German: Bescheid (de)
• Greek: προειδοποίηση (el) f (proeidopoíisi)
• Italian: preavviso (it)
• Russian: сообще́ние (ru) n (soobščénije)
• Swedish: besked (sv) n

Verb

notice (third-person singular simple present notices, present participle noticing, simple past and past participle noticed)

1. (transitive, now rare) To remark upon; to mention. [from 17th c.]
   • 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman‎^[1]:

     Numberless are the arguments […] that men have used morally and physically, to degrade the sex. I must notice a few.

2. (transitive) To become aware of; to observe. [from 17th c.]
   • 1991, Gregory Widen, Backdraft

     So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?

   • 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:

     [The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].

   Did you notice the flowers in her yard?

3. (obsolete, transitive) To lavish attention upon; to treat (someone) favourably. [17th–19th c.]
   • 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter 3, in Emma: […], volume I, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, OCLC 1708336:

     She would notice her; she would improve her; she would detach her from her bad acquaintance, and introduce her into good society; she would form her opinions and her manners.

4. (intransitive) To be noticeable; to show. [from 20th c.]
   • 1954, Barbara Comyns, Who Was Changed And Who Was Dead, Dorothy 2010, p. 9:

     The blackness didn't notice so much when she was born; but it's unmistakeable now.

Synonyms

• recognize

Antonyms

• ignore
• neglect

Translations

to remark upon

• Arabic: لَاحَظَ‎ (lāḥaẓa)
• Belarusian: заўважа́ць impf (zaŭvažácʹ), заўва́жыць pf (zaŭvážycʹ)
• Bulgarian: отбеля́звам (bg) impf (otbeljázvam), отбеле́жа pf (otbeléža)
• Catalan: fixar-se en, notar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 理會 (zh), 理会 (zh) (lǐhuì), 注意到 (zhùyìdào), 注意 (zh) (zhùyì)

• Czech: všímat si impf, všimnout si pf
• Danish: bemærke
• Dutch: opmerken (nl), merken (nl)
• Estonian: märkama
• Finnish: huomata (fi), panna merkille
• French: remarquer (fr)
• Galician: deñar (gl), catar, reparar (gl), fitar (gl)
• German: bemerken (de), merken (de)
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaumjan)
• Greek: παρατηρώ (el) (paratiró), προσέχω (el) (prosécho), αντιλαμβάνομαι (el) (antilamvánomai)

  Ancient: ἐνθυμέομαι (enthuméomai)

• Hebrew: שָׂם לֵב‎ (sam lev)
• Icelandic: taka eftir

• Irish: tabhair faoi deara
• Italian: notare (it)
• Japanese: 気付く (ja) (きづく, kizuku), 認める (ja) (みとめる, mitomeru), 注目する (ja) (ちゅうもくする, chūmoku suru), 認知する (ja) (にんちする, ninchi suru)
• Latin: animum advertō, aspicio (la), conspicio
• Malayalam: സൂചിപ്പിക്കുക (ml) (sūcippikkuka)
• Maore Comorian: umaizi
• Old English: ġīeman
• Persian: متوجه شدن‎ (fa) (motavajje šodan)
• Polish: zauważać (pl) impf, zauważyć (pl) pf
• Portuguese: notar (pt), ver (pt), perceber (pt)
• Russian: замеча́ть (ru) impf (zamečátʹ), заме́тить (ru) pf (zamétitʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: примећи́вати impf, примјећи́вати impf, приме́тити pf, примије́тити pf

  Roman: primećívati (sh) impf, primjećívati (sh) impf, primétiti (sh) pf, primijétiti (sh) pf

• Slovak: všímať si impf, všimnúť si pf
• Spanish: darse cuenta (es), advertir (es), reparar (es)
• Swedish: notera (sv), observera (sv), uppfatta (sv), förnimma (sv), märka (sv), lägga märke till (sv)
• Ukrainian: поміча́ти impf (pomičáty), помі́тити pf (pomítyty), завва́жувати impf (zavvážuvaty), завва́жити pf (zavvážyty)

to become aware of

• Arabic: لَاحَظَ‎ (lāḥaẓa), اِنْتَبَهَ‎ (intabaha)
• Assamese: ধৰা পেলোৱা (dhora pelüa)
• Belarusian: заўважа́ць impf (zaŭvažácʹ), заўва́жыць pf (zaŭvážycʹ)
• Bulgarian: забеля́звам (bg) impf (zabeljázvam), забеле́жа pf (zabeléža)
• Catalan: adonar-se (ca)
• Cherokee: ᎠᏕᎶᎣᏍᎦ (adeloosga)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 注意到 (zhùyìdào)

• Czech: všímat si impf, všimnout si pf
• Danish: bemærke
• Dutch: bemerken (nl)
• Estonian: täheldama
• Finnish: huomata (fi), äkätä (fi) (informal)
• French: s'apercevoir (fr), remarquer (fr)
• Galician: reparar (gl), viscar, albiscar
• German: bemerken (de), feststellen (de)
• Greek: διακρίνω (el) (diakríno), παρατηρώ (el) (paratiró), προσέχω (el) (prosécho)
• Hebrew: שָׂם לֵב‎ (sam lev)
• Hindi: ध्यान देना (dhyān denā)
• Hungarian: észrevesz (hu)
• Italian: osservare (it), accorgersi (it)
• Japanese: 気付く (ja) (きづく, kizuku)
• Korean: 알아차리다 (ko) (aracharida), 깨닫다 (ko) (kkaedatda)
• Macedonian: забележува impf (zabeležuva), забележи pf (zabeleži)
• Malay: perasan

• Maori: aro
• Northern Sami: fuomášit
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bemerke (no)

• Old English: ġīeman
• Persian: متوجه شدن‎ (fa) (motavajje šodan)
• Polish: zauważać (pl) impf, zauważyć (pl) pf
• Portuguese: notar (pt), ver (pt), perceber (pt)
• Russian: замеча́ть (ru) impf (zamečátʹ), заме́тить (ru) pf (zamétitʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: запа́жати impf, за̀пазити pf, опа́жати impf, о̀пазити pf, примећи́вати impf, примјећи́вати impf, приме́тити pf, примије́тити pf

  Roman: zapážati (sh) impf, zàpaziti (sh) pf, opážati (sh) impf, òpaziti (sh) pf, primećívati (sh) impf, primjećívati (sh) impf, primétiti (sh) pf, primijétiti (sh) pf

• Sicilian: addunàrisi (scn)
• Slovak: všímať si impf, všimnúť si pf
• Slovene: opažati impf, opaziti pf
• Spanish: percatarse (es), coscarse (es) (colloquial)
• Swedish: tänka på, lägga märke till (sv)
• Tajik: дида мондан (dida mondan)
• Thai: สังเกต (th) (sǎng-gèet)
• Turkish: farkına varmak (tr), farketmek (tr)
• Ukrainian: поміча́ти impf (pomičáty), помі́тити pf (pomítyty)
• Vietnamese: nhận thấy (vi)
• Volapük: konstatön

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

• Dutch: (2) inzien (nl)
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} rimarki
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} remarkar (io)

• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 주의하다 (ko) (juuihada)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} reparar en, ^{(please verify)} fijarse (es)

Anagrams

• conite, ecotin, neotic, noetic

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French

Etymology

From Latin nōtitia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔ.tis/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

notice f (plural notices)

1. instruction

   Avez-vous lu la notice avant de monter le meuble?

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Further reading

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