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 nōtitia.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊtɪs, (General American) -oʊtɪs
• 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, 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:

     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, [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]

• at a moment's notice
• burn notice
• constructive notice
• DA-notice
• D-notice
• first notice day
• fixed penalty notice
• forenotice
• give notice
• give one's notice
• judicial notice
• legal notice
• notice and comment
• notice board
• notice period
• on notice
• on short notice
• penal notice
• polite notice
• pre-notice
• private notice question
• reading notice
• red notice
• serve notice
• short notice
• sit up and take notice
• take no notice of
• take notice
• un-notice
• until further 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)
• Hungarian: tudomás (hu), figyelem (hu), figyelembevétel (hu), észrevétel (hu)
• Italian: percezione (it)
• Malayalam: നിരീക്ഷണം (ml) (nirīkṣaṇaṁ)
• Portuguese: percepção (pt) f (Brazil), perceção f (Portugal)
• Romanian: observare (ro) f, percepere (ro) f
• Scottish Gaelic: fios m, aire f
• Serbo-Croatian: zapažanje (sh)
• Spanish: notar (es)

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)

• Hungarian: közlemény (hu), tájékoztató (hu), értesítés (hu), bejelentés (hu)
• 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
• Hungarian: (informative, neutral) tájékoztatás (hu), értesítés (hu), közlemény (hu), hirdetmény (hu), felhívás (hu), (warning) figyelmeztetés (hu), felszólítás (hu)
• 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 (es) 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: (act) felmondás (hu), (period) felmondási idő (hu), (letter) felmondólevél (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／评论 (zh) (pínglùn)

• Dutch: kritiek (nl)
• Finnish: arvostelu (fi)
• Hungarian: kritika (hu), recenzió (hu)
• 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)
• Hungarian: előzetes értesítés
• 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.]
   • 1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, 1st American edition, Boston, Mass.: […] Peter Edes for Thomas and Andrews, […], published 1792, →OCLC:

     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.]

   Did you notice the flowers in her yard?

   • 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, […].

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:

     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, published 2010, page 9:

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

Synonyms

• recognize

Antonyms

• ignore
• neglect

Translations

(now rare in English) to remark upon — see also remark,‎ mention

• 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／理会 (zh) (lǐhuì), 注意 (zh) (zhùyì)

• Czech: všímat si impf, všimnout si pf
• Danish: bemærke (da)
• 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)
• Hungarian: megemlít (hu), megjegyez (hu)
• 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 impf, primjećívati 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 (zh) (zhùyì)

• Czech: všímat si impf, všimnout si pf
• Danish: bemærke (da)
• Dutch: bemerken (nl)
• Estonian: täheldama
• Finnish: huomata (fi), äkätä (fi) (informal)
• French: s’apercevoir (fr), remarquer (fr)
• Galician: reparar (gl), viscar, albiscar (gl)
• 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), felfigyel (hu), feltűnik (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 impf, primjećívati 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. 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

French

Etymology

Borrowed 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)

References

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