pamphlet

See also: Pamphlet

English

Etymology

c. 1387, Middle English pamphilet, panflet (“small, unbound treatise”), from Anglo-Latin panfletus, popular shorthand for the 12^th century Latin love poem Pamphilus de amore ("Pamphilus, anent love") well-known and widely copied, forming a pamphlet on its own; the eponym from Ancient Greek Πάμφιλος (Pámphilos, literally “beloved of all”), deriving from παν- (pan-) +‎ φίλος (phílos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpæmf.lɪt/

Noun

pamphlet (plural pamphlets)

1. A small booklet of printed informational matter, often unbound, having only a paper cover.

Derived terms

• pamphletary
• pamphleteer
• pamphleteering
• pamphletize
• pamphletry

Descendants

• → French: pamphlet
• → Italian: pamphlet
• → Portuguese: panfleto
• → Spanish: panfleto

Translations

booklet — see booklet

See also

• advertisement
• booklet
• brochure
• catalogue, catalog
• circular
• flier, flyer
• handbill
• junk mail
• leaflet
• pamphletize

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English pamphlet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑ̃.flɛ/

Noun

pamphlet m (plural pamphlets)

1. lampoon (written attack)
2. (Quebec or dated) pamphlet (small booklet)

Further reading

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

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Italian

Noun

pamphlet m (uncountable)

1. pamphlet (essay on a current topic)