promulgation

English

Etymology

From Middle French promulgation, from Latin prōmulgātiō.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

promulgation (countable and uncountable, plural promulgations)

1. The act of promulgating or announcing something, especially a proclamation announcing a new law.
2. Advocacy on behalf of something.
   • 1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:

     […] and, indeed, the impression that Mr Lidmarsh took away with him was that his host's real hobby in life was the promulgation of phonetic reform.

Derived terms

• nonpromulgation
• repromulgation

Translations

act of promulgating

• Catalan: promulgació f
• Czech: uveřejnění n, vyhlášení n, uvedení v platnost, promulgace (cs) f
• Dutch: openbaarmaking (nl) f
• French: promulgation (fr) f
• Galician: promulgación (gl) f
• Italian: promulgazione (it) f
• Latin: prōmulgātiō f
• Polish: promulgacja f
• Portuguese: promulgação (pt) f
• Romanian: promulgare (ro) f
• Russian: обнаро́дование (ru) n (obnaródovanije)
• Serbo-Croatian: promulgacija (sh) f
• Spanish: promulgación (es) f
• Swedish: promulgation (sv) c, promulgering (sv) c

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōmulgātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.myl.ɡa.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

promulgation f (plural promulgations)

1. promulgation

Further reading

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

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōmulgātiō.

Noun

promulgation f (plural promulgations)

1. promulgation