publication

English

Etymology

From Old French publicacion, from Latin publicatio.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

publication (countable and uncountable, plural publications)

1. The act of publishing printed or other matter.
   • (Can we date this quote by Jonathan Swift and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     The publication of these papers was not owing to our folly, but that of others.

2. An issue of printed or other matter, offered for sale or distribution.
3. The communication of information to the general public etc.
   • (Can we date this quote by Jeremy Taylor and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     His jealousy […] attends the business, the recreations, the publications, and retirements of every man.

Translations

act of publishing

• Catalan: publicació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 出版 (zh) (chūbǎn), 發表／发表 (zh) (fābiǎo), 发表 (zh) (fābiǎo), 發行／发行 (zh), 发行 (zh) (fāxíng)

• Czech: publikování n
• Dutch: publicatie (nl)
• Esperanto: publikigo
• Finnish: julkistus (fi)
• French: publication (fr) f
• Galician: publicación (gl) f
• German: Veröffentlichung (de) f
• Greek: έκδοση (el) f (ékdosi)
• Hungarian: kiadás (hu), publikálás
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: pubblicazione (it) f
• Japanese: 出版 (ja) (しゅっぱん, shuppan), 刊行 (かんこう, kankō), 発行 (ja) (はっこう, hakkō)
• Korean: 출판 (ko) (chulpan), 간행 (ko) (ganhaeng), 발행 (ko) (balhaeng)
• Malay: penerbitan
• Occitan: publicacion (oc) f
• Portuguese: publicação (pt) f
• Romanian: publicare (ro) f
• Russian: публика́ция (ru) f (publikácija), опубликова́ние (ru) n (opublikovánije), обнаро́дование (ru) n (obnaródovanije)
• Scottish Gaelic: foillseachadh m
• Spanish: publicación (es) f
• Swedish: publicering (sv) c
• Thai: การตีพิมพ์ (th)

an issue of printed or other matter

• Catalan: publicació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 出版物 (zh) (chūbǎnwù), 刊物 (zh) (kānwù)

• Czech: publikace (cs) f, titul (cs) m
• Finnish: julkaisu (fi)
• French: publication (fr) f
• Galician: publicación (gl) f
• German: Veröffentlichung (de) f, Publikation (de) f
• Greek: έκδοση (el) f (ékdosi)
• Hungarian: kiadás (hu), kiadvány (hu), publikáció (hu), közlemény (hu)
• Italian: pubblicazione (it) f, periodico (it) m, rivista (it) f
• Japanese: 出版物 (ja) (しゅっぱんぶつ, shuppanbutsu), 刊行物 (かんこうぶつ, kankōbutsu)
• Korean: 출판물 (ko) (chulpanmul), 간행물 (ganhaengmul)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malay: terbitan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: publikasjon m

  Nynorsk: publikasjon m

• Occitan: publicacion (oc) f
• Portuguese: publicação (pt) f
• Romanian: publicație (ro) f, revistă (ro) f
• Russian: изда́ние (ru) n (izdánije)
• Scottish Gaelic: foillseachadh m
• Slovene: publikacija f
• Spanish: publicación (es) f
• Swedish: publikation (sv) c
• Thai: สิ่งพิมพ์, สิ่งพิมพ์เผยแพร่ (sìng-pim-pə̌əi-prɛ̂ɛ)

communication of information

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 發表／发表 (zh) (fābiǎo), 发表 (zh) (fābiǎo)

• Czech: oznámení (cs) n
• Finnish: julkistaminen (fi)
• Greek: δημοσίευση (el) f (dimosíefsi)
• Hungarian: közzététel (hu), kihirdetés (hu)
• Japanese: 公表 (ja) (こうひょう, kōhyō), 発表 (ja) (はっぴょう, happyō)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 공표 (ko) (gongpyo), 발표 (ko) (balpyo)
• Portuguese: publicação (pt) f
• Russian: оглаше́ние (ru) n (oglašénije), обнаро́дование (ru) n (obnaródovanije), опубликова́ние (ru) n (opublikovánije)
• Scottish Gaelic: foillseachadh m
• Spanish: publicación (es) f
• Thai: การแพร่ข่าว

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

• Italian: (all senses) ^{(please verify)} pubblicazione (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} ప్రచురణ (te) (pracuraṇa)

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French

Etymology

From Latin pūblicātiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /py.bli.ka.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

publication f (plural publications)

1. publication
2. publicizing

Related terms

• publier

Further reading

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

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Interlingua

Noun

publication (plural publicationes)

1. publication, act or process of printing and/or publishing
2. publication, a published text or book