tabloid

See also: tabloïd

English

Etymology

From a trademark for a medicine compressed into a tablet. See -oid.

Noun

tabloid (plural tabloids)

1. (publishing) A newspaper having pages half the dimensions of the standard format.
2. (publishing) A newspaper, especially one in this format, that favours stories of a sensational or even fictitious nature over serious news.
3. (medicine, dated) A compressed portion of drugs, chemicals, etc.; a tablet.
   • 1911, Rudyard Kipling, “In the Same Boat”:

     ‘It’s those tabloids!’ Conroy stamped his foot feebly as he blew his nose. ‘They’ve knocked me out. I used to be fit once.’

Synonyms

• scandal sheet, tab (colloquial), yellow press

Antonyms

• broadsheet

Translations

A newspaper that favours stories of sensational nature

• Catalan: tabloide (ca) m
• Dutch: boulevardblad (nl) n, boulevardkrant c, sensatieblad (nl) n
• Finnish: iltapäivälehti (fi), tabloidi (fi)
• French: tabloïd (fr) m, tabloïde (fr) m
• German: Boulevardzeitung (de) f, Boulevardblatt m, Boulevardpresse (de) f, Skandalpresse f
• Hungarian: bulvárlap (hu), pletykalap (hu), hecclap (hu)
• Icelandic: æsifréttablað n
• Maori: pūrongokōrero

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tabloidavis m or f

  Nynorsk: tabloidavis f

• Polish: tabloid (pl) m
• Portuguese: tabloide (pt) m
• Russian: бульва́рная газе́та f (bulʹvárnaja gazéta), табло́ид (ru) m (tablóid), газетёнка (ru) f (gazetjónka)
• Spanish: tabloide (es) m

Adjective

tabloid (not comparable)

1. In the format of a tabloid.
2. Relating to a tabloid or tabloids.
   • 2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76:

     Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins. For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you.

   tabloid journalism

Translations

in the format of a tabloid

• French: tabloïd (fr) m, tabloïde (fr) f, tabloïde (fr) m or f

• Russian: бульва́рный (ru) (bulʹvárnyj)

relating to a tabloid

• Russian: бульва́рный (ru) (bulʹvárnyj)

See also

• compact
• quality newspaper

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English tabloid.

Noun

tabloid m (invariable)

1. tabloid

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English tabloid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tabˈlɔ.it/

Noun

tabloid m inan

1. tabloid

Declension

declension of tabloid

	singular	plural
nominative	tabloid	tabloidy
genitive	tabloidu	tabloidów
dative	tabloidowi	tabloidom
accusative	tabloid	tabloidy
instrumental	tabloidem	tabloidami
locative	tabloidzie	tabloidach
vocative	tabloidzie	tabloidy

Synonyms

• brukowiec, szmatławiec