announcement

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English

Etymology

By surface analysis, announce +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /əˈnaʊns.mɛnt/
Audio (California): (file)

Noun

announcement (plural announcements)

An act of announcing, or giving notice.
He raised his hand to make his announcement and said "Excuse me everyone, I have an announcement to make."
That which conveys what is announced.
This announcement was made during the first training session.
The content which is announced.
The announcement implied that somebody needed a spare Toshiba charger.

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Derived terms

Translations

act

Armenian: հայտարարում (hy) (haytararum)
Azerbaijani: elan (az), elan etmə, elan edilmə, bildirmə
Belarusian: аб'яўле́нне n (abʺjaŭljénnje), абвяшчэ́нне n (abvjaščénnje)
Bengali: এলান (bn) (elan)
Bulgarian: обявя́ване (bg) n (objavjávane)
Estonian: teadaanne
Finnish: ilmoitus (fi), tiedottaminen (fi)
French: annoncement (fr) m
Galician: pregón m, anuncio m
German: Ankündigung (de) f, Durchsage (de) f
Greek: ανακοίνωση (el) f (anakoínosi)
Hungarian: bejelentés (hu), kihirdetés (hu)
Ido: anunco (io)
Italian: annuncio (it) m
Macedonian: објавување n (objavuvanje)
Malay: pemberitahuan (ms), pengumuman (ms), pemakluman
Malayalam: അറിയിപ്പ് (ml) (aṟiyippŭ), വിളംബരം (ml) (viḷambaraṁ) (royal announcement)
Maori: whakapuakanga
Polish: ogłoszenie (pl) n, anons (pl) m (literary), uniwersał (pl) m
Portuguese: anúncio (pt) m, pronunciamento (pt) m
Quechua: willay
Romanian: anunț (ro) n
Russian: объявле́ние (ru) n (obʺjavlénije), оповеще́ние (ru) n (opoveščénije)
Spanish: anuncio (es) m, declaración (es) f, anunciación f, anunciamiento m
Swahili: tangazo (sw)
Thai: การประกาศ (th) (gaan-bprà-gàat)
Tocharian B: śaṃtsna
Turkish: ilan (tr), beyan (tr), duyuru (tr)
Ukrainian: оголо́шення (uk) n (oholóšennja)
Zazaki: elan m

that which conveys what is announced

Albanian: shpallje (sq) f, njoftim (sq) m
Arabic: إِعْلَان m (ʔiʕlān)
Armenian: հայտարարություն (hy) (haytararutʻyun)
Azerbaijani: elan (az), bildiriş (az), anons
Bashkir: иғлан (iğlan)
Belarusian: аб’я́ва f (abʺjáva), аб'яўле́нне n (abʺjaŭljénnje), абвяшчэ́нне n (abvjaščénnje), ано́нс m (anóns)
Bengali: এলান (bn) (elan)
Bulgarian: обя́ва (bg) f (objáva), обявле́ние (bg) n (objavlénie), съобще́ние (bg) n (sǎobšténie), ано́нс (bg) m (anóns)
Burmese: ကြေညာချက် (my) (kre-nyahkyak)
Catalan: anunci (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 公告 (gung¹ gou³), 發表 / 发表 (faat³ biu²)

Mandarin: 公告 (zh) (gōnggào), 發表 / 发表 (zh) (fābiǎo)
Czech: oznámení (cs) n
Danish: bekendtgørelse (da) c
Dutch: bekendmaking (nl) f, aankondiging (nl) f
Esperanto: anoncilo
Estonian: teade, teadaanne, kuulutus
Finnish: ilmoitus (fi), tiedotus (fi)
French: annonce (fr) f
Georgian: განცხადება (gancxadeba), გამოცხადება (gamocxadeba), აღიარება (aɣiareba)
German: Bekanntmachung (de) f, Mitteilung (de) f, Ankündigung (de) f
Greek: ανακοίνωση (el) f (anakoínosi), αγγελτήριο (el) n (angeltírio)
Hebrew: הוֹדָעָה f (hoda'á), הַכְרָזָה (he) f (hakhrazá)
Hindi: इश्तहार (hi) m (iśtahār), घोषणा (hi) f (ghoṣṇā), एलान (hi) m (elān)
Hungarian: közlemény (hu), hirdetmény (hu), bejelentés (hu)
Icelandic: tilkynning (is) f
Ido: anuncajo (io)
Italian: annuncio (it) m
Japanese: 発表 (ja) (はっぴょう, happyō), お知らせ (ja) (おしらせ, oshirase), 公告 (ja) (こうこく, kōkoku), 広告 (ja) (こうこく, kōkoku)
Kazakh: хабарландыру (xabarlandyru), жариялау (jariälau), жариялама (jariälama), мәлімдеме (mälımdeme)
Khmer: សេចក្តីប្រកាស (sackdəy prɑkaah), ការប្រកាស (kaaprɑɑkaah)
Korean: 발표(發表) (ko) (balpyo), 공고(公告) (ko) (gonggo)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: îlan (ku), anons (ku), beyan (ku), agehdarkirin (ku)
Kyrgyz: кулактандыруу (kulaktandıruu), жарыялоо (ky) (jarıyaloo)
Lao: ການປະກາດ (kān pa kāt)
Latvian: paziņojums m
Lithuanian: paviešinimas m, paskelbimas m, pranešimas (lt) m
Macedonian: објава f (objava)
Malay: pemberitahuan (ms), pengumuman (ms), perisytiharan
Malayalam: പ്രഖ്യാപനം (ml) (prakhyāpanaṁ)
Maori: pānuitanga
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: зарлал (mn) (zarlal), мэдэгдэл (mn) (medegdel)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kunngjøring (no) m, anmeldelse m, bekjentgørelse m
Pashto: اعلان (ps) m (e'lān), انانس m (anāns)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: اِعْلان (e'lân), اِطِّلاعِیِّه (ettelâ'iyye), آنونْس (ânons)
Polish: ogłoszenie (pl) n, obwieszczenie (pl) n, anons (pl) m (literary), awizacja f (literary)
Portuguese: anúncio (pt) m
Romanian: anunț (ro) n
Russian: объявле́ние (ru) n (obʺjavlénije), ано́нс (ru) m (anóns), сообще́ние (ru) n (soobščénije)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: о̏бјава f

Roman: ȍbjava (sh) f
Slovak: oznámenie n
Slovene: objava f, obvestilo n
Spanish: anuncio (es) m
Swahili: tangazo (sw)
Swedish: kungörelse (sv) c
Tagalog: anunsiyo
Tajik: эълон (tg) (eʾlon)
Tatar: игълан (tt) (iğlan)
Thai: การประกาศ (th) (gaan-bprà-gàat)
Turkish: ilan (tr), beyan (tr), anons (tr)
Turkmen: bildiriş (tk), yglan
Ukrainian: об'я́ва f (obʺjáva), оголо́шення (uk) n (oholóšennja), ано́нс (uk) m (anóns)
Urdu: اِعْلان m (i'lān), اِشْتِہار m (iśtihār)
Uyghur: ئېلان (ëlan), ئۇقتۇرۇش (uqturush)
Uzbek: eʻlon, bildirish (uz)
Vietnamese: thông báo (vi)
Yiddish: מעלדונג f (meldung)
Zazaki: beyan c

content

Armenian: հայտարարություն (hy) (haytararutʻyun)
Azerbaijani: elan (az), bildiriş (az)
Finnish: ilmoitus (fi), tiedotus (fi)
Greek: ανακοίνωση (el) f (anakoínosi)
Hungarian: közlemény (hu), bejelentés (hu)
Indonesian: pengumuman (id), pemberitahuan (id), pemakluman (id)
Italian: annuncio (it) m
Malay: pemberitahuan (ms), pengumuman (ms), makluman, pernyataan (ms)
Polish: anons (pl) m (literary)
Portuguese: anúncio (pt) m
Russian: объявле́ние (ru) n (obʺjavlénije)
Spanish: anunciación f, anunciamiento m, anuncio (es) m
Tagalog: anunsiyo
Turkish: ilan (tr), beyan (tr)

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

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} anoncado
Ewe: ^{(please verify)} gbeƒãɖeɖe
Malay: ^{(please verify)} pengumuman (ms)
Maori: ^{(please verify)} pānuitanga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ^{(please verify)} kunngjøring (no) m or f, ^{(please verify)} kunngjørelse m

Nynorsk: ^{(please verify)} kunngjering f
Odia: ^{(please verify)} ବିଜ୍ଞପ୍ତି (or) (bijñapti)
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} duyuru (tr)

References

“announcement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
“announcement”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.