pub

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /pʌb/, X-SAMPA: /pVb/
• (UK) IPA: /pʊb/, X-SAMPA: /pUb/

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• Rhymes: -ʌb, Rhymes: -ʊb

Etymology 1

Short form of public, from public house

Noun

Wikipedia pub (plural pubs)

1. A public house, where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and drunk. Many pubs also provide food and/or entertainment.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:pub

Derived terms

gastropub pub crawl

pub quiz superpub

Translations

public house

• Albanian: pijetore f
• Arabic: خانة (ar) (khaana) f
• Bulgarian: кръчма (bg) (krǎčma) f
• Catalan: bar m, taverna f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 酒吧 (cmn) (jiǔbā)

• Czech: hospoda (cs) f
• Dutch: kroeg (nl) f
• Esperanto: drinkejo (eo)
• Finnish: kapakka (fi), pubi (fi), krouvi (fi)
• French: pub (fr), bar m, pub m, estaminet m
• German: Kneipe (de) f
• Hungarian: kocsma (hu), korcsma (hu)
• Icelandic: krá (is) f
• Ido: drinkerio (io)
• Interlingua: pub, café, taverna
• Italian: pub (it)

• Japanese: 居酒屋 (ja) (いざかや , izakaya), パブ (ja) (pabu), バー (ja) (bā)
• Jèrriais: aubèrge f
• Korean: 술집 (ko) (suljip)
• Latgalian: krūgs
• Latvian: krogs (lv)
• Macedonian: крчма (mk) (k'rčma) f, паб (mk) (pab) m
• Norwegian: pub (no)
• Portuguese: bar (pt) m, taberna (pt) f
• Romanian: cârciumă (ro) f
• Russian: бар (ru) (bar) m, пивная (ru) (pivnája) f, кабак (ru) (kabák) m, паб (ru) (pab) m
• Scottish Gaelic: taigh-seinnse (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: krčma (sh) f
• Spanish: pub (es), bar (es) m, taberna (es) f
• Swedish: krog (sv) c, pub (sv) c

Verb

pub (third-person singular simple present pubs, present participle pubbing, simple past and past participle pubbed)

1. (intransitive) To go to one or more public houses.

See also

• inn
• off-license
• tavern

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of publication

Noun

pub (plural pubs)

1. A publication.

   registered pubs

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of publish

Verb

pub (third-person singular simple present pubs, present participle pubbing, simple past and past participle pubbed)

1. (informal, transitive) to publish

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• pubi

Noun

pub

1. pub

Declension

Declension of pub (type risti) singular plural nominative pub pubit genitive pubin pubien partitive pubia pubeja accusative pub pubin pubit inessive pubissa pubeissa elative pubista pubeista illative pubiin pubeihin adessive pubilla pubeilla ablative pubilta pubeilta allative pubille pubeille essive pubina pubeina translative pubiksi pubeiksi instructive – pubein abessive pubitta pubeitta comitative – pubeineen

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French

Etymology 1

Short form of publicité

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pyb/, X-SAMPA: /pyb/

Noun

pub f (plural pubs)

1. Television ad or advert.

Derived terms

• pause pub
• pubard

Etymology 2

From English pub

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA: /pœb/, X-SAMPA: /p9b/
• (Québec) IPA: /pɔb/, X-SAMPA: /pOb/

Noun

pub m (plural pubs)

1. pub

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

pub m (invariable)

1. pub

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Swedish

Etymology

English pub

Noun

pub c

1. pub

Declension

Declension of pub

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pub	puben	pubar	pubarna
genitive	pubs	pubens	pubars	pubarnas