publication

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French publicacion, from Latin publicatio.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

publication (countable and uncountable, plural publications)

The act of publishing printed or other matter.
- 1727, Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, Miscellanies in Prose (Preface)
  The publication of these papers was not owing to our folly, but that of others.
An issue of printed or other matter, offered for sale or distribution.
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.

TranslationsEdit

act of publishing

Catalan: publicació (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 出版 (zh) (chūbǎn), 發表 (zh), 发表 (zh) (fābiǎo), 發行 (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)
Ancient: ἔκδοσις f (ékdosis)
Hungarian: kiadás (hu), publikálás

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)
Ancient: ἔκδοσις f (ékdosis)
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)

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 (zh), 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)

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

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