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noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈædvəˌtaɪzmənt/ occasionally
  • General-American: /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt/
  • General-American: /ˌædvɚˈtaɪzmənt/
  • General-American: /ədˈvɝtɪzmənt/ less often
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • New-Zealand: /ədˈvøːtəsmənt/
  • New-Zealand: /ˈɛdvəˌtaɪzmənt/
  • Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Singapore: /ˈædvəˌtɪzmənt/
  • Philippines: /ʔɐd.vəɹˈtaɪs.mɛnt/
  • Philippines: /ʔɐdˈvəɹ.tis.mɛnt/
  • CMU ARPABET: AE0 D V ER1 T AH0 Z M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: AE2 D V ER0 T AY1 Z M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: business, marketing

Examples

  • Companies try to sell their products using advertisements in form of placards, television spots and print publications.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A public notice.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The city council placed an advertisement in the local newspaper to inform its residents of the forthcoming roadworks.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A recommendation of a particular product, service or person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The good manners and intelligence of the students are an advertisement for the school.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Notoriety.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

In gin rummy, the discarding of a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: card-games, games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a public promotion of some product or service

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ad, advertizement, advertising, advertizing, advert

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: promotion, publicity, promotional material, packaging

Narrower terms: direct mail, preview, prevue, trailer, advertorial, mailer, newspaper ad, newspaper advertisement, commercial, commercial message, circular, handbill, bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer, throwaway, teaser, top billing

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Latin vertō Latin advertō Old French avertir Middle French advertir Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Middle French -ment Middle French advertissementbor. English advertisement From Middle French advertissement (“statement calling attention”), compare French avertissement (“warning”). See advertise. Equivalent to advertise + -ment.

Across languages

Translations

239 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: publicitet — commercial solicitation
  • Albanian: reklamë — commercial solicitation
  • Albanian: njoftim — commercial solicitation
  • Arabic: إِيذَان (ʔīḏān) — commercial solicitation
  • Arabic: إِعْلَان (ʔiʕlān) — commercial solicitation
  • Arabic: إِشْهَار (ʔišhār) — commercial solicitation
  • Arabic: دِعَايَة (diʕāya) — commercial solicitation
  • Arabic: دِعَايَة (diʕāye) — commercial solicitation
  • Arabic: إِعْلَان (ʔiʕlān) — commercial solicitation
  • Armenian: գովազդ (govazd) — commercial solicitation
  • Armenian: ռեկլամ (ṙeklam) — commercial solicitation
  • Asturian: anunciu — commercial solicitation
  • Azerbaijani: reklam — commercial solicitation
  • Azerbaijani: elan — commercial solicitation
  • Bashkir: реклама (reklama) — commercial solicitation
  • Bashkir: иғлан (iğlan) — commercial solicitation
  • Basque: iragarki — commercial solicitation
  • Belarusian: рэкла́ма (rekláma) — commercial solicitation
  • Belarusian: аб'я́ва (abʺjáva) — commercial solicitation
  • Belarusian: ано́нс (anóns) — commercial solicitation
  • Belarusian: абвяшчэ́нне (abvjaščénnje) — commercial solicitation
  • Belarusian: аб'яўле́нне (abʺjawljénnje) — commercial solicitation
  • Bengali: বিজ্ঞাপন (bijnapon) — commercial solicitation
  • Bengali: ইস্তাহার (istahar) — commercial solicitation
  • Bengali: এলান (elan) — commercial solicitation
  • Breton: bruderezh — commercial solicitation
  • Bulgarian: рекла́ма (rekláma) — commercial solicitation
  • Bulgarian: рекла́мна обя́ва (reklámna objáva) — commercial solicitation
  • Bulgarian: ано́нс (anóns) — commercial solicitation
  • Burmese: ကြော်ငြာစာ (krau-ngraca) — commercial solicitation
  • Burmese: ကြော်ငြာ (krau-ngra) — commercial solicitation
  • Catalan: anunci — commercial solicitation
  • Chinese Cantonese: 廣告 /广告 (gwong2 gou3) — commercial solicitation
  • Chinese Cantonese: 告白 (gou3 baak6) — commercial solicitation
  • Chinese: 廣告 /广告 (zh-min-nan) — commercial solicitation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 廣告 /广告 (guǎnggào) — commercial solicitation
  • Cornish: argemmyn — commercial solicitation
  • Czech: reklama — commercial solicitation
  • Czech: inzerát — commercial solicitation
  • Danish: reklame — commercial solicitation
  • Danish: annonce — commercial solicitation
  • Dutch: reclame — commercial solicitation
  • Dutch: advertentie — commercial solicitation
  • Erzya: рамавтомапель (ramavtomapeľ) — commercial solicitation
  • Erzya: рамавтома (ramavtoma) — commercial solicitation
  • Esperanto: reklamo — commercial solicitation
  • Estonian: reklaam — commercial solicitation
  • Finnish: mainos — commercial solicitation
  • Finnish: mainostus — commercial solicitation
  • French: publicité — commercial solicitation
  • French: pub — commercial solicitation
  • French: annonce — commercial solicitation
  • French: réclame — commercial solicitation
  • West-Frisian: advertinsje — commercial solicitation
  • West-Frisian: oankundiging — commercial solicitation
  • Galician: anuncio — commercial solicitation
  • Georgian: რეკლამა (reḳlama) — commercial solicitation
  • Georgian: განცხადება (gancxadeba) — commercial solicitation
  • German: Anzeige — commercial solicitation
  • German: Werbung — commercial solicitation
  • German: Annonce — commercial solicitation
  • German: Reklameanzeige — commercial solicitation
  • German: Reklame — commercial solicitation
  • German: Inserat — commercial solicitation
  • Greek: διαφήμιση (diafímisi) — commercial solicitation
  • Ancient Greek: προγραφή (prographḗ) — commercial solicitation
  • Gullah: abbuhtizemu’t — commercial solicitation
  • Hebrew: פִּרְסוֹמֶת (pirsómet) — commercial solicitation
  • Hindi: विज्ञापन (vijñāpan) — commercial solicitation
  • Hungarian: hirdetés — commercial solicitation
  • Hungarian: reklám — commercial solicitation
  • Icelandic: auglýsing — commercial solicitation
  • Indonesian: iklan — commercial solicitation
  • Indonesian: reklame — commercial solicitation
  • Interlingua: annuncio — commercial solicitation
  • Interlingua: publicitate — commercial solicitation
  • Interlingua: reclamo — commercial solicitation
  • Interlingua: propaganda — commercial solicitation
  • Italian: pubblicità — commercial solicitation
  • Italian: annuncio — commercial solicitation
  • Italian: reclame — commercial solicitation
  • Japanese: 広告 (kōkoku) — commercial solicitation
  • Japanese: CM (shī-emu) — commercial solicitation
  • Kazakh: жарнама (jarnama) — commercial solicitation
  • Khmer: ឃោសនា (khoosaʼnaa) — commercial solicitation
  • Khmer: ការផ្សាយពាណិជ្ជកម្ម (kaa phsaay piəniccĕəʼkam) — commercial solicitation
  • Khmer: ការផ្សាយ (kaa phsaay) — commercial solicitation
  • Khmer: ដំណឹងពាណិជ្ជកម្ម (dɑmnəng piəniccĕəʼkam) — commercial solicitation
  • Korean: 광고 (gwanggo) — commercial solicitation
  • Northern Kurdish: namilke — commercial solicitation
  • Kyrgyz: жарнама (jarnama) — commercial solicitation
  • Kyrgyz: реклама (reklama) — commercial solicitation
  • Lao: ການໂຄສະນາ (kān khō sa nā) — commercial solicitation
  • Lao: ໂຄສະນາ (khō sa nā) — commercial solicitation
  • Latin: prescriptio — commercial solicitation
  • Latvian: reklāma — commercial solicitation
  • Latvian: sludinājums — commercial solicitation
  • Lithuanian: reklama — commercial solicitation
  • Lithuanian: skelbimas — commercial solicitation
  • Macedonian: рекла́ма (rekláma) — commercial solicitation
  • Malay: iklan — commercial solicitation
  • Malayalam: പരസ്യം (parasyaṁ) — commercial solicitation
  • Maltese: riklam — commercial solicitation
  • Maltese: pubbliċità — commercial solicitation
  • Maltese: tgħarif kummerċjali — commercial solicitation
  • Māori: whakatairanga — commercial solicitation
  • Māori: pānui — commercial solicitation
  • Mongolian: зар сурталчилгаа (zar surtalčilgaa) — commercial solicitation
  • Mongolian: реклам (reklam) — commercial solicitation
  • Navajo: óʼoolkąąh — commercial solicitation
  • Nepali: विज्ञापन (vigyāpan) — commercial solicitation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: reklame — commercial solicitation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: annonse — commercial solicitation
  • Occitan: anóncia — commercial solicitation
  • Pashto: اشتهار (eštehār) — commercial solicitation
  • Pashto: اعلان (e'lān) — commercial solicitation
  • Pashto: انانس (anāns) — commercial solicitation
  • Iranian Persian: تَبْلیغ (tabliġ) — commercial solicitation
  • Iranian Persian: آنونْس (ânons) — commercial solicitation
  • Iranian Persian: اِعْلان (e'lân) — commercial solicitation
  • Iranian Persian: آگَهی (âgahi) — commercial solicitation
  • Polish: reklama — commercial solicitation
  • Polish: ogłoszenie — commercial solicitation
  • Polish: anons — commercial solicitation
  • Polish: inserat — commercial solicitation
  • Portuguese: anúncio — commercial solicitation
  • Portuguese: publicidade — commercial solicitation
  • Portuguese: reclame — commercial solicitation
  • Portuguese: propaganda — commercial solicitation
  • Romanian: anunț — commercial solicitation
  • Romanian: publicitate — commercial solicitation
  • Romanian: reclamă — commercial solicitation
  • Romansh: reclamă — commercial solicitation
  • Romansh: publicitad — commercial solicitation
  • Russian: рекла́ма (rekláma) — commercial solicitation
  • Russian: объявле́ние (obʺjavlénije) — commercial solicitation
  • Russian: ано́нс (anóns) — commercial solicitation
  • Russian: заявле́ние (zajavlénije) — commercial solicitation
  • Scottish Gaelic: sanas-reic — commercial solicitation
  • Serbo-Croatian: рекла́ма — commercial solicitation
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̏гла̄с — commercial solicitation
  • Serbo-Croatian: објавље́ње — commercial solicitation
  • Serbo-Croatian: извештење — commercial solicitation
  • Serbo-Croatian: rekláma — commercial solicitation
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȍglās — commercial solicitation
  • Serbo-Croatian: objavljénje — commercial solicitation
  • Serbo-Croatian: izveštenje — commercial solicitation
  • Slovak: reklama — commercial solicitation
  • Slovak: inzerát — commercial solicitation
  • Slovene: oglas — commercial solicitation
  • Slovene: reklama — commercial solicitation
  • Spanish: anuncio — commercial solicitation
  • Spanish: publicidad — commercial solicitation
  • Spanish: reclamo — commercial solicitation
  • Spanish: aviso — commercial solicitation
  • Spanish: aviso publicitario — commercial solicitation
  • Spanish: anuncio publicitario — commercial solicitation
  • Spanish: propaganda — commercial solicitation
  • Spanish: spot — commercial solicitation
  • Spanish: prospecto — commercial solicitation
  • Swedish: annons — commercial solicitation
  • Swedish: annonsering — commercial solicitation
  • Swedish: reklam — commercial solicitation
  • Tagalog: pamadya — commercial solicitation
  • Tagalog: patalastas — commercial solicitation
  • Tagalog: adbertisment — commercial solicitation
  • Tajik: реклама (reklama) — commercial solicitation
  • Tajik: таблиғ (tabliġ) — commercial solicitation
  • Tajik: таблиғот (tabliġot) — commercial solicitation
  • Tajik: иълон (i'lon) — commercial solicitation
  • Tamil: விளம்பரம் (viḷamparam) — commercial solicitation
  • Tatar: реклама (reklama) — commercial solicitation
  • Tatar: игълан (iğlan) — commercial solicitation
  • Telugu: వ్యాపార ప్రకటన (vyāpāra prakaṭana) — commercial solicitation
  • Thai: การโฆษณา (gaan-kôot-sà-naa) — commercial solicitation
  • Thai: โฆษณา (kôot-sà-naa) — commercial solicitation
  • Turkish: reklam — commercial solicitation
  • Turkish: ilan — commercial solicitation
  • Turkish: duyuru — commercial solicitation
  • Turkmen: reklama — commercial solicitation
  • Turkmen: bildiriş — commercial solicitation
  • Ukrainian: рекла́ма (rekláma) — commercial solicitation
  • Ukrainian: оголо́шення (oholóšennja) — commercial solicitation
  • Ukrainian: ано́нс (anóns) — commercial solicitation
  • Ukrainian: зая́ва (zajáva) — commercial solicitation
  • Urdu: اِشْتِہار (iśtihār) — commercial solicitation
  • Urdu: اِعْلان (i'lān) — commercial solicitation
  • Uyghur: ئېلان (ëlan) — commercial solicitation
  • Uzbek: reklama — commercial solicitation
  • Uzbek: eʻlon — commercial solicitation
  • Vietnamese: quảng cáo — commercial solicitation
  • Volapük: noted — commercial solicitation
  • Volapük: reklam — commercial solicitation
  • Volapük: nunam — commercial solicitation
  • Võro: reklaam — commercial solicitation
  • Welsh: hysbyseb — commercial solicitation
  • Yiddish: רעקלאַמע (reklame) — commercial solicitation
  • Belarusian: аб'я́ва (abʺjáva) — public notice
  • Bulgarian: обявле́ние (objavlénie) — public notice
  • Bulgarian: обя́ва (objáva) — public notice
  • Dutch: aankondiging — public notice
  • Finnish: ilmoitus — public notice
  • French: avis — public notice
  • French: annonce — public notice
  • Georgian: განცხადება (gancxadeba) — public notice
  • Georgian: ანონსი (anonsi) — public notice
  • Georgian: უწყება (uc̣q̇eba) — public notice
  • German: Anzeige — public notice
  • German: Bekanntmachung — public notice
  • Greek: διαφήμιση (diafímisi) — public notice
  • Greek: αγγελία (angelía) — public notice
  • Ancient Greek: προγραφή (prographḗ) — public notice
  • Hebrew: מוֹדָעָה (moda'a) — public notice
  • Hindi: विज्ञप्ति (vijñapti) — public notice
  • Hungarian: közlemény — public notice
  • Hungarian: értesítés — public notice
  • Hungarian: hirdetmény — public notice
  • Italian: annuncio — public notice
  • Central Kurdish: بۆزانین (bozanîn) — public notice
  • Kyrgyz: жарыя (jarıya) — public notice
  • Latvian: sludinājums — public notice
  • Macedonian: о́глас (óglas) — public notice
  • Malayalam: വിജ്ഞാപനം (vijñāpanaṁ) — public notice
  • Māori: pānui — public notice
  • Māori: whakaaturanga — public notice
  • Norwegian Bokmål: annonse — public notice
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: annonse — public notice
  • Occitan: anóncia — public notice
  • Polish: ogłoszenie — public notice
  • Polish: anons — public notice
  • Portuguese: edital — public notice
  • Romanian: anunț — public notice
  • Russian: объявле́ние (obʺjavlénije) — public notice
  • Russian: ано́нс (anóns) — public notice
  • Russian: извеще́ние (izveščénije) — public notice
  • Tamil: அறிவிப்பு (aṟivippu) — public notice
  • Tamil: அறிக்கை (aṟikkai) — public notice
  • Tamil: விளம்பரம் (viḷamparam) — public notice
  • Ukrainian: оголо́шення (oholóšennja) — public notice
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