Phrase guide

breaking news

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

News that has either just happened or is currently happening.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • Breaking news may contain incomplete information, factual errors, or poor editing because of a rush to publication.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: lajmet e fundit — news that just happened or is happening
  • Arabic: أَخْبَار هَامَّة (ʔaḵbār hāmma) — news that just happened or is happening
  • Arabic: خَبَر عَاجِل (ḵabar ʕājil) — news that just happened or is happening
  • Azerbaijani: təcili xəbər — news that just happened or is happening
  • Catalan: notícies d'última hora — news that just happened or is happening
  • Chinese Mandarin: 突發新聞 /突发新闻 (tūfā xīnwén) — news that just happened or is happening
  • Chinese Mandarin: 插播新聞 /插播新闻 (chābō xīnwén) — news that just happened or is happening
  • Chinese Mandarin: 即時新聞 /即时新闻 (jíshí xīnwén) — news that just happened or is happening
  • Chinese Mandarin: 重磅新聞 /重磅新闻 (zhòngbàng xīnwén) — news that just happened or is happening
  • Chinese Mandarin: 快訊 /快讯 (kuàixùn) — news that just happened or is happening
  • Chinese Mandarin: 速報 /速报 (sùbào) — news that just happened or is happening
  • Finnish: tuoreimmat uutiset — news that just happened or is happening
  • Finnish: viimeisimmät uutiset — news that just happened or is happening
  • Finnish: viime hetken uutiset — news that just happened or is happening
  • French: nouvelle de dernière minute — news that just happened or is happening
  • French: nouvelle de dernière heure — news that just happened or is happening
  • French: édition spéciale — news that just happened or is happening
  • German: soeben hereingekommene Nachricht — news that just happened or is happening
  • German: gerade eingetroffene Neuigkeit — news that just happened or is happening
  • German: letzte Neuigkeit — news that just happened or is happening
  • German: Sondermeldung — news that just happened or is happening
  • German: Eilmeldung — news that just happened or is happening
  • Hindi: ताज़ा ख़बर (tāzā xabar) — news that just happened or is happening
  • Hungarian: friss/legfrissebb hír (ek) — news that just happened or is happening
  • Hungarian: most érkezett hír (ek) — news that just happened or is happening
  • Hungarian: rendkívüli hír(ek)/híradás — news that just happened or is happening
  • Italian: ultim'ora — news that just happened or is happening
  • Italian: ultime notizie — news that just happened or is happening
  • Italian: notizie dell'ultima ora — news that just happened or is happening
  • Japanese: 速報 (sokuhō) — news that just happened or is happening
  • Korean: 속보 (sokbo) — news that just happened or is happening
  • Macedonian: ударна вест — news that just happened or is happening
  • Macedonian: ударни вести (udarni vesti) — news that just happened or is happening
  • Malay: berita gempar — news that just happened or is happening
  • Mongolian: шуурхай мэдээ (šuurxaj medee) — news that just happened or is happening
  • Persian: خبرفوری (xabar-e-fowri) — news that just happened or is happening
  • Persian: خَبَرِ فَوْرِی (xabar-i fawrī) — news that just happened or is happening
  • Iranian Persian: خَبَرِ فُوْری (xabar-e fowri) — news that just happened or is happening
  • Polish: łamiąca wiadomość — news that just happened or is happening
  • Polish: wiadomość z ostatniej chwili — news that just happened or is happening
  • Portuguese: notícias de última hora — news that just happened or is happening
  • Portuguese: últimas notícias — news that just happened or is happening
  • Russian: э́кстренное сообще́ние (ékstrennoje soobščénije) — news that just happened or is happening
  • Russian: сро́чная но́вость (sróčnaja nóvostʹ) — news that just happened or is happening
  • Russian: после́дние но́вости (poslédnije nóvosti) — news that just happened or is happening
  • Serbo-Croatian: ударна вест — news that just happened or is happening
  • Serbo-Croatian: ударна вијест — news that just happened or is happening
  • Serbo-Croatian: udarna vest — news that just happened or is happening
  • Serbo-Croatian: udarna vijest — news that just happened or is happening
  • Spanish: noticia de última hora — news that just happened or is happening
  • Spanish: noticia de último momento — news that just happened or is happening
  • Spanish: noticia urgente — news that just happened or is happening
  • Spanish: notición — news that just happened or is happening
  • Spanish: noticia bomba — news that just happened or is happening
  • Swahili: habari ya hivi punde — news that just happened or is happening
  • Swedish: senaste nytt, senaste nyheterna — news that just happened or is happening
  • Turkish: son dakika — news that just happened or is happening
  • Ukrainian: терміно́ві новини́ (terminóvi novyný) — news that just happened or is happening
  • Urdu: فَوری خَبَر (faurī xabar) — news that just happened or is happening
  • Urdu: تازَہ خَبَر (tāza xabar) — news that just happened or is happening
  • Vietnamese: tin nóng — news that just happened or is happening
  • Vietnamese: tin tức nóng — news that just happened or is happening
  • Zazaki: hewadisa newi — news that just happened or is happening
  • Zazaki: xebera newi — news that just happened or is happening