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communiqué

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

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /kəˌmjuːn.ɪˈkeɪ/
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noun

Meaning 1

An official report or statement, such as a government press release or the report of a conference.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French communiqué (“something communicated”), past participle of communiquer (“to communicate”).

Across languages

Translations

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: komunikatë — official announcement
  • Arabic: بَلَاغ (balāḡ) — official announcement
  • Armenian: կոմյունիկե (komyunike) — official announcement
  • Belarusian: камюніке́ (kamjunikjé) — official announcement
  • Bulgarian: комюнике́ (komjuniké) — official announcement
  • Burmese: သဝဏ်လွှာ (sa.wanhlwa) — official announcement
  • Catalan: comunicat — official announcement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 公報 /公报 (gōngbào) — official announcement
  • Czech: komuniké — official announcement
  • Danish: kommuniké — official announcement
  • Dutch: communiqué — official announcement
  • Esperanto: komunikaĵo — official announcement
  • Estonian: kommünikee — official announcement
  • Finnish: julkilausuma — official announcement
  • Finnish: kommunikea — official announcement
  • French: communiqué — official announcement
  • Georgian: კომუნიკე (ḳomuniḳe) — official announcement
  • German: Kommuniqué — official announcement
  • Greek: ανακοινωθέν (anakoinothén) — official announcement
  • Hindi: विज्ञप्ति (vijñapti) — official announcement
  • Hungarian: közlemény — official announcement
  • Hungarian: kommüniké — official announcement
  • Indonesian: komunike — official announcement
  • Japanese: 公報 (kōhō) — official announcement
  • Japanese: コミュニケ (komyunike) — official announcement
  • Korean: 커뮤니케 (keomyunike) — official announcement
  • Korean: 성명서 (seongmyeongseo) — official announcement
  • Korean: 공보 (gongbo) — official announcement
  • Latvian: komunikē — official announcement
  • Lithuanian: komunikatas — official announcement
  • Macedonian: коминике́ (kominiké) — official announcement
  • Malay: kenyataan — official announcement
  • Malay: komunike — official announcement
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kommuniké — official announcement
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kommunike — official announcement
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kommuniké — official announcement
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kommunike — official announcement
  • Iranian Persian: اِطِّلاعِیِّه (ettelâ'iyye) — official announcement
  • Polish: komunikat — official announcement
  • Portuguese: comunicado — official announcement
  • Romanian: comunicat — official announcement
  • Russian: коммюнике́ (kommjuniké) — official announcement
  • Serbo-Croatian: коминѝке̄ — official announcement
  • Serbo-Croatian: kominìkē — official announcement
  • Slovak: komuniké — official announcement
  • Slovene: komunike — official announcement
  • Spanish: comunicado — official announcement
  • Swedish: kommuniké — official announcement
  • Tamil: அறிக்கை (aṟikkai) — official announcement
  • Thai: แถลงการณ์ (tà-lɛ̌ɛng-gaan) — official announcement
  • Turkish: bildiri — official announcement
  • Turkish: duyuru — official announcement
  • Ukrainian: комюніке́ (komjuniké) — official announcement
  • Uzbek: kommyunike — official announcement
  • Uzbek: bayonot — official announcement
  • Uzbek: bayonnoma — official announcement
  • Vietnamese: thông cáo — official announcement
  • Vietnamese: thông báo — official announcement