noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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General-American:/ˈnuzˌɹil/
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CMU ARPABET:N UW1 Z R IY2 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The genre of such films.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a short film and commentary about current events
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: short subject
History
Etymology
From news + reel.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
хроника
(hronika)
— a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence
Bulgarian:
кинопреглед
(kinopregled)
— a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence
Danish:
ugerevy
— a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence
Finnish:
uutisfilmi
— a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence
French:
actualités
— a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence
Hungarian:
híradó film
— a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence
Hungarian:
filmhíradó
— a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence
Hungarian:
híradó
— a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence
Italian:
cinegiornale
— a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence
Norwegian Bokmål:
filmavis
— a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence
Norwegian Nynorsk:
filmavis
— a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence
Portuguese:
cinejornal
— a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence
Russian:
киножурна́л
(kinožurnál)
— a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence
Serbo-Croatian:
žurnal
— a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence
Spanish:
noticiero
— a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence
Swedish:
journalfilm
— a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence
Swedish:
filmjournal
— a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence
Swedish:
nyhetsfilm
— a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence
Swedish:
veckojournal
— a short film containing news or current affairs; especially one of several shown in sequence
