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pub

noun · verb · 8 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /pʌb/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Northern-England: /pʊb/
  • rhymes with -ʌb
  • rhymes with -ʊb
  • CMU ARPABET: P AH1 B Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A public server.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

Topics: video-games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Clipping of publication.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

Examples

  • registered pubs

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Clipping of publisher.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Initialism of public utility bus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: road, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To go to one or more public houses.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

to publish

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: public house, saloon, pothouse, gin mill, taphouse

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tavern, tap house

Narrower terms: alehouse, free house

History

Etymology

Clipping of public house.

Clipping of public server.

Clipping of publication.

Clipping of publisher.

Clipping of publish.

Across languages

Translations

212 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: kroeg — public house
  • Albanian: pijetore — public house
  • Arabic: حَانَة (ḥāna) — public house
  • Arabic: خَانَة (ḵāna) — public house
  • Arabic: خَمَارَة (ḵamāra) — public house
  • Arabic: مَشْرَب (mašrab) — public house
  • Armenian: պանդոկ (pandok) — public house
  • Armenian: գինետուն (ginetun) — public house
  • Armenian: փաբ (pʻab) — public house
  • Armenian: գարեջրատուն (gareǰratun) — public house
  • Asturian: chigre — public house
  • Asturian: tabierna — public house
  • Azerbaijani: pivəxana — public house
  • Azerbaijani: meyxana — public house
  • Belarusian: піўна́я (piwnája) — public house
  • Belarusian: бар (bar) — public house
  • Belarusian: паб (pab) — public house
  • Belarusian: тракці́р (trakcír) — public house
  • Belarusian: карчма́ (karčmá) — public house
  • Bengali: সেলুন (śelun) — public house
  • Bengali: বার (bar) — public house
  • Bengali: মদখানা (modkhana) — public house
  • Breton: ostaleri — public house
  • Breton: tavarn — public house
  • Bulgarian: кръ́чма (krǎ́čma) — public house
  • Bulgarian: пи́вница (pívnica) — public house
  • Bulgarian: пъб (pǎb) — public house
  • Bulgarian: механа́ (mehaná) — public house
  • Burmese: အရက်ဆိုင် (a.rakhcuing) — public house
  • Burmese: ဘား (bha:) — public house
  • Catalan: bar — public house
  • Catalan: taverna — public house
  • Chinese Cantonese: 酒吧 (zau2 baa1) — public house
  • Chinese Cantonese: 酒館 /酒馆 (zau2 gun2) — public house
  • Chinese: 酒吧 (chiú-pa) — public house
  • Chinese: 酒館 /酒馆 (chiú-koán) — public house
  • Chinese Mandarin: 酒吧 (jiǔbā) — public house
  • Chinese Mandarin: 酒館 /酒馆 (jiǔguǎn) — public house
  • Czech: hospoda — public house
  • Czech: krčma — public house
  • Czech: hostinec — public house
  • Danish: kro — public house
  • Danish: knejpe — public house
  • Danish: beværtning — public house
  • Danish: værtshus — public house
  • Dutch: kroeg — public house
  • Dzongkha: ཆང་ཁང (chang khang) — public house
  • Esperanto: drinkejo — public house
  • Estonian: pubi — public house
  • Estonian: kõrts — public house
  • Estonian: trahter — public house
  • Estonian: baar — public house
  • Faroese: krógv — public house
  • Finnish: kapakka — public house
  • Finnish: pubi — public house
  • Finnish: krouvi — public house
  • Finnish: baari — public house
  • French: pub — public house
  • French: bar — public house
  • French: estaminet — public house
  • French: taverne — public house
  • Georgian: ლუდხანა (ludxana) — public house
  • German: Kneipe — public house
  • German: Bar — public house
  • German: Lokal — public house
  • German: Pub — public house
  • German: Schankwirtschaft — public house
  • German: Wirtschaft — public house
  • German: Pinte — public house
  • Greek: καπηλειό (kapileió) — public house
  • Greek: παμπ (pamp) — public house
  • Ancient Greek: καπηλεῖον (kapēleîon) — public house
  • Ancient Greek: λέσχη (léskhē) — public house
  • Gujarati: પબ (pab) — public house
  • Hebrew: פָּאבּ (pab) — public house
  • Hebrew: בָּר (bar) — public house
  • Hindi: सराय (sarāy) — public house
  • Hindi: पब (pab) — public house
  • Hindi: बार (bār) — public house
  • Hindi: मैख़ाना (maixānā) — public house
  • Hungarian: kocsma — public house
  • Hungarian: söröző — public house
  • Hungarian: borozó — public house
  • Hungarian: talponálló — public house
  • Icelandic: krá — public house
  • Icelandic: bar — public house
  • Icelandic: knæpa — public house
  • Icelandic: pöbb — public house
  • Ido: drinkerio — public house
  • Indonesian: pub — public house
  • Indonesian: bar — public house
  • Interlingua: pub — public house
  • Interlingua: café — public house
  • Interlingua: taverna — public house
  • Irish: teach tábhairne — public house
  • Irish: teach óil — public house
  • Irish: teach leanna — public house
  • Italian: pub — public house
  • Italian: osteria — public house
  • Japanese: 居酒屋 (izakaya) — public house
  • Japanese: パブ (pabu) — public house
  • Japanese: バー (bā) — public house
  • Kazakh: сырахана (syraxana) — public house
  • Khmer: បារ (baa) — public house
  • Khmer: ភោជនាគារ (phoocĕəʼniəkiə) — public house
  • Korean: 술집 (suljip) — public house
  • Korean: 퍼브 (peobeu) — public house
  • Korean: 바 (ba) — public house
  • Northern Kurdish: meyxane — public house
  • Northern Kurdish: badexane — public house
  • Northern Kurdish: bar — public house
  • Kyrgyz: араккана (arakkana) — public house
  • Lao: ຜັບ (phap) — public house
  • Latgalian: krūgs — public house
  • Latin: taberna — public house
  • Latvian: krogs — public house
  • Latvian: bārs — public house
  • Lithuanian: baras — public house
  • Lithuanian: smuklė — public house
  • Macedonian: крчма (krčma) — public house
  • Macedonian: паб (pab) — public house
  • Macedonian: меана (meana) — public house
  • Malay: pub — public house
  • Malay: bar — public house
  • Māori: pāparakāuta — public house
  • Marathi: पब (pab) — public house
  • Middle English: taverne — public house
  • Mongolian: паб (pab) — public house
  • Mongolian: баар (baar) — public house
  • Norman: aubèrge — public house
  • Norman: cabathet — public house
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kro — public house
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pub — public house
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: pub — public house
  • Old English: ealuhūs — public house
  • Pannonian Rusyn: карчма (karčma) — public house
  • Pashto: ميخانه (mayxāná) — public house
  • Pashto: شرابخانه (šarābxāná) — public house
  • Dari: مَیْخَانَه (mayxāna) — public house
  • Iranian Persian: مِیْخانِه (meyxâne) — public house
  • Polish: knajpa — public house
  • Polish: gospoda — public house
  • Polish: piwiarnia — public house
  • Polish: pub — public house
  • Portuguese: bar — public house
  • Portuguese: taberna — public house
  • Portuguese: cervejaria — public house
  • Portuguese: boteco — public house
  • Romanian: cârciumă — public house
  • Romanian: bar — public house
  • Romanian: local — public house
  • Russian: бар (bar) — public house
  • Russian: пивна́я (pivnája) — public house
  • Russian: каба́к (kabák) — public house
  • Russian: паб (pab) — public house
  • Russian: тракти́р (traktír) — public house
  • Russian: корчма́ (korčmá) — public house
  • Russian: таве́рна (tavérna) — public house
  • Russian: пивну́шка (pivnúška) — public house
  • Scottish Gaelic: taigh-seinnse — public house
  • Serbo-Croatian: кр̏чма — public house
  • Serbo-Croatian: пи́вница — public house
  • Serbo-Croatian: меха̀на — public house
  • Serbo-Croatian: kȑčma — public house
  • Serbo-Croatian: pívnica — public house
  • Serbo-Croatian: mehàna — public house
  • Sikkimese: ཆང་ཁང (chang khang) — public house
  • Slovak: krčma — public house
  • Slovak: hostinec — public house
  • Slovene: pivnica — public house
  • Lower Sorbian: kjarcma — public house
  • Upper Sorbian: korčma — public house
  • Upper Sorbian: knajpa — public house
  • Spanish: pub — public house
  • Spanish: bar — public house
  • Spanish: taberna — public house
  • Swedish: krog — public house
  • Swedish: pub — public house
  • Tajik: майхона (mayxona) — public house
  • Tatar: кабак (qabaq) — public house
  • Thai: ร้านเหล้า (ráan-lâo) — public house
  • Thai: ผับ (pàp) — public house
  • Thai: ร้านสุรา (ráan-sù-raa) — public house
  • Thai: บาร์ (baa) — public house
  • Tibetan: ཆང་ཁང (chang khang) — public house
  • Turkish: meyhane — public house
  • Turkish: birahane — public house
  • Ottoman Turkish: میخانه (meyhane) — public house
  • Turkmen: meýhana — public house
  • Ukrainian: кна́йпа (knájpa) — public house
  • Ukrainian: бар (bar) — public house
  • Ukrainian: пивна́ (pyvná) — public house
  • Ukrainian: пивни́ця (pyvnýcja) — public house
  • Ukrainian: паб (pab) — public house
  • Ukrainian: тракти́р (traktýr) — public house
  • Ukrainian: корчма́ (korčmá) — public house
  • Ukrainian: ко́рчма (kórčma) — public house
  • Ukrainian: ши́нок (šýnok) — public house
  • Urdu: سَرَائے (sarāe) — public house
  • Urdu: پَب (pab) — public house
  • Urdu: مَیخانَہ (maixāna) — public house
  • Uyghur: قاۋاقخانا (qawaqxana) — public house
  • Uyghur: قاۋاق (qawaq) — public house
  • Uyghur: مەيخانا (meyxana) — public house
  • Uzbek: mayxona — public house
  • Uzbek: pivoxona — public house
  • Uzbek: qovoqxona — public house
  • Uzbek: sharobxona — public house
  • Vietnamese: quán rượu — public house
  • Vietnamese: tiệm rượu — public house
  • Vietnamese: tửu quán — public house
  • Welsh: tafarn — public house