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public

adj · noun · verb · 27 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, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpʌblɪk/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Ireland, Northern-England: /ˈpʊblɪk/
  • rhymes with -ʌblɪk
  • CMU ARPABET: P AH1 B L IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Able to be known or seen by everyone; happening without concealment; open to general view.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it; especially, provided by national or local authorities and supported by money from taxes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • public library public park

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it; especially, provided by national or local authorities and supported by money from taxes.

Of a company: having shares of stock traded publicly, for example, through a stock market.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Pertaining to the people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people; concerning the whole community or country.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community, rather than by a private organization.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • public housing public officer public prosecutor public servant

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adj

Meaning 6

Pertaining to a person in the capacity in which they deal with other people on a formal or official basis, as opposed to a personal or private capacity; official, professional.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • public face public image

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adj

Meaning 7

Of an object: accessible to the program in general, not only to a class or subclass.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, not-comparable

Qualifier: object-oriented programming

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adj

Meaning 8

Pertaining to nations collectively, or to nations regarded as civilized; international, supernational.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

adj

Meaning 9

Now chiefly in public spirit and public-spirited: seeking to further the best interests or well-being of the community or nation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

adj

Meaning 10

Now only in public figure: famous, prominent, well-known.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

adj

Meaning 11

In some older universities in the United Kingdom: open or pertaining to the whole university, as opposed to a constituent college or an individual staff member or student.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, historical

Topics: education

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

adj

Meaning 12

Of or pertaining to the human race as a whole; common, universal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

adj

Meaning 13

Chiefly in make public: of a work: printed or otherwise published.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

Chiefly preceded by the: members of the community or the people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Members of the public may not proceed beyond this point.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

Preceded by a possessive determiner such as my, your, or their: a group of people who support a particular person, especially a performer, a writer, etc.; an audience, a following.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: readership, viewership

16

noun

Meaning 16

Ellipsis of public house or (dated) public bar (“an inn, a pub: the more basic bar in a public house, as contrasted with the lounge bar or saloon bar which has more comfortable seats, personalized service, etc.”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: alehouse, boozer, boozing ken, bousing ken, drinker, drinkery, gargle-factory, gin joint, groggery, local, nineteenth hole, pot-house, pub, public house, rummery, saloon, tavern, watering hole

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

Often preceded by the and a qualifying word: a particular demographic or group of people, or segment of the population, sharing some common characteristic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: often public relations

Examples

  • the cinema-going public
  • the reading public

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

noun

Meaning 18

Often preceded by the and a qualifying word: a particular demographic or group of people, or segment of the population, sharing some common characteristic.

A group of people sharing some common cultural, political, or social interest, but not necessarily having any interactions with each other.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: often public relations

Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

noun

Meaning 19

Chiefly preceded by the: a collective body of a politically organized nation or state; a body politic, a nation, a state; also, the interest or well-being of such a collective body; the common good.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: commonweal, public interest, public good

Antonyms: none provided

20

noun

Meaning 20

At Harvard University: a penalty imposed on a student involving a grade reduction which is communicated to the student's parents or guardian.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, countable, obsolete, uncountable

Qualifier: university slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

noun

Meaning 21

Chiefly in in public: the presence of spectators or people generally; the open.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

noun

Meaning 22

An internet publication.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: neologism

Qualifier: non-native speakers' English

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

verb

Meaning 23

To make (something) openly or widely known; to publicize, to publish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

adjective

Meaning 24

not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the public good
  • public libraries
  • public funds
  • public parks
  • a public scandal
  • public gardens
  • performers and members of royal families are public figures

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: private

25

adjective satellite

Meaning 25

affecting the people or community as a whole

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • community leaders
  • community interests
  • the public welfare

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

26

noun

Meaning 26

a body of people sharing some common interest

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the reading public

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: body

27

noun

Meaning 27

people in general considered as a whole

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he is a hero in the eyes of the public

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: populace, world

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: people

Narrower terms: admass

History

Etymology

The adjective and noun are derived from Late Middle English publik, publike (“(adjective) generally observable, public; relating to the general public or public affairs; (noun) a generally observable place or situation”), from Anglo-Norman public, publik, publique, Middle French public, publique, and Old French public (“(adjective) generally observable, public; relating to the general public; official; (noun) community or its members collectively; nation, state; audience, spectators collectively”) (modern French public, publique (obsolete)); and from their etymon Latin pūblicus (“of or belonging to the community, people, or state; general, public”), an alteration of poplicus (influenced by pūbēs (“adult men; male population”)), from poplus (“community; the people, public; nation, state”) (later populus; from Proto-Italic *poplos (“army”); further origin uncertain, possibly from Etruscan or from Proto-Indo-European *pleh1- (“to fill”)) + -icus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). Related to people, populus, etc. The Middle English word displaced native Old English ceorlfolc and folclic. The verb is derived from the adjective.

Semantic loan from Russian па́блик (páblik) and Ukrainian па́блік (páblik, “public webpage on a blog or on social media”), both borrowed from English public: see etymology 1.

Across languages

Translations

379 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: ictimai — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Bashkir: асыҡ (asıq) — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Bashkir: халыҡ өсөн асыҡ (xalıq ösön asıq) — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Bulgarian: пу́бличен (públičen) — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Bulgarian: общодостъ́пен (obštodostǎ́pen) — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Catalan: públic — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Dutch: openbaar — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Esperanto: publika — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Finnish: julkinen — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • French: public — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Galician: público — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Georgian: საზოგადოებრივი (sazogadoebrivi) — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • German: öffentlich — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Greek: δημόσιος (dimósios) — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Gujarati: જાહેર (jāher) — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Hebrew: ציבורי — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Hebrew: צִבּוּרִי (tsiburí) — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Hindi: सार्वजनिक (sārvajnik) — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Hungarian: nyilvános — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Khmer: សាធារណៈ (saathiərĕəʼnaʼ) — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Lao: ສາທາລະນະ (sā thā la na) — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Macedonian: јавен (javen) — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Malay: awam — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Māori: marake — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Māori: mārakerake — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Māori: tūmatanui — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Neapolitan: prubbeco — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Occitan: public — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Portuguese: público — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Romanian: public — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Russian: обще́ственный (obščéstvennyj) — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Russian: общедосту́пный (obščedostúpnyj) — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Serbo-Croatian: ја̑внӣ — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Serbo-Croatian: jȃvnī — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Spanish: público — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Tagalog: pangmadla — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Thai: สาธารณะ (sǎa-taa-rá-ná) — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Ukrainian: публі́чний (publíčnyj) — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Zazaki: xelq — able to be known or seen by everyone
  • Albanian: publik — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Arabic: عُمُومِيّ (ʕumūmiyy) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Armenian: հասարակական (hasarakakan) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Azerbaijani: açıq — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Azerbaijani: ellik — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Azerbaijani: ictimai — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Azerbaijani: ümumi — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Bashkir: асыҡ (asıq) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Belarusian: публі́чны (publíčny) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Belarusian: грама́дскі (hramádski) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Belarusian: грама́дзкі (hramádzki) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Bulgarian: обще́ствен (obštéstven) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Bulgarian: публи́чен (publíčen) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Chinese Cantonese: 公共 (gung1 gung6) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Chinese Mandarin: 公共 (gōnggòng) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Czech: veřejný — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Danish: offentlig — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Dutch: publiek — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Dutch: openbaar — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Esperanto: publika — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Finnish: julkinen — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Finnish: yleinen — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • French: public — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Georgian: საყოველთაო (saq̇oveltao) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Georgian: საჯარო (saǯaro) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • German: öffentlich — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Greek: δημόσιος (dimósios) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Greek: κοινός (koinós) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Ancient Greek: δημόσιος (dēmósios) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Hebrew: ציבורי — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Hebrew: צִבּוּרִי (tsiburí) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Hindi: सार्वजनिक (sārvajnik) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Hungarian: köz- — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Hungarian: közösségi — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Hungarian: nyilvános — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Indonesian: umum — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Irish: poiblí — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Italian: pubblico — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Japanese: 公共 (kōkyō) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Kazakh: қоғамдық (qoğamdyq) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Khmer: សាធារណៈ (saathiərĕəʼnaʼ) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Korean: 공공(公共)의 (gonggong-ui) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Kyrgyz: коомдук (koomduk) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Latin: publicus — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Macedonian: јавен (javen) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Māori: tūmatanui — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Norwegian Bokmål: offentlig — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Iranian Persian: عُمومی (omumi) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Iranian Persian: عَوامی (avâmi) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Polish: publiczny — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Portuguese: público — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Romanian: public — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Russian: публи́чный (publíčnyj) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Russian: обще́ственный (obščéstvennyj) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Russian: откры́тый (otkrýtyj) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Scottish Gaelic: poblach — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Serbo-Croatian: ја̑внӣ — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Serbo-Croatian: jȃvnī — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Slovak: verejný — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Slovene: javen — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Spanish: público — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Swedish: offentlig — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Tagalog: pangmadla — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Tajik: ҷамъиятӣ (jam'iyati) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Tatar: ачык (açıq) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Telugu: బాహాటము (bāhāṭamu) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Ukrainian: публі́чний (publíčnyj) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Ukrainian: грома́дський (hromádsʹkyj) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Urdu: عَوامی ('avāmī) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Urdu: پَبْلِک (pablik) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Urdu: عُمُومی ('umūmī) — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Vietnamese: công cộng — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Zazaki: sariye — open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it
  • Bulgarian: публи́чен (publíčen) — of a company: having shares of stock traded publicly
  • Finnish: pörssi- — of a company: having shares of stock traded publicly
  • Greek: κοινο- (koino-) — of a company: having shares of stock traded publicly
  • Hebrew: ציבורי — of a company: having shares of stock traded publicly
  • Hebrew: צִבּוּרִי (tsiburí) — of a company: having shares of stock traded publicly
  • Hindi: सार्वजनिक (sārvajnik) — of a company: having shares of stock traded publicly
  • Indonesian: terbuka — of a company: having shares of stock traded publicly
  • Korean: 상장(上場)의 (sangjang-ui) — of a company: having shares of stock traded publicly
  • Telugu: వేలం (vēlaṁ) — of a company: having shares of stock traded publicly
  • Zazaki: sarvani — of a company: having shares of stock traded publicly
  • Arabic: عَلَنِيّ (ʕalaniyy) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Arabic: عَامّ (ʕāmm) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Arabic: عُمُومِيّ (ʕumūmiyy) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Armenian: հանրային (hanrayin) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Assamese: ৰাইজ (raiz) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Azerbaijani: ellik — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Azerbaijani: ictimai — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Azerbaijani: ümumi — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Belarusian: грама́дскі (hramádski) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Belarusian: грама́дзкі (hramádzki) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Breton: foran — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Bulgarian: обще́ствен (obštéstven) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Catalan: públic — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Chinese Cantonese: 公共 (gung1 gung6) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Chinese Mandarin: 公共 (gōnggòng) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Czech: veřejný — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Danish: offentlig — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Dutch: publiek — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Dutch: openbaar — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Esperanto: publika — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Finnish: julkinen — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • French: public — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Galician: público — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Georgian: საყოველთაო (saq̇oveltao) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Georgian: საზოგადოებრივი (sazogadoebrivi) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Georgian: საჯარო (saǯaro) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • German: öffentlich — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Greek: δημόσιος (dimósios) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Greek: κοινός (koinós) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Ancient Greek: δημόσιος (dēmósios) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Hebrew: ציבורי — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Hebrew: צִבּוּרִי (tsiburí) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Hindi: जनता (jantā) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Hungarian: köz- — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Hungarian: nyilvános — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Icelandic: opinber — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Indonesian: umum — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Irish: poiblí — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Italian: pubblico — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Japanese: 公衆の (kōshū no) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Kazakh: қоғамдық (qoğamdyq) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Khmer: សាធារណៈ (saathiərĕəʼnaʼ) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Korean: 공중(公衆)의 (gongjung-ui) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Kyrgyz: коомдук (koomduk) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Lao: ສາທາລະນະ (sā thā la na) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Lao: ມະຫາຊົນ (ma hā son) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Latin: publicus — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Macedonian: публичен (publičen) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Macedonian: јавен (javen) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Māori: o te katoa — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Māori: tūmatanui — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Norman: publyi — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Norwegian Bokmål: allmenn — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Norwegian Bokmål: offentlig — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Iranian Persian: عُمومی (omumi) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Iranian Persian: اِجْتِماعی (ejtemâ'i) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Polish: publiczny — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Portuguese: público — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Romanian: public — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Russian: обще́ственный (obščéstvennyj) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Scottish Gaelic: poblach — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Serbo-Croatian: ја̑внӣ — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Serbo-Croatian: jȃvnī — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Slovak: verejný — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Slovene: javen — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Spanish: público — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Swedish: allmän — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Swedish: offentlig — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Tagalog: pangmadla — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Tajik: умумӣ (umumi) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Tajik: оммавӣ (ommavi) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Tajik: ҷамъиятӣ (jam'iyati) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Tajik: ҷамоатӣ (jamoati) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Tajik: иҷтимоӣ (ijtimoyi) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Tarifit: iwdan — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Telugu: ప్రజా (prajā) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Thai: ประชาชน (bprà-chaa-chon) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Thai: มหาชน (má-hǎa-chon) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Thai: สาธารณชน (sǎa-taa-rá-ná-chon) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Ukrainian: грома́дський (hromádsʹkyj) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Urdu: اِجْتِماعی (ijtimā'ī) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Urdu: عُمُومی ('umūmī) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Uyghur: جامائەت (jama'et) — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Uzbek: jamoat — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Vietnamese: công cộng — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Zazaki: deg — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Zazaki: degme — pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people
  • Arabic: عُمُومِيّ (ʕumūmiyy) — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Azerbaijani: dövlət — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Belarusian: публі́чны (publíčny) — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Belarusian: грама́дскі (hramádski) — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Belarusian: грама́дзкі (hramádzki) — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Bulgarian: публи́чен (publíčen) — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Bulgarian: обще́ствен (obštéstven) — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Czech: veřejný — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Dutch: overheids- — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Dutch: staats- — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Finnish: julkinen — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Finnish: julkisoikeudellinen — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • French: public — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Galician: público — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Georgian: სახელმწიფო (saxelmc̣ipo) — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Georgian: საჯარო (saǯaro) — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Greek: δημόσιος (dimósios) — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Ancient Greek: δημόσιος (dēmósios) — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Hebrew: ציבורי — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Hebrew: צִבּוּרִי (tsiburí) — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Hindi: सार्वजनिक (sārvajnik) — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Hungarian: köz- — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Indonesian: umum — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Irish: poiblí — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Italian: pubblico — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Khmer: សាធារណៈ (saathiərĕəʼnaʼ) — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Latin: publicus — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Macedonian: јавен (javen) — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Polish: publiczny — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Portuguese: público — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Portuguese: estatal — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Russian: публи́чный (publíčnyj) — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Russian: обще́ственный (obščéstvennyj) — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Serbo-Croatian: ја̑внӣ — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Serbo-Croatian: jȃvnī — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Slovak: verejný — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Slovene: javen — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Spanish: público — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Swedish: statlig — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Tagalog: pangmadla — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Telugu: ప్రభుత్వ నిధి (prabhutva nidhi) — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Thai: สาธารณะ (sǎa-taa-rá-ná) — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Ukrainian: публі́чний (publíčnyj) — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Ukrainian: грома́дський (hromádsʹkyj) — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Zazaki: dewlet — officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community
  • Finnish: julkinen — (object-oriented programming) of an object: accessible to the program in general, not only to a class or subclass
  • Finnish: yleistä etua ajava — seeking to further the best interests or well-being of the community or nation
  • Finnish: kaikille avoin — open or pertaining to the whole university, as opposed to a constituent college or an individual staff member or student
  • Albanian: publik — members of the community or the people in general
  • Arabic: عَامَّة (ʕāmma) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Arabic: جُمْهُور (jumhūr) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Armenian: հասարակություն (hasarakutʻyun) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Azerbaijani: camaat — members of the community or the people in general
  • Azerbaijani: ictimaiyyət — members of the community or the people in general
  • Belarusian: пу́бліка (públika) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Belarusian: грама́дзкасць (hramádzkascʹ) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Bulgarian: пу́блика (públika) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Bulgarian: обще́ственост (obštéstvenost) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Chinese Cantonese: 公眾 /公众 (gung1 zung3) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Chinese Cantonese: 大眾 /大众 (daai6 zung3) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Chinese Mandarin: 公眾 /公众 (gōngzhòng) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大眾 /大众 (dàzhòng) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Czech: veřejnost — members of the community or the people in general
  • Danish: offentlighed — members of the community or the people in general
  • Dutch: publiek — members of the community or the people in general
  • Esperanto: publiko — members of the community or the people in general
  • Estonian: avalikkus — members of the community or the people in general
  • Finnish: yleisö — members of the community or the people in general
  • French: public — members of the community or the people in general
  • Georgian: პუბლიკა (ṗubliḳa) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Georgian: საზოგადოება (sazogadoeba) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Georgian: ხალხი (xalxi) — members of the community or the people in general
  • German: Publikum — members of the community or the people in general
  • German: Öffentlichkeit — members of the community or the people in general
  • Greek: κοινό (koinó) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Haitian Creole: piblik — members of the community or the people in general
  • Hawaiian: lehulehu — members of the community or the people in general
  • Hebrew: קהל (kahál) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Hebrew: צִבּוּר (tsibúr) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Hindi: जनता (jantā) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Hindi: लोक (lok) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Hindi: लोक-जन (lok-jan) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Hindi: सर्वजन (sarvajan) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Hindi: जनसाधारण (jansādhāraṇ) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Hindi: जनसामान्य (jansāmānya) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Hindi: अवाम (avām) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Hungarian: nagyközönség — members of the community or the people in general
  • Hungarian: nyilvánosság — members of the community or the people in general
  • Icelandic: almenningur — members of the community or the people in general
  • Indonesian: publik — members of the community or the people in general
  • Indonesian: khalayak — members of the community or the people in general
  • Irish: an pobal — members of the community or the people in general
  • Irish: na daoine — members of the community or the people in general
  • Italian: pubblico — members of the community or the people in general
  • Japanese: 公共 (kōkyō) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Japanese: 大衆 (taishū) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Kazakh: әлеумет (äleumet) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Kazakh: жұртшылық (jūrtşylyq) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Khmer: បណ្ដារាស្ត្រ (bɑɑbɑndaa riəh) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Khmer: មហាជន (mɔhaacŭən) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Khmer: អ្នកផង (nĕək phɑɑng) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Khmer: សាធារណជន (saathiərĕəʼnaʼ cŭən) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Korean: 대중 (daejung) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Korean: 공공 (gonggong) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Kyrgyz: коомчулук (koomculuk) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Lao: ສາທາລະນະ (sā thā la na) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Lao: ສາທາລະນະຊົນ (sā thā la na son) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Latin: publicum — members of the community or the people in general
  • Latin: vulgus — members of the community or the people in general
  • Latvian: publika — members of the community or the people in general
  • Latvian: sabiedrība — members of the community or the people in general
  • Lithuanian: publika — members of the community or the people in general
  • Lithuanian: visuomenė — members of the community or the people in general
  • Macedonian: јавност (javnost) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Māori: marea — members of the community or the people in general
  • Mongolian: ард олон (ard olon) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Mongolian: олон нийт (olon niit) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Norwegian Bokmål: allmennhet — members of the community or the people in general
  • Norwegian Bokmål: offentligheten — members of the community or the people in general
  • Old English: folc — members of the community or the people in general
  • Dari: عُمُوم (umūm) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Iranian Persian: عُموم (omum) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Polish: publika — members of the community or the people in general
  • Polish: społeczeństwo — members of the community or the people in general
  • Portuguese: público — members of the community or the people in general
  • Punjabi: ਅਵਾਮ (avām) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Punjabi: ਜਨਤਾ (jantā) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Romanian: public — members of the community or the people in general
  • Russian: пу́блика (públika) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Russian: наро́д (naród) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Russian: обще́ственность (obščéstvennostʹ) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Scottish Gaelic: sluagh — members of the community or the people in general
  • Serbo-Croatian: пу̀блика — members of the community or the people in general
  • Serbo-Croatian: ја́вно̄ст — members of the community or the people in general
  • Serbo-Croatian: pùblika — members of the community or the people in general
  • Serbo-Croatian: jávnōst — members of the community or the people in general
  • Shan: ၵူၼ်းမိူင်း (kúun móeng) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Slovak: verejnosť — members of the community or the people in general
  • Slovene: javnost — members of the community or the people in general
  • Spanish: público — members of the community or the people in general
  • Swahili: umma — members of the community or the people in general
  • Swedish: allmänhet — members of the community or the people in general
  • Tagalog: bayan — members of the community or the people in general
  • Tagalog: madla — members of the community or the people in general
  • Tajik: умум (umum) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Telugu: ప్రజలు (prajalu) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Thai: ประชาชน (bprà-chaa-chon) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Thai: มหาชน (má-hǎa-chon) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Thai: สาธารณชน (sǎa-taa-rá-ná-chon) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Turkish: halk — members of the community or the people in general
  • Turkish: kamu — members of the community or the people in general
  • Turkmen: köpçülik — members of the community or the people in general
  • Ukrainian: пу́бліка (públika) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Ukrainian: грома́дськість (hromádsʹkistʹ) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Urdu: عَوام ('avām) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Urdu: عُمُوم ('umūm) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Uyghur: ئاۋام (awam) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Uyghur: جامائەت (jama'et) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Uyghur: كۆپچىلىك (köpchilik) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Uzbek: avom — members of the community or the people in general
  • Uzbek: jamoat — members of the community or the people in general
  • Uzbek: jamoatchilik — members of the community or the people in general
  • Vietnamese: công chúng — members of the community or the people in general
  • Vietnamese: xã hội — members of the community or the people in general
  • Welsh: cyhoedd — members of the community or the people in general
  • Yiddish: עולם (oylem) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Zazaki: sar (diq) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Zazaki: şar (diq) — members of the community or the people in general
  • Finnish: pubin kaikille avoin osa — more basic bar in a public house
  • Finnish: yleisö — particular demographic or group of people, or segment of the population, sharing some common characteristic; (sociology) group of people sharing some common interest, but not necessarily having any interactions with each other
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