noun · 6 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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/pʌbˈlɪsɪti/
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rhymes with -ɪsɪti
CMU ARPABET:P AH0 B L IH1 S AH0 T IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:P AH0 B L IH1 S IH0 T IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Public interest attracted in this way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The condition of being the object of public attention.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
The quality of being public, not private.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
the quality of being open to public view
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the publicity of the court room
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: quality
6
noun
Meaning 6
a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution
From French publicité, From Medieval Latin pūblicitātem, accusative singular of pūblicitās, from Latin pūblicus (“public, general”). Morphologically public + -ity.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
գովազդ
(govazd)
— advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something
Bulgarian:
реклама
(reklama)
— advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something
Catalan:
publicitat
— advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something
Chinese Mandarin:
宣傳 /宣传
(xuānchuán)
— advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something
Dutch:
publiciteit
— advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something
Esperanto:
reklamo
— advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something
French:
publicité
— advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something
German:
Werbung
— advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something
Greek:
διαφήμιση
(diafímisi)
— advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something
Hindi:
प्रचार
(pracār)
— advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something
Irish:
bolscaireacht
— advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something
Italian:
pubblicità
— advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something
Japanese:
宣伝
(senden)
— advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something
Japanese:
広報
(kōhō)
— advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something
Macedonian:
рекла́ма
(rekláma)
— advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something
Malay:
publisiti
— advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something
Malay:
pengiklanan
— advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something
Malay:
seranta
— advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something
Norwegian Bokmål:
publisitet
— advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something
Norwegian Nynorsk:
publisitet
— advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something
Portuguese:
publicidade
— advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something
Romanian:
publicitate
— advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something
Russian:
рекла́ма
(rekláma)
— advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something
Russian:
пабли́сити
(pablísiti)
— advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something
Spanish:
publicidad
— advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something
Spanish:
toda la publicidad
— advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something
Spanish:
publicidades
— advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something
Swedish:
publicitet
— advertising or other activity designed to rouse public interest in something
Catalan:
publicitat
— public interest attracted in this way
Dutch:
publiciteit
— public interest attracted in this way
Greek:
δημοσιότητα
(dimosiótita)
— public interest attracted in this way
Malay:
publisiti
— public interest attracted in this way
Romanian:
publicitate
— public interest attracted in this way
Russian:
сла́ва
(sláva)
— public interest attracted in this way
Russian:
изве́стность
(izvéstnostʹ)
— public interest attracted in this way
Armenian:
հրապարակայնություն
(hraparakaynutʻyun)
— the condition of being the object of public attention
Bulgarian:
публичност
(publičnost)
— the condition of being the object of public attention
Bulgarian:
гласност
(glasnost)
— the condition of being the object of public attention
Greek:
δημοσιότητα
(dimosiótita)
— the condition of being the object of public attention
Malay:
publisiti
— the condition of being the object of public attention
Russian:
гла́сность
(glásnostʹ)
— the condition of being the object of public attention
Russian:
пабли́сити
(pablísiti)
— the condition of being the object of public attention