adj
Meaning 1
Not announced beforehand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unannounced
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Pronunciation
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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
without warning or announcement- M.A.D.Howe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they arrived unannounced
- a totally unheralded telegram that his daughter...died last night
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unheralded, unpredicted
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin nūntius Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin nūntiō Latin adnūntiō Latin annūntiōder. Old French anoncierder. English announce Old English -ed ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English announced English unannounced From un- + announced.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: необявен (neobjaven) — not announced
- Danish: uanmeldt — not announced
- Dutch: onaangekondigd — not announced
- Esperanto: neanoncita — not announced
- Finnish: yllättävä — not announced
- Finnish: yllätys- — not announced
- Finnish: ilman ennakkoilmoitusta — not announced
- Finnish: ilman ennakkovaroitusta — not announced
- French: inopiné — not announced
- German: unangekündigt — not announced
- German: unangemeldet — not announced
- Hindi: अघोषित (aghoṣit) — not announced
- Norwegian Bokmål: uanmeldt — not announced
- Polish: niezapowiedziany — not announced
- Polish: nieogłoszony — not announced
- Spanish: no anunciado / avisado (previamente) — not announced
- Spanish: sin anuncio / aviso (previo) — not announced
- Spanish: sin anunciación (previa) — not announced
- Spanish: sin anunciar / avisar (previamente) — not announced
Real reading context