(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt/, (occasionally) /ˈædvəˌtaɪzmənt/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt/, (less often) /ədˈvɝtɪzmənt/
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(New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌædvəˈtʌɪzmənt/, /ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt/
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(Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈædvəˌtɪzmənt/
(Philippines) IPA^(key): /ʔɐd.vəɹˈtaɪs.mɛnt/, /ʔɐdˈvəɹ.tis.mɛnt/
Hyphenation: ad‧ver‧tise‧ment

Noun

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advertisement (countable and uncountable, plural advertisements)

(marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.
Companies try to sell their products using advertisements in form of placards, television spots and print publications.
A public notice.
The city council placed an advertisement in the local newspaper to inform its residents of the forthcoming roadworks.
A recommendation of a particular product, service or person.
The good manners and intelligence of the students are an advertisement for the school.
(obsolete) Notoriety.
(card games) In gin rummy, the discarding of a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.
- 1947, On Gin Rummy: An All-American Roundup, page 121:
  The safest time to answer a possible advertisement is when you have no indication as to what suit your opponent wants. Then even if he has advertised, the odds are that your answer is not the card he is looking for.

Synonyms

(commercial solicitation): ad, advert

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commercial solicitation

Albanian: publicitet (sq) m, reklamë (sq) f, njoftim (sq) m
Arabic: إِيذَان m (ʔīḏān), إِعْلَان m (ʔiʕlān), إِشْهَار m (ʔišhār), دِعَايَة f (diʕāya)
South Levantine Arabic: دِعَايَة f (diʕāye), إِعْلَان m (ʔiʕlān)
Armenian: գովազդ (hy) (govazd), ռեկլամ (hy) (ṙeklam) (colloquial)
Asturian: anunciu m
Azerbaijani: reklam (az), elan (az)
Bashkir: реклама (reklama), иғлан (iğlan)
Basque: iragarki
Belarusian: рэкла́ма f (rekláma), аб'я́ва f (abʺjáva), ано́нс m (anóns), абвяшчэ́нне n (abvjaščénnje), аб'яўле́нне n (abʺjaŭljénnje)
Bengali: বিজ্ঞাপন (bn) (bijnapon), ইস্তাহার (bn) (istahar), এলান (bn) (elan)
Breton: bruderezh (br) m
Bulgarian: рекла́ма (bg) f (rekláma), рекла́мна обя́ва f (reklámna objáva), ано́нс (bg) m (anóns)
Burmese: ကြော်ငြာစာ (my) (krau-ngraca), ကြော်ငြာ (my) (krau-ngra)
Catalan: anunci (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 廣告 / 广告 (gwong² gou³), 告白 (gou³ baak⁶)

Hokkien: 廣告 / 广告 (zh-min-nan) (kóng-kò)

Mandarin: 廣告 / 广告 (zh) (guǎnggào)
Cornish: argemmyn m
Czech: reklama (cs) f, inzerát (cs) m
Danish: reklame (da) c, annonce (da) c
Dutch: reclame (nl) f or m, advertentie (nl) f
Erzya: рамавтомапель (ramavtomapeľ), рамавтома (ramavtoma)
Esperanto: reklamo
Estonian: reklaam
Finnish: mainos (fi), mainostus (fi)
French: publicité (fr) f, pub (fr) f, annonce (fr) f, réclame (fr) f
Galician: anuncio m
Georgian: რეკლამა (reḳlama), განცხადება (gancxadeba)
German: Anzeige (de) f, Werbung (de) f, Annonce (de) f, Reklameanzeige f, Reklame (de) f, Inserat (de) n
Greek: διαφήμιση (el) f (diafímisi)
Ancient: προγραφή f (prographḗ)
Gullah: abbuhtizemu’t
Hebrew: פִּרְסוֹמֶת (he) f (pirsómet)
Hindi: विज्ञापन (hi) m (vijñāpan)
Hungarian: hirdetés (hu), reklám (hu)
Icelandic: auglýsing (is) f
Indonesian: iklan (id), reklame (id)
Interlingua: annuncio, publicitate, reclamo, propaganda
Italian: pubblicità (it) f, annuncio (it) m, reclame f
Japanese: 広告 (ja) (こうこく, kōkoku), ＣＭ (シーエム, shī-emu)
Kazakh: жарнама (kk) (jarnama)
Khmer: ឃោសនា (km) (khoosaʼnaa), ការផ្សាយពាណិជ្ជកម្ម (kaa phsaay piənɨccĕəʼkam), ការផ្សាយ (kaa phsaay), ដំណឹងពាណិជ្ជកម្ម (dɑmnəng piənɨccĕəʼkam) (on radio or TV)
Korean: 광고(廣告) (ko) (gwanggo)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: reklam (ku), îlan (ku), agahdarî (ku) f
Kyrgyz: жарнама (ky) (jarnama), реклама (ky) (reklama)
Lao: ການໂຄສະນາ (lo) (kān khō sa nā), ໂຄສະນາ (khō sa nā)
Latin: prescriptio f
Latvian: reklāma f, sludinājums m
Lithuanian: reklama f, skelbimas m
Macedonian: рекла́ма f (rekláma)
Malay: iklan (ms)
Malayalam: പരസ്യം (ml) (parasyaṁ)
Maltese: riklam, pubbliċità, tgħarif kummerċjali
Maori: whakatairanga, pānui
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: зар сурталчилгаа (mn) (zar surtalčilgaa), реклам (mn) (reklam)
Navajo: óʼoolkąąh
Nepali: विज्ञापन (ne) (vigyāpan)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: reklame m, annonse m
Occitan: anóncia (oc) f
Pashto: اشتهار (ps) m (eštehār), اعلان (ps) m (e'lān), انانس m (anāns)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: تَبْلیغ (tabliğ), آنونْس (ânons), اِعْلان (e'lân), آگَهی (âgahi)
Polish: reklama (pl) f, ogłoszenie (pl) n, anons (pl) m, inserat (pl) m
Portuguese: anúncio (pt) m, publicidade (pt) f, reclame (pt) m, propaganda (pt) f
Romanian: anunț (ro) n, publicitate (ro) f, reclamă (ro) f
Romansch: reclamă f, publicitad f
Russian: рекла́ма (ru) f (rekláma), объявле́ние (ru) n (obʺjavlénije), ано́нс (ru) m (anóns), заявле́ние (ru) n (zajavlénije)
Scottish Gaelic: sanas-reic m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: рекла́ма f, о̏гла̄с m, објавље́ње n, извештење n

Roman: rekláma (sh) f, ȍglās (sh) m, objavljénje (sh) n, izveštenje n
Slovak: reklama f, inzerát m
Slovene: oglas (sl) m, reklama f
Spanish: anuncio (es) m, publicidad (es) f, reclamo (es) m, aviso (es) m, aviso publicitario m, anuncio publicitario m, propaganda (es) f, spot m
Swedish: annons (sv) c, annonsering (sv) c, reklam (sv) c
Tagalog: pamadya, patalastas, adbertisment
Tajik: реклама (reklama), таблиғ (tabliġ), таблиғот (tabliġot), иълон (iʾlon)
Tamil: விளம்பரம் (ta) (viḷamparam)
Tatar: реклама (reklama), игълан (tt) (iğlan)
Telugu: వ్యాపార ప్రకటన (vyāpāra prakaṭana)
Thai: การโฆษณา (th) (gaan-kôot-sà-naa), โฆษณา (th) (kôot-sà-naa)
Turkish: reklam (tr), ilan (tr), duyuru (tr)
Turkmen: reklama, bildiriş (tk)
Ukrainian: рекла́ма (uk) f (rekláma), оголо́шення (uk) n (oholóšennja), ано́нс (uk) m (anóns), зая́ва f (zajáva)
Urdu: اِشْتِہار m (iśtihār), اِعْلان m (i'lān)
Uyghur: ئېلان (ëlan)
Uzbek: reklama (uz), eʻlon
Vietnamese: quảng cáo (vi) (廣告 (vi))
Volapük: noted (vo), reklam (vo), nunam (vo)
Võro: reklaam
Welsh: hysbyseb (cy) f
West Frisian: advertinsje, oankundiging
Yiddish: רעקלאַמע f (reklame)

public notice

Belarusian: аб'я́ва f (abʺjáva)
Bulgarian: обявле́ние (bg) n (objavlénie), обя́ва (bg) f (objáva)
Dutch: aankondiging (nl) f
Finnish: ilmoitus (fi)
French: avis (fr) m, annonce (fr) f
Georgian: განცხადება (gancxadeba), ანონსი (anonsi), უწყება (uc̣q̇eba)
German: Anzeige (de) f, Bekanntmachung (de) f
Greek: διαφήμιση (el) f (diafímisi), αγγελία (el) f (angelía)
Ancient: προγραφή f (prographḗ)
Hebrew: מוֹדָעָה (he) f (moda'a)
Hindi: विज्ञप्ति (hi) m (vijñapti)
Hungarian: közlemény (hu), értesítés (hu), hirdetmény (hu)
Italian: annuncio (it) m
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: بۆزانین (bozanîn)
Kyrgyz: жарыя (ky) (jarıya)
Latvian: sludinājums m
Macedonian: о́глас m (óglas)
Malayalam: വിജ്ഞാപനം (ml) (vijñāpanaṁ)
Maori: pānui, whakaaturanga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: annonse m

Nynorsk: annonse m
Occitan: anóncia (oc) f
Polish: ogłoszenie (pl) n, anons (pl) m inan
Portuguese: edital (pt) m
Romanian: anunț (ro) n (public)
Russian: объявле́ние (ru) n (obʺjavlénije), ано́нс (ru) m (anóns), извеще́ние (ru) n (izveščénije)
Ukrainian: оголо́шення (uk) n (oholóšennja)

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Volapük: ^{(please verify)} noted (vo)

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