briefing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹiːfɪŋ/

Noun

briefing (plural briefings)

1. A short and concise summary of a situation.

   The president received a briefing on the situation before going to the press conference.

2. A presentation of information or instruction; the meeting at which it is presented.

   Today's briefing of the press will take place at 10 o'clock.

   • 2021 September 22, Guillem Balagué, “Barcelona: The toxic battle ripping apart a European giant”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Despite knowing that getting rid of Koeman was going to necessitate putting his hand very deep into what are currently very shallow pockets, Laporta changed tack a couple of weeks ago by summoning journalists for an off-the-record briefing about what was going to happen with the coach.

Coordinate terms

• press gaggle

Derived terms

• briefing note
• counterbriefing
• e-briefing
• President's Daily Briefing
• telebriefing

 

Descendants

• → Cantonese: briefing
• → French: briefing
• → Italian: briefing
• → Japanese: ブリーフィング (burīfingu)
• → Korean: 브리핑 (beuriping)
• → Russian: бри́финг (brífing)
• → Spanish: briefing
• → Turkish: brifing

Translations

short and concise summary of a situation

• Armenian: բրիֆինգ (hy) (brifing), ճեպազրույց (hy) (čepazruycʻ)
• Dutch: briefing (nl) f
• Estonian: infotund
• Finnish: yhteenveto (fi), tiivistelmä (fi); briiffaus (informal)
• French: revue (fr) f de presse
• Japanese: ブリーフィング (ja) (burīfingu)
• Kazakh: брифинг (brifiñ), лезжиын (lezjiyn)
• Korean: 브리핑 (beuriping)
• Polish: briefing (pl) m
• Portuguese: resumo (pt) m
• Russian: (instruction) инструкта́ж (ru) m (instruktáž), бри́финг (ru) m (brífing)
• Swedish: summering (sv) c
• Turkish: brifing (tr), brifingler pl
• Walloon: brifigne (wa) m (military)

presentation of information or instruction

• Dutch: briefing (nl) f
• Finnish: tiedotustilaisuus (fi) (information); tehtävänjako, käskynjako (instruction); selonteko (fi), opastus (fi), ohjeistus (fi)
• Hungarian: eligazítás (hu)
• Portuguese: briefing (pt) m
• Swedish: informationsmöte n

Verb

briefing

1. present participle and gerund of brief

Anagrams

• fibering

Chinese

Etymology

From English briefing.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bi¹ fing⁴ / bi¹ fing²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bi¹ fing⁴ / bi¹ fing²
    • Yale: bī fìhng / bī fíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bi¹ fing⁴ / bi¹ fing²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bi¹ fing⁴ / bi¹ fing²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piː⁵⁵ fɪŋ²¹/, /piː⁵⁵ fɪŋ³⁵/

Noun

briefing

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) briefing; meeting with the purpose of introducing information or instruction about something that happens afterwards

Related terms

• debriefing

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English briefing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbri(ː).fɪŋ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: brie‧fing

Noun

briefing f (plural briefings)

1. briefing; a short and concise summary of a situation
2. briefing; a presentation of information or instruction; the meeting at which it is presented

Related terms

• briefen
• debriefen, debriefing

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English briefing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁi.fiŋ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

briefing m (plural briefings)

1. briefing

Further reading

• “briefing”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English briefing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbri.finɡ/, /ˈbri.finɡ/, /ˈbri.fin/
• Rhymes: -ifinɡ, -ifin
• Hyphenation: brìe‧fing

Noun

briefing m (invariable)

1. briefing

Further reading

• briefing in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English briefing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbri.fiŋk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ifiŋk
• Syllabification: brie‧fing

Noun

briefing m inan

1. briefing (short and concise summary of a situation)
2. (aviation) check-in for pilots held before takeoff

Declension

Declension of briefing

	singular	plural
nominative	briefing	briefingi
genitive	briefingu	briefingów
dative	briefingowi	briefingom
accusative	briefing	briefingi
instrumental	briefingiem	briefingami
locative	briefingu	briefingach
vocative	briefingu	briefingi

Further reading

• briefing in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• briefing in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English briefing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbri.fiŋɡ/

Noun

briefing n (plural briefinguri)

1. briefing

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	briefing	briefingul		briefinguri	briefingurile
genitive-dative	briefing	briefingului		briefinguri	briefingurilor
vocative	briefingule			briefingurilor

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English briefing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾifin/ [ˈbɾi.fĩn]
• Rhymes: -ifin
• Syllabification: brie‧fing

Noun

briefing m (plural briefings)

1. briefing