infomercial

English

Alternative forms

• informercial

Etymology

Blend of information +‎ commercial.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɪnfəˌmɜːʃəl/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɪnfəˌmɝʃəl/

Noun

infomercial (plural infomercials)

1. A program-length television commercial, typically between thirty minutes and one hour long, that advertises a product or service by presenting supposedly impartial information about it.
   • 1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by Cher (Alicia Silverstone):

     Dionne and I were both named after great singers of the past who now do infomercials.

Translations

program-length television commercial

• Finnish: mainosdokumentti
• French: publireportage (fr) m
• German: Infomercial (de) n
• Icelandic: sjónvarpsörlýsing f
• Spanish: infomercial (es) m (Latin America), publirreportaje m (Spain), anuncio (es) m de teletienda f

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /infomeɾˈθjal/ [ĩɱ.fo.meɾˈθjal]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /infomeɾˈsjal/ [ĩɱ.fo.meɾˈsjal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: in‧fo‧mer‧cial

Noun

infomercial m (plural infomerciales)

1. (Latin America) infomercial