promotional

English

Etymology

From promotion +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈmoʊʃənəl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈməʊʃənəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊʃənəl

Adjective

promotional (comparative more promotional, superlative most promotional)

1. Of or relating to an advertising promotion; serving to promote a service, institution, business, etc.

   Collect five promotional vouchers to claim your prize.

   • 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 5:

     In addition to this signage there are promotional videos broadcast in English on television screens around the campus.

   • 2022 November 30, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 971, page 87:

     The cartoon dog made its debut in half-term week in October, featuring on promotional children's tickets as well as fun children's activities such as colouring sheets and spot the difference.

2. Of or relating to promotion to a post of higher status.
   • 2013, Steve Prziborowski, How To Excel At Fire Department Promotional Exams, page 83:

     In some departments, tiebreakers on the promotional list are determined by who turned their application in first.

Derived terms

• promotional copy
• self-promotional

 

Translations

of, or relating to a promotion

• Czech: propagační (cs)
• Finnish: mainos-
• French: publicitaire (fr), promotionnel (fr) m
• Galician: promocional m or f
• Hungarian: promóciós (hu)
• Japanese: プロモーショナル (puromōshonaru)
• Polish: awansowy (promotion to a higher status), promocyjny (pl) (in advertising)
• Portuguese: promocional (pt)

Noun

promotional (plural promotionals)

1. An advertising promotion