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publish

/ˈpʌblɪʃ/PUH-blish
/ˈpʌblɪʃ/PUH-blish

Meaningto make public

Common meaning: to make known

Other meanings: to issue a book

Journey through time

  1. Latinpūblicus‘belonging to the people’
  2. Frenchpeupler
  3. Middle Englishpublischensource
  4. Englishpublish‘to make known’ · today

publ also in: publicrepublic

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin pūblicus ‘belonging to the people’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry pūblicus, p. 1485 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • pūblicus Latin “belonging to the people”

Related words

publicrepublic

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