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publicité

French, noun/py.bli.si.te/

publicité is spelled P-U-B-L-I-C-I-T-É (9 letters) and appears 27 times per million words in written French, the 2,920th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Publicité is a French feminine noun meaning “publicity, advertising” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Notoriété publique”.

What does publicité mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininepublicity, advertising

  2. 2

    femininecommercial, advertisement

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Notoriété publique. 2. Action de rendre public, résultat de cette action. 3. Possibilité pour le public d'assister aux audiences d'un tribunal. Antonyme : huis clos 4. Action, fait de promouvoir la vente d'un produit en exerçant sur le public une influence, une action psychologique afin de créer en lui des besoins, des désirs ; ensemble des moyens employés pour promouvoir un produit.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of publicité

  • publicités plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce publicité?

  • /py.bli.si.te/
  • \py.bli.si.te\
  • [py.bli.si.te]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to publicité

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is publicité in French?

publicité appears 27 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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