bulletin

Borrowed from French bulletin.

• (General American) enPR: bo͝olˈ-ə-tən, -ət-ən; IPA^(key): /ˈbʊl.ə.tən/, /ˈbʊl.əʔ.n̩/
• (UK) enPR: bo͝olˈ-ĭ-tĭn, -ə-tĭn; IPA^(key): /ˈbʊl.ɪ.tɪn/, /ˈbʊl.ə.tɪn/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: bul‧le‧tin

bulletin (plural bulletins)

1. A short report, especially one released through official channels to be immediately broadcast or publicized.
2. A time-sensitive news item or short news report.

   Synonyms: alert, breaking news, newsflash, update

3. A short printed publication, especially one produced regularly by an organization.

   Synonyms: newsletter, organ, periodical

bulletin (third-person singular simple present bulletins, present participle bulletining, simple past and past participle bulletined)

1. (transitive) To announce (something) by means of such a report or publication.

   to bulletin an employment vacancy

bulletin

1. (colloquial, often sarcastic) Introduces a fact (presumed to be obvious) of which the person addressed is ostensibly not aware.

   Synonyms: hello, newsflash

• “bulletin”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “bulletin”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “bulletin”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “bulletin”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

From Old French bullette + diminutive suffix -in, or possibly a borrowing from Italian bollettino.

• IPA^(key): /byl.tɛ̃/

• Audio:

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bulletin m (plural bulletins)

1. bulletin
2. newsletter
3. report card, school report

• bulletin de vote
• bulletin scolaire
• système des bulletins électroniques

• → Bulgarian: бюлетин (bjuletin)
• → Polish: biuletyn
• → Romanian: buletin
• → Russian: бюллетень (bjulletenʹ)
  • → Georgian: ბიულეტენი (biuleṭeni)
• → Turkish: bülten
• → Ukrainian: бюлетень (bjuletenʹ)

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

bulletin m (definite singular bulletinen, indefinite plural bulletiner, definite plural bulletinene)

1. alternative form of bulleteng

bulletin m (definite singular bulletinen, indefinite plural bulletinar, definite plural bulletinane)

1. alternative form of bulleteng