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bulletin
English
Etymology
From French bulletin.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?b?l?t?n/, /?b?l?t?n/
Noun
bulletin (plural bulletins)
- A short report, especially one released through official channels to be broadcast or publicized.
- A short news report.
- A short printed publication, especially one produced by an organization.
Derived terms
- bulletin board
Translations
Verb
bulletin (third-person singular simple present bulletins, present participle bulletining, simple past and past participle bulletined)
- To announce something by means of such a report or publication.
Translations
French
Etymology
From Old French bullette + diminutive suffixes -in, or possibly a borrowing from Italian bollettino.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /byl.t??/
Noun
bulletin m (plural bulletins)
- bulletin
- newsletter
- report card, school report
Derived terms
- bulletin de vote
- bulletin scolaire
- système des bulletins électroniques
Further reading
- “bulletin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
bulletin m (definite singular bulletinen, indefinite plural bulletiner, definite plural bulletinene)
- alternative form of bulleteng
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
bulletin m (definite singular bulletinen, indefinite plural bulletinar, definite plural bulletinane)
- alternative form of bulleteng
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hearsay
English
Etymology
From Middle English hyere-zigginge (1340), here sey (ca. 1438), from the phrase heren seien (“to hear [people] say”). Compare equally old Middle High German hœrsagen (14th c.), whence modern Hörensagen.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: hear?say
Noun
hearsay (usually uncountable, plural hearsays)
- Information that was heard by one person about another that cannot be adequately substantiated.
- (law) Evidence based on the reports of others, which is normally inadmissible because it was not made under oath, rather than on personal knowledge.
- (law) An out-of-court statement offered in court for the truth of the matter asserted, which is normally inadmissible because it is not subject to cross-examination unless the hearsay statement falls under one of a number of exceptions.
Derived terms
- double hearsay
Synonyms
- common talk
- gossip
- report
- rumor
Translations
See also
- as they say
- hear
- hear tell
- so they say
- you know what they say
Further reading
- hearsay in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- hearsay in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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