bulletin

See also: Bulletin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French bulletin.

Pronunciation

• (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):

    (file)

• Hyphenation: bul‧le‧tin

Noun

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

Derived terms

• all-points bulletin
• bulletin board
• bulletin board service
• bulletin board system
• bulletinize
• e-bulletin

 

Translations

A short report

• Armenian: տեղեկագիր (hy) (teġekagir)
• Bulgarian: бюлетин (bg) m (bjuletin)
• Finnish: tiedote (fi)
• French: bulletin (fr) m
• Galician: boletín m
• German: Bulletin (de) n
• Khmer: ប៊ុល្លឺតាំង (bulləɨtang)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: bulten (ku) f

• Macedonian: би́лтен m (bílten), гла́сник m (glásnik)
• Maori: mātārere
• Persian: بولتن (fa) (bultan), خبرنامه (fa) (xabarnâme)
• Portuguese: boletim (pt) m, aviso (pt) m, nota (pt) f
• Russian: бюллете́нь (ru) m (bjulleténʹ)
• Spanish: boletín (es) m, boletín informativo m, boletín de noticias m
• Tagalog: pabalita

A news update

• Bulgarian: бюлетин (bg) m (bjuletin)
• Finnish: uutiskatsaus, uutiskooste
• French: bulletin (fr) m
• Galician: boletín m
• German: Mitteilungsblatt n, Bulletin (de) n
• Khmer: ប៊ុល្លឺតាំង (bulləɨtang)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: bulten (ku) f

• Macedonian: би́лтен m (bílten)
• Portuguese: boletim (pt) m
• Russian: бюллете́нь (ru) m (bjulleténʹ)
• Spanish: boletín (es) m, boletín informativo m, boletín de noticias m, noticiario m, noticiero m, (only TV) telediario m
• Tagalog: pabalita

A short printed publication

• Armenian: տեղեկագիր (hy) (teġekagir)
• Finnish: tiedote (fi)
• Galician: boletín m
• German: Bulletin (de) n
• Hungarian: közlöny (hu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: belavok (ku) f, namilke (ku) f

• Macedonian: би́лтен m (bílten)
• Maori: mātārere
• Polish: biuletyn (pl) m
• Portuguese: folheto (pt) m, panfleto (pt) m, aviso (pt) m, nota (pt) f, boletim (pt) m
• Spanish: boletín (es) m, publicación oficial f
• Tagalog: pabalita

Verb

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

Translations

announce something by means of such a report

• Finnish: tiedottaa (fi), antaa tiedote

Interjection

bulletin

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

   Synonyms: hello, newsflash

Further reading

• “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.

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /byl.tɛ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

bulletin m (plural bulletins)

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

Derived terms

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

Descendants

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

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

1. alternative form of bulleteng

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

1. alternative form of bulleteng