proclamation
English
Etymology
From Middle English proclamacion, from Anglo-Norman and Old French proclamacion, from Late Latin proclāmātiō, from the verb Latin prōclāmō.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌpɹɑkləˈmeɪʃən/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌpɹɒkləˈmeɪʃən/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: proc‧la‧ma‧tion
Noun
proclamation (countable and uncountable, plural proclamations)
- A statement which is proclaimed; formal public announcement.
- The Tuesday meetings are only thirty minutes now. That proclamation was made in the previous meeting.
Related terms
- proclaim
Translations
a statement which is proclaimed
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Anagrams
- prolactinoma
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin proclāmātiō, proclāmātiōnem, from Latin proclāmō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁɔ.kla.ma.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file)
Noun
proclamation f (plural proclamations)
- proclamation; announcement
Related terms
- proclamer
Further reading
- “proclamation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.