briefing
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- enPR: brē′fĭng
- (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈbɹiː.fɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈbɹi.fɪŋ/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈbɹiː.fəŋ/
- (India) IPA(key): /ˈbɾiː.fiŋ/
- Rhymes: -iːfɪŋ
- Hyphenation: brief‧ing
Noun
briefing (plural briefings)
- A concise summary of a current situation
- Coordinate term: press gaggle
- The president received a briefing on the situation before going to the press conference.
- A meeting to share a concise summary of a current situation, especially in close preparation for an operation or undertaking.
- Today's briefing of the press will take place at 10 o'clock.
- 2021 September 22, Guillem Balagué, “Barcelona: The toxic battle ripping apart a European giant”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- Despite knowing that getting rid of Koeman was going to necessitate putting his hand very deep into what are currently very shallow pockets, Laporta changed tack a couple of weeks ago by summoning journalists for an off-the-record briefing about what was going to happen with the coach.
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
short and concise summary of a situation
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presentation of information or instruction
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Verb
briefing
- present participle and gerund of brief
Anagrams
Chinese
Etymology
Borrowed from English briefing.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bi1 fing4 / bi1 fing2
- Yale: bī fìhng / bī fíng
- Cantonese Pinyin: bi1 fing4 / bi1 fing2
- Guangdong Romanization: bi1 fing4 / bi1 fing2
- Sinological IPA (key): /piː⁵⁵ fɪŋ²¹/, /piː⁵⁵ fɪŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
briefing
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) briefing (presentation of information or instruction)
Related terms
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English briefing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbri.fɪŋ/, /ˈbriː.fɪŋ/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: brie‧fing
Noun
briefing f (plural briefings)
- briefing (short and concise summary of a situation)
- briefing (presentation of information or instruction)
Related terms
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English briefing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʁi.fiŋ/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: brie‧fing
Noun
briefing m (plural briefings)
- briefing (presentation of information or instruction)
Further reading
- “briefing”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English briefing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbri.finɡ/, /ˈbri.finɡ/, /ˈbri.fin/
- Rhymes: -ifinɡ, -ifin
- Hyphenation: brìe‧fing
Noun
briefing m (invariable)
- briefing (presentation of information or instruction)
Further reading
- briefing in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- briefing in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- briefing in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English briefing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbri.fiŋk/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ifiŋk
- Syllabification: brie‧fing
Noun
briefing m inan
- briefing (short and concise summary of a situation)
- (aviation) check-in for pilots held before takeoff
Declension
Declension of briefing
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | briefing | briefingi |
| genitive | briefingu | briefingów |
| dative | briefingowi | briefingom |
| accusative | briefing | briefingi |
| instrumental | briefingiem | briefingami |
| locative | briefingu | briefingach |
| vocative | briefingu | briefingi |
Further reading
- briefing in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- briefing in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English briefing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbri.fiŋɡ/
- Rhymes: -ifiŋɡ
- Hyphenation: brie‧fing
Noun
briefing n (plural briefinguri)
- briefing (clarification of this definition is needed)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | briefing | briefingul | briefinguri | briefingurile | |
| genitive-dative | briefing | briefingului | briefinguri | briefingurilor | |
| vocative | briefingule | briefingurilor | |||
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English briefing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɾifin/ [ˈbɾi.fĩn]
- Rhymes: -ifin
- Syllabification: brie‧fing
Noun
briefing m (plural briefings)
- briefing (clarification of this definition is needed)