Meanings
plural communiqués · alternative communique
- An official report or statement, such as a government press release or the report of a conference.
Otherwise, during the early decades of the Security Council there were few instances when private meetings were held and only a communiqué was issued.
2014, Loraine Sievers, Sam Daws, The Procedure of the UN Security Council, page 391 more example
Another fate the Europeans couldn't contemplate was not having a final communiqué at all, because if there was no final statement, maybe the meeting never took place, and how terrible that would be for mankind.
2020 June 23, John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened, →ISBN, page 103
Origin
- Frenchcommuniqué“something communicated”
- Englishcommuniqué
Unadapted borrowing from French communiqué (“something communicated”), past participle of communiquer (“to communicate”).
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بَلَاغ
- بَلَاغ (balāḡ)official announcement
Bulgarian комюнике́
- комюнике́ (komjuniké)official announcement
Catalan comunicat
- comunicatofficial announcement
Chinese Mandarin 公報 /公报
- 公報 /公报 (gōngbào)official announcement
Czech komuniké
- komunikéofficial announcement
Danish kommuniké
- kommunikéofficial announcement
Dutch communiqué
- communiquéofficial announcement
Esperanto komunikaĵo
- komunikaĵoofficial announcement
Estonian kommünikee
- kommünikeeofficial announcement
Finnish julkilausuma, kommunikea
- julkilausumaofficial announcement
- kommunikeaofficial announcement
French communiqué
- communiquéofficial announcement
German Kommuniqué
- Kommuniquéofficial announcement
Greek ανακοινωθέν
- ανακοινωθέν (anakoinothén)official announcement
Hindi विज्ञप्ति
- विज्ञप्ति (vijñapti)official announcement
Hungarian közlemény, kommüniké
- közleményofficial announcement
- kommünikéofficial announcement
Indonesian komunike
- komunikeofficial announcement
Japanese 公報, コミュニケ
- 公報 (kōhō)official announcement
- コミュニケ (komyunike)official announcement
Korean 커뮤니케, 성명서
- 커뮤니케 (keomyunike)official announcement
- 성명서 (seongmyeongseo)official announcement
- 공보 (gongbo)official announcement
Latvian komunikē
- komunikēofficial announcement
Lithuanian komunikatas
- komunikatasofficial announcement
Malay kenyataan, komunike
- kenyataanofficial announcement
- komunikeofficial announcement
Polish komunikat
- komunikatofficial announcement
Portuguese comunicado
- comunicadoofficial announcement
Romanian comunicat
- comunicatofficial announcement
Russian коммюнике́
- коммюнике́ (kommjuniké)official announcement
Slovak komuniké
- komunikéofficial announcement
Spanish comunicado
- comunicadoofficial announcement
Swedish kommuniké
- kommunikéofficial announcement
Tamil அறிக்கை
- அறிக்கை (aṟikkai)official announcement
Thai แถลงการณ์
- แถลงการณ์ (tà-lɛ̌ɛng-gaan)official announcement
Turkish bildiri, duyuru
- bildiriofficial announcement
- duyuruofficial announcement
Ukrainian комюніке́
- комюніке́ (komjuniké)official announcement
Vietnamese thông cáo, thông báo
- thông cáoofficial announcement
- thông báoofficial announcement
Cite this entry
communiqué. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/communiqu%C3%A9
“communiqué.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/communiqu%C3%A9. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “communiqué,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/communiqu%C3%A9.
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