First Known Use: 1852
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communiqué
noun com·mu·ni·qué \kə-ˈmyü-nə-ˌkā, -ˌmyü-nə-ˈ\
: an official announcement about a usually very important piece of news
Full Definition of COMMUNIQUÉ
: bulletin 1
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Origin of COMMUNIQUÉ
French, from past participle of communiquer to communicate, from Latin communicare
Related to COMMUNIQUÉ
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- ad, advert [chiefly British], advertisement, bulletin, announcement, notice, notification, posting, release
Rhymes with COMMUNIQUÉ
African gray, areaway, Armistice Day, Ascension Day, auto-da-fé, bank holiday, beta decay, bioassay, boulevardier, cabriolet, café au lait, cantabile, Cardigan Bay, carry away, cDNA, Chesapeake Bay, chronicle play, companionway, corps de ballet, costumier, couturier, décolleté, Delaware Bay, devil to pay, diamanté, Dies Irae, Discovery Day, Dominion Day, Election Day, electric ray, far and away, felo-de-se, fiddle away, Fiesole, Giant's Causeway, habitué, High Holiday, instant replay, Jamaica Bay, Jubilate, Korea Bay, laissez-passer, Lavoisier, medley relay, mezzo forte, microarray, Midsummer Day, miracle play, Morgan le Fay, objet trouvé, off-off-Broadway, out-of-the-way, papier collé, papier-mâché, pas de bourrée, Patriots' Day, photo-essay, Pouilly-Fuissé, Pouilly-Fumé, prêt-à-porter, Presidents' Day, roche moutonnée, Rogation Day, roman à clef, roturier, Saginaw Bay, sine die, sub judice, superhighway, Thanksgiving Day, ukiyo-e, Ulan-Ude, Valentine's Day, Veterans Day, yerba maté
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