Borrowed fromFrenchbulletin. Bysurface analysis,bull(“ball”) +-et(“diminutive”) +-in(“diminutive”).
bulletin (pluralbulletins)
- A shortreport, especially one released throughofficialchannels to be immediatelybroadcast orpublicized.
A companybulletin announced changes to the policy.
- Atime-sensitive news item or shortnewsreport.
- Synonyms:alert,breaking news,newsflash,update
The evening newsbulletin reported on the earthquake.
- A shortprintedpublication, especially one produced regularly by anorganization.
- Synonyms:newsletter,organ,periodical
A short printed publication
bulletin (third-person singular simple presentbulletins,present participlebulletining,simple past and past participlebulletined)
- (transitive) Toannounce (something) by means of such a report or publication.
tobulletin an employment vacancy
announce something by means of such a report
bulletin
- (colloquial, oftensarcastic)Introduces a fact (presumed to beobvious) of which the person addressed isostensibly not aware.
- Synonyms:hello,newsflash
- “bulletin”, inCollins English Dictionary.
- “bulletin”, inMerriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “bulletin”, inLexico,Dictionary.com;Oxford University Press,2019–2022.
- “bulletin”, inCambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire:Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
FromOld Frenchbullette + diminutive suffix-in, or possibly a borrowing fromItalianbollettino.
bulletin m (pluralbulletins)
- bulletin
- newsletter
- report card,schoolreport
bulletin m (definite singularbulletinen,indefinite pluralbulletiner,definite pluralbulletinene)
- alternative form ofbulleteng
bulletin m (definite singularbulletinen,indefinite pluralbulletinar,definite pluralbulletinane)
- alternative form ofbulleteng
