pub

See also: pub. and Pub.

English

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pʌb/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /pʊb/

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• Rhymes: -ʌb, Rhymes: -ʊb

Etymology 1

Short form of public, from public house

Noun

Wikipedia

pub (plural pubs)

1. A public house, where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and drunk. Many pubs also provide food and/or entertainment.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess^[1]:

     Reg liked a chat about old times and we used to go and have a chinwag in the pub.

   • 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52: 

     From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:pub

Derived terms

• gastropub
• pub crawl

• pub quiz
• superpub

Translations

public house

• Albanian: pijetore f
• Arabic: حانة f (ḥāna), خانة f (xāna), خمارة f (xamāra), مشرب m (mášrab)
• Armenian: պանդոկ (pandok), գինետուն (ginetun), փաբ (pʿab)
• Azeri: pivəxana
• Belarusian: піўная f (piŭnája), бар m (bar), паб m (pab), тракцір m (trakcír), карчма f (karčmá)
• Bulgarian: кръчма (bg) f (krǎ̀čma), пивница (bg) f (pívnica)
• Catalan: bar m, taverna f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 酒吧 (zh) (jiǔbā), 酒館, 酒馆 (zh) (jiǔguǎn)

• Czech: hospoda (cs) f, krčma (cs) f, hostinec (cs) m
• Dutch: kroeg (nl) f
• Esperanto: drinkejo
• Estonian: pubi, kõrts, trahter
• Finnish: kapakka (fi), pubi (fi), krouvi (fi)
• French: pub (fr) m, bar (fr) m, estaminet (fr) m
• Georgian: ლუდხანა (ludxana)
• German: Kneipe (de) f, Bar (de) f, Lokal (de) n
• Greek: καπηλειό (el) (kapileió), παμπ (el) (pamp)
• Hindi: सराय (sarāy), पब (pab)
• Hungarian: kocsma (hu), korcsma
• Icelandic: krá (is) f
• Ido: drinkerio (io)
• Indonesian: pub (id)
• Interlingua: pub, café, taverna
• Irish: teach tábhairne m
• Italian: pub (it), osteria (it) f
• Japanese: 居酒屋 (いざかや , izakaya), パブ (pabu), バー (bā)
• Jèrriais: aubèrge f

• Korean: 술집 (ko) (suljip)
• Latgalian: krūgs
• Latvian: krogs m
• Lithuanian: baras (lt) m, smuklė f
• Macedonian: крчма f (k'rčma), паб m (pab)
• Maori: pāparakāuta
• Mongolian: паб (pab)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kro, pub (no)

• Persian: میخانه (fa) (meyxâne)
• Polish: knajpa (pl) f, gospoda f, piwiarnia (pl) f
• Portuguese: bar (pt) m, taberna (pt) f, cervejaria f
• Romanian: cârciumă (ro) f
• Russian: бар (ru) m (bar), пивная (ru) f (pivnája), кабак (ru) m (kabák), паб (ru) m (pab), трактир (ru) m (traktír), корчма (ru) f (korčmá) (dated), таверна (ru) f (tavérna), пивнушка (ru) f (pivnúška) (colloquial)
• Scottish Gaelic: taigh-seinnse m
• Serbo-Croatian: крчма f, krčma f, пивница f, pivnica f
• Slovak: krčma (sk) f, hostinec m
• Slovene: pivnica f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: kjarcma f

• Spanish: pub (es), bar (es) m, taberna (es) f
• Swedish: krog (sv) c, pub (sv) c
• Tatar: кабак (tt) (qabaq)
• Thai: ร้านเหล้า (th) (ráan lâo), ผับ (pàp), ร้านสุรา (ráan sù-raa)
• Turkish: meyhane (tr), birahane (tr)
• Ukrainian: кнайпа f (knájpa), бар (uk) m (bar), пивна f (pyvná), пивниця f (pyvnýcja), паб m (pab), трактир m (traktýr), корчма f (korčmá), шинок m (šýnok)
• Vietnamese: quán rượu, tiệm rượu
• Welsh: tafarn (cy) f

Verb

pub (third-person singular simple present pubs, present participle pubbing, simple past and past participle pubbed)

1. (intransitive) To go to one or more public houses.

See also

• inn
• off-license
• tavern

Etymology 2

Abbreviation ^{[please replace this header]} of publication

Noun

pub (plural pubs)

1. A publication.

   registered pubs

Etymology 3

Abbreviation ^{[please replace this header]} of publish

Verb

pub (third-person singular simple present pubs, present participle pubbing, simple past and past participle pubbed)

1. (informal, transitive) to publish

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• pubi

Noun

pub

1. pub

Declension

Inflection of pub (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

		singular	plural
nominative		pub	pubit
accusative	nom.?	pub	pubit
	gen.	pubin
genitive		pubin	pubien
partitive		pubia	pubeja
inessive		pubissa	pubeissa
elative		pubista	pubeista
illative		pubiin	pubeihin
adessive		pubilla	pubeilla
ablative		pubilta	pubeilta
allative		pubille	pubeille
essive		pubina	pubeina
translative		pubiksi	pubeiksi
instructive		—	pubein
abessive		pubitta	pubeitta
comitative		—	pubeineen

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French

Etymology 1

Short form of publicité

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pyb/

Noun

pub f (plural pubs)

1. Television ad or advert.

Derived terms

• pause pub
• pubard

Etymology 2

From English pub

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA^(key): /pœb/
• (Québec) IPA^(key): /pɔb/

Noun

pub m (plural pubs)

1. pub

External links

• "pub" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

pub m (invariable)

1. pub

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Swedish

Etymology

English pub

Noun

pub c

1. pub

Declension

Declension of pub

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pub	puben	pubar	pubarna
genitive	pubs	pubens	pubars	pubarnas