notification

English

Etymology

From Middle French notification, from Old French notificacion, from Latin nōtificātiō.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌnəʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

notification (countable and uncountable, plural notifications)

1. (uncountable) The act of notifying.
2. (countable) A specific piece of information that serves to notify.

   My computer popped up a notification about Daylight Saving Time.

   1. (countable) A text message on a cell phone.

Derived terms

• death notification
• e-notification
• notification area
• push notification
• toast notification

 

Translations

act of notifying

• Afrikaans: kennisgewing
• Arabic: إِشْعَار m (ʔišʕār), إِخْطَار m (ʔiḵṭār), إِبْلَاغ m (ʔiblāḡ), إِخْبَار m (ʔiḵbār), إِعْلَام m (ʔiʕlām), إِعْلَان m (ʔiʕlān)
• Armenian: ծանուցում (hy) (canucʻum)
• Azerbaijani: bildiriş (az)
• Basque: jakinarazpen
• Belarusian: паведамле́нне n (pavjedamljénnje), апавяшчэ́нне n (apavjaščénnje)
• Bulgarian: уведомле́ние (bg) n (uvedomlénie)
• Catalan: notificació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 通知 (zh) (tōngzhī)

• Czech: upozornění (cs) n, oznámení (cs) n
• Dutch: melding (nl) f
• Esperanto: avizo (eo)
• Finnish: tiedoksianto (fi)
• French: notification (fr) f
• Georgian: შეტყობინება (šeṭq̇obineba), ცნობება (cnobeba), უწყება (uc̣q̇eba)
• German: Benachrichtigung (de) f
• Hungarian: értesítés (hu), közlés (hu)
• Indonesian: notifikasi (id)
• Italian: notificazione (it) f
• Japanese: 通知 (ja) (つうち, tsūchi)
• Khmer: ការជូនដំណឹង (kaa cuun dɑmnəng)
• Korean: 통지(通知) (ko) (tongji)
• Kyrgyz: билдирме (ky) (bildirme)
• Lao: ແຈ້ງການ (chǣng kān)
• Latin: notificatio m
• Malayalam: അറിയിപ്പ് (ml) (aṟiyippŭ), വിജ്ഞാപനം (ml) (vijñāpanaṁ)
• Maltese: notifika m
• Maori: whakaaturanga
• Northwestern Ojibwa: madwesidoon
• Persian: اِطِّلاع (fa) (ettelâ')
• Portuguese: notificação (pt) f
• Romanian: notificare (ro) f, notificațiune (ro) f, notificație (ro) f
• Russian: уведомле́ние (ru) n (uvedomlénije), оповеще́ние (ru) (opoveščénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: fios m
• Slovak: oznámenie n
• Slovene: obvestilo n, sporočilo (sl) n
• Spanish: notificación (es) f
• Swedish: anmälan (sv) c, kungörelse (sv) c
• Tagalog: abiso (tl), pagpapaunawa, notipikasyon
• Telugu: ప్రకటించుట (prakaṭiñcuṭa)
• Thai: การแจ้งเตือน (gaan-gaan-jɛ̂ɛng)
• Turkish: bildirme (tr), bilgilendirme (tr), tebliğ etme, haber verme (tr), notifikasyon
• Ukrainian: спові́щення n (spovíščennja), повідо́млення n (povidómlennja), оголо́шення (uk) n (oholóšennja), звідо́млення n (zvidómlennja)
• Urdu: اِطِّلَاع f (ittilā')
• White Hmong: ceeb toom
• Yiddish: אַוויז m (aviz)

a specific piece of information serving to notify

• Afrikaans: notifikasie
• Arabic: تَنْبِيه m (tanbīh), إِشْعَار m (ʔišʕār)
• Bulgarian: съобще́ние (bg) n (sǎobšténie)
• Catalan: notificació f
• Finnish: tiedonanto (fi)
• French: notification (fr) f
• Georgian: შეტყობინება (šeṭq̇obineba), ცნობა (cnoba), უწყება (uc̣q̇eba), ნოტიფიკაცია (noṭipiḳacia) (colloquial)
• German: Nachricht (de) f
• Greek: γνωστοποίηση (el) f (gnostopoíisi), ειδοποίηση (el) f (eidopoíisi)
• Hebrew: הוֹדָעָה f (hoda'á)
• Hungarian: értesítés (hu), értesítő (hu)
• Icelandic: tilkynning (is) f
• Indonesian: notifikasi (id)
• Maori: whakaaturanga, kupu whakaatu
• Polish: powiadomienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: notificação (pt) f, aviso (pt) m
• Romanian: notificare (ro) f
• Russian: извеще́ние (ru) n (izveščénije), уведомле́ние (ru) n (uvedomlénije), сообще́ние (ru) n (soobščénije)
• Swedish: kungörelse (sv) c, meddelande (sv) n
• Tagalog: notipikasyon
• Turkish: bildiri (tr), ihtar (tr), tebliğ (tr), notifikasyon
• Ukrainian: спові́щення n (spovíščennja)

Anagrams

• tonification

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

notification f (plural notifications)

1. notification

Further reading

• “notification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.