communiqué

noun

com·​mu·​ni·​qué kə-ˈmyü-nə-ˌkā  -ˌmyü-nə-ˈkā 

: bulletin sense 1

Synonyms

• ad
• advert [chiefly British]
• advertisement
• announcement
• bulletin
• notice
• notification
• posting
• release

Examples of communiqué in a Sentence

a White House communiqué

Recent Examples on the Web

Despite the tensions, diplomats from the U.S., Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan signed off on a final communique after hours of late-night negotiations. —arkansasonline.com, 14 Mar. 2025

In 1979, to further placate Beijing and improve ties, the U.S. formally switched diplomatic relations with China from the ROC to the PRC, through another joint communique. —Chad De Guzman, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025

The opposition, for example, insists that as the parties agreed on in the Vienna communique and UNSC Resolution 2254, Washington must pressure the regime to release prisoners, lift sieges, and stop bombing civilian areas. —Bassam Barabandi, Foreign Affairs, 25 Jan. 2016

Bashar Assad released a statement on the collapse of his country last week — his first communique since losing control. —Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Dec. 2024

The final communique also called out China’s aid to Russia with strong language, reflecting an ability to broaden hard-nosed US concerns about Chinese behavior to European allies that are not always willing to risk Beijing’s ire. —Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 12 July 2024

Polish, Belarusian and Ukrainian nationals are among those arrested in recent months, according to Internal Security Agency communiques. —San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2024

For all that foreign policy is commonly understood to be the province of officials and diplomats—consultations, negotiations, communiques, démarches, summits, and more—foreign policy by example is no less real. —Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 5 June 2020

So while Iran seems to be messaging that today's attack could certainly have been worse, others may view their communiques as open threats of escalation. —NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024

Word History

Etymology

French, from past participle of communiquer to communicate, from Latin communicare

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

communiqué

noun

com·​mu·​ni·​qué kə-ˈmyü-nə-ˌkā  -ˌmyü-nə-ˈkā 

: bulletin

Etymology

French, literally, "something communicated"