# pub
## English
### Pronunciation

* (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pʌb/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
** Audio (US):(file)
* (Northern England) IPA: /pʊb/
* Rhymes: -ʌb, -ʊb

### Etymology 1

Clipping of public house

#### Noun

pub (plural pubs)
* (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed, also providing food and sometimes entertainment such as live music or television.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pub
** 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC: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”, in 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.

##### Derived terms

* corner pub
* gastropub
* managed pub
* pub cheese
* pub crawl
* pub-crawl
* pub crawler
* pub cricket
* pub-goer
* pub golf
* pub grub
* publess
* pub quiz
* pub rock
* pub test
* restopub
* ruin pub
* superpub
* tied pub

##### Descendants

* → Dutch: pub
* → Estonian: pubi
* → Finnish: pub, pubi
* → French: pub
* → German: Pub
* → Greek: παμπ (pamp)
* → Gujarati: પબ (pab)
* → Hindi: पब (pab)
* → Icelandic: pöbb
* → Italian: pub
* → Japanese: パブ (pabu)
* → Korean: 퍼브 (peobeu)
* → Norwegian: pub
* → Polish: pub
* → Russian: паб (pab)
** → Mongolian: паб (pab)
* → Spanish: pub
* → Swedish: pub
* → Thai: ผับ (pàp)

##### Translations
#### Verb

pub (third-person singular simple present pubs, present participle pubbing, simple past and past participle pubbed)
* (informal, intransitive) To go to one or more public houses.

##### Usage notes

* Most commonly in the phrase "go pubbing".

#### See also

* inn
* off-licence
* tavern

### Etymology 2

Clipping of public server

#### Noun

pub (plural pubs)
* (video games, slang) A public server.
** 2002, Sean C. Cunningham, “if you play on random public servers, you're an tool and have no right to complain about cheaters.”, in alt.games.half-life.counterstrike (Usenet):Well there's private servers and then there's pubs that do their best to make sure everyone plays fair. The second option will be a lot easier to find.

### Etymology 3

Clipping of publication.

#### Noun

pub (plural pubs)
* Clipping of publication.
    registered pubs

### Etymology 4

Clipping of publish.

#### Verb

pub (third-person singular simple present pubs, present participle pubbing, simple past and past participle pubbed)
* (informal, transitive) to publish

##### Derived terms

* pub-sub
* self-pub
* trad-pub

### Etymology 5

Clipping of publisher.

#### Noun

pub (plural pubs)
* Clipping of publisher.
** 1979 April 14, “Barbara G. (classified advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, page 14:Pubs say it's out of print, but it was supposed to have been reissued.

### Anagrams

* UPB

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English pub.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pʏp/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ʏp
* Homophone: pup

### Noun

pub m (plural pubs, diminutive pubje n)
* pub (public house, especially one in the UK or Ireland)
    Synonym: kroeg

#### Related terms

* pubquiz

## Finnish
### Alternative forms

* pubi

### Etymology

From English pub.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpub/, [ˈpub]
* Rhymes: -ub
* Hyphenation: pub

### Noun

pub
* pub

#### Declension

Possessive forms of pub (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pubini
pubini
accusative
nom.
pubini
pubini
gen.
pubini
genitive
pubini
pubieni
partitive
pubiani
pubejani
inessive
pubissani
pubeissani
elative
pubistani
pubeistani
illative
pubiini
pubeihini
adessive
pubillani
pubeillani
ablative
pubiltani
pubeiltani
allative
pubilleni
pubeilleni
essive
pubinani
pubeinani
translative
pubikseni
pubeikseni
abessive
pubittani
pubeittani
instructive
comitative
—pubeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pubisi
pubisi
accusative
nom.
pubisi
pubisi
gen.
pubisi
genitive
pubisi
pubiesi
partitive
pubiasi
pubejasi
inessive
pubissasi
pubeissasi
elative
pubistasi
pubeistasi
illative
pubiisi
pubeihisi
adessive
pubillasi
pubeillasi
ablative
pubiltasi
pubeiltasi
allative
pubillesi
pubeillesi
essive
pubinasi
pubeinasi
translative
pubiksesi
pubeiksesi
abessive
pubittasi
pubeittasi
instructive
comitative
—pubeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pubimme
pubimme
accusative
nom.
pubimme
pubimme
gen.
pubimme
genitive
pubimme
pubiemme
partitive
pubiamme
pubejamme
inessive
pubissamme
pubeissamme
elative
pubistamme
pubeistamme
illative
pubiimme
pubeihimme
adessive
pubillamme
pubeillamme
ablative
pubiltamme
pubeiltamme
allative
pubillemme
pubeillemme
essive
pubinamme
pubeinamme
translative
pubiksemme
pubeiksemme
abessive
pubittamme
pubeittamme
instructive
comitative
—pubeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pubinne
pubinne
accusative
nom.
pubinne
pubinne
gen.
pubinne
genitive
pubinne
pubienne
partitive
pubianne
pubejanne
inessive
pubissanne
pubeissanne
elative
pubistanne
pubeistanne
illative
pubiinne
pubeihinne
adessive
pubillanne
pubeillanne
ablative
pubiltanne
pubeiltanne
allative
pubillenne
pubeillenne
essive
pubinanne
pubeinanne
translative
pubiksenne
pubeiksenne
abessive
pubittanne
pubeittanne
instructive
comitative
—pubeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
pubinsa
pubinsa
accusative
nom.
pubinsa
pubinsa
gen.
pubinsa
genitive
pubinsa
pubiensa
partitive
pubiaan pubiansa
pubejaan pubejansa
inessive
pubissaan pubissansa
pubeissaan pubeissansa
elative
pubistaan pubistansa
pubeistaan pubeistansa
illative
pubiinsa
pubeihinsa
adessive
pubillaan pubillansa
pubeillaan pubeillansa
ablative
pubiltaan pubiltansa
pubeiltaan pubeiltansa
allative
pubilleen pubillensa
pubeilleen pubeillensa
essive
pubinaan pubinansa
pubeinaan pubeinansa
translative
pubikseen pubiksensa
pubeikseen pubeiksensa
abessive
pubittaan pubittansa
pubeittaan pubeittansa
instructive
comitative
—pubeineen pubeinensa :

### Further reading

* “pub”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## French
### Etymology 1

Clipping of publicité.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pyb/

#### Noun

pub f (plural pubs)
* Television ad or advert

##### Derived terms

* pause pub
* pubard

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pub.

#### Pronunciation

* (France) IPA: /pœb/
* (Quebec) IPA: /pɔb/

#### Noun

pub m (plural pubs)
* pub

##### Derived terms

* resto pub

### Further reading

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

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English pub.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpab/
* Rhymes: -ab

### Noun

pub m (invariable)
* pub

### References

* ↑ pub in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From British English pub (“public house”).

### Noun

pub m (definite singular puben, indefinite plural puber, definite plural pubene)
* a pub
    Synonyms: bar, kro

### References

* “pub” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* pøbb (eye dialect spelling)

### Etymology

From British English pub (“public house”).

### Noun

pub m (definite singular puben, indefinite plural pubar, definite plural pubane)
* a pub

#### Synonyms

* bar
* kro
* skjenkjestove
* ølbu

### References

* “pub” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English pub.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpap/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ap
* Syllabification: pub
* Homophones: pap, PAP

### Noun

pub m inan
* pub (public house)

#### Derived terms

* pubowy

### Further reading

* pub in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* pub in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English pub.

### Noun

pub n (plural puburi)
* pub

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Austrian German Bub, Bube.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pûːb/ or IPA: /pûb/

### Noun

pȗb or pȕb m (Cyrillic spelling пу̑б or пу̏б) (regional)
* jack, knave in card games

#### Coordinate terms

Playing cards in Serbo-Croatian · igraće karte (layout · text) :
| as, kec | dvojka, dvica | trojka, trica | četvorka, četvrtica | petica | šestica | sedmica |
| osmica | devetka, devetica | desetka, desetica | dečko, pub, žandar, fant | kraljica, dama | kralj | džoker |

### References

* “pub”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
* “pub”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 5, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1973, published 1990, page 282

## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English pub.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpab/ [ˈpaβ̞]
** Rhymes: -ab
* IPA: /ˈpob/ [ˈpoβ̞]
** Rhymes: -ob

### Noun

pub m (plural pubs)
* pub

#### Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

### Further reading

* “pub”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English pub.

### Noun

pub c
* a pub

#### Usage notes

Suggests an English-style pub, with cozy connotations, etc. Perhaps closest to how pub is used in American English.

#### See also

* bar
* krog
* nattklubb

### References

* pub in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* pub in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

### Anagrams

* BUP, PBU