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pub

pub, bar

noun PUHB Less Common

Origin: English 'pub', short for 'public house'

Also means

advertisement, ad (informal)

Usage Note

Pub is a borrowing from English used in France for a bar in the British style. In informal French it also doubles as a shortening of publicité (advertisement) — une pub à la télé means a TV ad. The two senses are usually clear from context. Gender is masculine in the 'bar' sense and feminine in the 'ad' sense (une pub).

Examples

"On se retrouve au pub ce soir?"

Natural Translation

Shall we meet at the pub tonight?

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