pub

See also: pub., Pub., and Pub

English

Pronunciation

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

  • Audio (Southern England):

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  • Audio (US):

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• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /pʊb/
• Rhymes: -ʌb, -ʊb

Etymology 1

Clipping of public house

Noun

pub (plural pubs)

1. (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

public house

• Afrikaans: kroeg
• Albanian: pijetore (sq) f
• Arabic: حَانَة f (ḥāna), خَانَة f (ḵāna), خَمَارَة f (ḵamāra), مَشْرَب m (mašrab)
• Armenian: պանդոկ (hy) (pandok), գինետուն (hy) (ginetun), փաբ (hy) (pʻab), գարեջրատուն (hy) (gareǰratun)
• Azerbaijani: pivəxana, meyxana
• Belarusian: піўна́я f (piŭnája), бар m (bar), паб m (pab), тракці́р m (trakcír), карчма́ f (karčmá)
• Bengali: সেলুন (bn) (śelun), বার (bn) (bar), মদখানা (modkhana)
• Breton: ostaleri (br) f, tavarn (br) f
• Bulgarian: кръ́чма (bg) f (krǎ́čma), пи́вница (bg) f (pívnica), пъб m (pǎb), механа́ (bg) f (mehaná)
• Burmese: အရက်ဆိုင် (a.rakhcuing), ဘား (my) (bha:)
• Catalan: bar (ca) m, taverna f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 酒吧 (zau² baa¹), 酒館 / 酒馆 (zau² gun²)

  Hokkien: 酒吧 (chiú-pa), 酒館 / 酒馆 (chiú-koán)

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

• Czech: hospoda (cs) f, krčma (cs) f, hostinec (cs) m
• Danish: kro c, knejpe, beværtning, værtshus n
• Dutch: kroeg (nl) f
• Dzongkha: ཆང་ཁང (chang khang)
• Esperanto: drinkejo
• Estonian: pubi (et), kõrts (et), trahter (et), baar (et)
• Faroese: krógv f
• Finnish: kapakka (fi), pubi (fi), krouvi (fi), baari (fi)
• French: pub (fr) m, bar (fr) m, estaminet (fr) m, taverne (fr) f
• Georgian: ლუდხანა (ludxana)
• German: Kneipe (de) f, Bar (de) f, Lokal (de) n, Pub (de) m or n, Schankwirtschaft (de) f, Wirtschaft (de) f, Pinte (de) f
• Greek: καπηλειό (el) n (kapileió), παμπ (el) f (pamp)

  Ancient: καπηλεῖον n (kapēleîon), λέσχη f (léskhē)

• Gujarati: પબ n (pab)
• Hebrew: פָּאבּ (he) m (pab), בָּר (he) m (bar)
• Hindi: सराय (hi) f (sarāy), पब (pab), बार (hi) m (bār), मैख़ाना m (maixānā)
• Hungarian: kocsma (hu), söröző (hu), borozó (hu), talponálló (hu)
• Icelandic: krá (is) f, bar (is) m, knæpa f, pöbb m (colloquial)
• Ido: drinkerio (io)
• Indonesian: pub (id), bar (id)
• Interlingua: pub, café, taverna
• Irish: teach tábhairne m, teach óil m
• Italian: pub (it), osteria (it) f
• Japanese: 居酒屋 (ja) (いざかや, izakaya), パブ (ja) (pabu), バー (ja) (bā)
• Kazakh: сырахана (syraxana)
• Khmer: បារ (km) (baa), ភោជនាគារ (km) (phoocĕəʼniəkiə)
• Korean: 술집 (ko) (suljip), 퍼브 (peobeu), 바 (ko) (ba)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: meyxane (ku), badexane (ku), bar (ku)

• Kyrgyz: араккана (arakkana)
• Lao: ຜັບ (phap)
• Latgalian: krūgs m
• Latin: taberna (la) f
• Latvian: krogs m, bārs m
• Lithuanian: baras (lt) m, smuklė f
• Macedonian: крчма f (krčma), паб m (pab), меана f (meana)
• Malay: pub, bar (ms)
• Maori: pāparakāuta
• Marathi: पब m (pab)
• Middle English: taverne
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: паб (pab), баар (mn) (baar)

• Norman: aubèrge f, cabathet m (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kro, pub (no) m

  Nynorsk: pub m

• Old English: ealuhūs n
• Ottoman Turkish: میخانه (meyhane)
• Pannonian Rusyn: карчма f (karčma)
• Pashto: ميخانه f (mayxāná), شرابخانه f (šarābxāná)
• Persian:

  Dari: مَیْخَانَه (mayxāna)

  Iranian Persian: مِیْخانِه (meyxâne)

• Polish: knajpa (pl) f, gospoda (pl) f, piwiarnia (pl) f, pub (pl) m
• Portuguese: bar (pt) m, taberna (pt) f, cervejaria f
• Romanian: cârciumă (ro) f, bar (ro) n, local (ro) n
• Russian: бар (ru) m (bar), пивна́я (ru) f (pivnája), каба́к (ru) m (kabák), паб (ru) m (pab), тракти́р (ru) m (traktír), корчма́ (ru) f (korčmá) (dated), таве́рна (ru) f (tavérna), пивну́шка (ru) f (pivnúška) (colloquial)
• Scottish Gaelic: taigh-seinnse m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кр̏чма f, пи́вница f, меха̀на f (regional)

  Roman: kȑčma (sh) f, pívnica (sh) f, mehàna (sh) f (regional)

• Slovak: krčma (sk) f, hostinec (sk) m
• Slovene: pivnica f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: kjarcma f

  Upper Sorbian: korčma f, knajpa f

• Spanish: pub (es), bar (es) m, taberna (es) f
• Swedish: krog (sv) c, pub (sv) c
• Tajik: майхона (mayxona)
• Tatar: кабак (tt) (qabaq)
• Thai: ร้านเหล้า (th) (ráan-lâo), ผับ (th) (pàp), ร้านสุรา (ráan-sù-raa), บาร์ (th) (baa)
• Tibetan: ཆང་ཁང (chang khang)
• Turkish: meyhane (tr), birahane (tr)
• Turkmen: meýhana
• Ukrainian: кна́йпа f (knájpa), бар (uk) m (bar), пивна́ f (pyvná), пивни́ця f (pyvnýcja), паб m (pab), тракти́р m (traktýr), корчма́ f (korčmá), ко́рчма f (kórčma), ши́нок m (šýnok)
• Urdu: سَرَائے f (sarāe), پَب (pab), مَیخانَہ m (maixāna)
• Uyghur: قاۋاقخانا (qawaqxana), قاۋاق (qawaq), مەيخانا (meyxana)
• Uzbek: mayxona (uz), pivoxona (uz), qovoqxona (uz), sharobxona (uz)
• Vietnamese: quán rượu (vi), tiệm rượu, tửu quán (vi)
• Welsh: tafarn (cy) f

Verb

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

1. (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)

1. (video games, slang) A public server.
   • 2002, Sean C. Cunningham, “if you play on random public servers, you're an ^[sic] 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)

1. 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)

1. (informal, transitive) to publish

Derived terms

• pub-sub
• self-pub
• trad-pub

 

Etymology 5

Clipping of publisher.

Noun

pub (plural pubs)

1. 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^(key): /pʏp/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʏp
• Homophone: pup

Noun

pub m (plural pubs, diminutive pubje n)

1. 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^(key): /ˈpub/, [ˈpub]
• Rhymes: -ub
• Hyphenation^(key): pub

Noun

pub

1. pub

Declension

Inflection of pub (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		pub	pubit
genitive		pubin	pubien
partitive		pubia	pubeja
illative		pubiin	pubeihin
		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
abessive		pubitta	pubeitta
instructive		—	pubein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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]‎^[1] (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^(key): /pyb/

Noun

pub f (plural pubs)

1. Television ad or advert

Derived terms

• pause pub
• pubard

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pub.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pub m (plural pubs)

1. 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^(key): /ˈpab/
• Rhymes: -ab

Noun

pub m (invariable)

1. pub

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From British English pub (“public house”).

Noun

pub m (definite singular puben, indefinite plural puber, definite plural pubene)

1. 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)

1. a pub

Synonyms

• bar
• kro
• skjenkjestove
• ølbu

References

• “pub” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English pub.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpap/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: pub
• Homophones: pap, PAP

Noun

pub m inan

1. pub (public house)

Declension

Declension of pub

	singular	plural
nominative	pub	puby
genitive	pubu	pubów
dative	pubowi	pubom
accusative	pub	puby
instrumental	pubem	pubami
locative	pubie	pubach
vocative	pubie	puby

Derived terms

adjective

• 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)

1. pub

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	pub	pubul		puburi	puburile
genitive-dative	pub	pubului		puburi	puburilor
vocative	pubule			puburilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Austrian German Bub, Bube.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pûːb/ or IPA^(key): /pûb/

Noun

pȗb or pȕb m (Cyrillic spelling пу̑б or пу̏б) (regional)

1. jack, knave in card games

Declension

Declension of pub

	singular	plural
nominative	pȗb, pȕb	pùbovi
genitive	pùba	pùbovā
dative	pùbu	pùbovima
accusative	pùba	pùbove
vocative	pube	pùbovi
locative	pùbu	pùbovima
instrumental	pùbom	pùbovima

Coordinate terms

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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), 2006–2024
• “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^(key): /ˈpab/ [ˈpaβ̞]
  • Rhymes: -ab
• IPA^(key): /ˈpob/ [ˈpoβ̞]
  • Rhymes: -ob

Noun

pub m (plural pubs)

1. 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

en pub

Etymology

Borrowed from English pub.

Noun

pub c

1. a pub

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of pub

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

See also

• bar
• krog
• nattklubb

References

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

Anagrams

• BUP, PBU