Dictionary

proclaim en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /pɹoʊˈkleɪm/ (Canada, US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /pɹəʊˈkleɪm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /pɹəʉˈklæɪm/ (Australia)

Etymology

From Middle English proclamen, proclaime, from Old French proclamer, from Latin prōclāmō, prōclāmāre, from prō- (“forth”) + clāmō (“to shout, cry out”). Spelling altered by influence of claim, from the same Latin source (clāmō).

Meanings

1. To announce or declare.
   • You have seen it for yourselves in the play by Aristophanes, where Socrates goes whirling round, proclaiming that he is walking on air, and uttering a great deal of other nonsense about things of which I know nothing whatsoever. 1954, Plato, translated by Hugh Tredennick, “Socrates on Trial: The Apology”, in The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin Classics), Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, →OCLC, page 21:
   • Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
2. (dated, historical) To make (something) the subject of an official proclamation bringing it within the scope of emergency powers.
   • In due course the Dáil was proclaimed, fruitless efforts were made to suppress it and all its institutions, including, of course, the IRA. 1940 Major General Hugh MacNeill, "Na Fianna Éireann; Senior Corps of the Old Army" (An Cosantóir) reprinted in Our Struggle for Independence: Eye-witness Accounts from the Pages of 'An Cosantóir' p.184
   • Were those baronies proclaimed at the time you were in them? –Some of them are; the barony of Duhallow is proclaimed. 1824 May 19, "MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, Appointed to examine into the Nature and Extent of the Disturbances which have prevailed in those Districts of IRELAND which are now subject to the Provisions of the Insurrection Act, and to report to The House" [HC 1825 (200)] Evidence of Richard Griffith p.37
   • … the Magistrates present, naturally excited by the occurrence, applied to Government to proclaim the baronies in which the outrage had occurred … 1834 June 5, Montague L. Chapman, Hansard HC Deb ser 3 vol 24 col 236

Forms

Deriveds

misproclaim · proclaimant · proclaimer · self-proclaimed · reproclaim · unproclaimed · proclaimable

Synonyms

disclose (to announce or declare) · make known

Translations (67)

de erklären (to announce or declare) · cic anoli (to announce or declare) · ca pregonar (to announce or declare) · got 𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to announce or declare) · ru провозглаша́ть (to state excitedly, verbosely and candidly) · ang bēodan (to announce or declare) · ru объявля́ть (to state excitedly, verbosely and candidly) · de verkündigen (to announce or declare) · cs oznamovat (to announce or declare) · ru объяви́ть (to state excitedly, verbosely and candidly) · sh proglasiti (to state excitedly, verbosely and candidly) · sh прогласити (to state excitedly, verbosely and candidly) · zza êlan kerden (to announce or declare) · ja 宣言する (to announce or declare) · eo proklami (to state excitedly, verbosely and candidly) · nl uitroepen (to state excitedly, verbosely and candidly) · ru провозглаша́ть (to announce or declare) · hu kihirdet (to announce or declare) · sv förkunna (to announce or declare) · fi kuuluttaa (to state excitedly, verbosely and candidly) · nn proklamere (to announce or declare) · ru провозгласи́ть (to state excitedly, verbosely and candidly) · sv utropa (to state excitedly, verbosely and candidly) · fr proclamer (to announce or declare) · es proclamar (to announce or declare) · sv proklamera (to state excitedly, verbosely and candidly) · uk проголоси́ти (to announce or declare) · sa शंसति (to announce or declare) · tr ilan etmek (to announce or declare) · nb proklamere (to announce or declare) · fi julistaa (to announce or declare) · cmn 宣布 (to announce or declare) · txb āks- (to announce or declare) · nb kunngjøre (to announce or declare) · pl proklamować (to announce or declare) · uk проголо́шувати (to announce or declare) · ru объяви́ть (to announce or declare) · fr déclarer (to announce or declare) · mk про́гласи (to state excitedly, verbosely and candidly) · ru объявля́ть (to announce or declare) · sv utropa (to announce or declare) · fr proclamer (to state excitedly, verbosely and candidly) · tr duyurmak (to state excitedly, verbosely and candidly) · tr ilan etmek (to state excitedly, verbosely and candidly) · cs oznámit (to announce or declare) · de verkünden (to announce or declare) · fi julistaa (to state excitedly, verbosely and candidly) · ru провозгласи́ть (to announce or declare) · cho anoli (to announce or declare) · mk о́бјави (to announce or declare) · la proclamo (to announce or declare) · nn kunngjøre (to announce or declare) · he הצהיר (to state excitedly, verbosely and candidly) · bg заявявам (to announce or declare) · fi ilmoittaa (to announce or declare) · cs vykládat (to state excitedly, verbosely and candidly) · la proclamo (to state excitedly, verbosely and candidly) · pt proclamar (to announce or declare) · sw kuhubiri (to announce or declare) · nn kunngjere (to announce or declare) · bg обявявам (to announce or declare) · ang ābēodan (to state excitedly, verbosely and candidly) · uk прокламува́ти (to announce or declare) · pt aclamar (to state excitedly, verbosely and candidly) · es proclamar (to state excitedly, verbosely and candidly) · grc κηρύσσω (to announce or declare) · bg провъзглася́вам (to state excitedly, verbosely and candidly)