No. 1,177 in French
publicité
"Publicité" means "advertising" or "advertisement" in English.
In a sentence
La publicité à la télévision peut influencer nos choix.
Advertising on television can influence our choices.
In this sentence, 'publicité' refers to the general concept of advertising as a medium.
Cette publicité pour des chaussures est très créative.
This advertisement for shoes is very creative.
Here, 'publicité' denotes a specific advertisement or commercial promoting a product.
Elle travaille dans le secteur de la publicité.
She works in the advertising industry.
In this case, 'publicité' is used to describe the industry or field of advertising.
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