pamphlet
To distribute pamphletsTo distribute pamphlets (to someone or some place).
» I gave everyone a pamphlet.
Я всім дав по брошурі.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To distribute pamphlets (to someone or some place).
(intransitive)To distribute pamphlets.
(archaic, transitive)To write about (someone or something) in a pamphlet; to issue (some material) in the form of a pamphlet.
(intransitive, obsolete, rare)To write or produce pamphlets.
Examples
38 sentencesI gave everyone a pamphlet.
Я всім дав по брошурі.
The pamphlet is free of charge.
deDas Pamphlet ist kostenlos.
Tom handed a pamphlet to Mary.
This is the pamphlet you asked for.
Please help me hand out these pamphlets.
Origin
The noun is derived from Late Middle English pamflet, pamphilet (“short written text; smalThe noun is derived from Late Middle English pamflet, pamphilet (“short written text; small book; tract”) [and other forms], from Middle French Pamphilet (compare Late Latin (Anglo-Latin) pamfletus, panfletus, paunflettus (“short written text”), Old French Panfilès), a popular shorthand for the 12th-century Latin love poem Pamphilus, seu de amore (Pamphilus, or On Love): the widely circulated pamphlets then gave this name to the whole phenomenon. Pamphilet is derived from Latin Pamphilus, the name of a protagonist of the poem + Middle French -et (suffix forming diminutive masculine nouns); while Pamphilus is from Ancient Greek Πάμφιλος (Pámphilos, literally “beloved by all”), from παν- (pan-, prefix meaning ‘all; every’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect; to shepherd”)) + φῐ́λος (phĭ́los, “beloved, dear”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- (“decent; friendly; good; harmonious”)).
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Forms
pamphlets, pamphleting, pamphleted, pamphleted| Base form | pamphlet · to pamphlet |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | pamphlets |
| Present participle | pamphleting |
| Past simple | pamphleted / pamphletted |
| Past participle | pamphleted / pamphletted |
regular · Lesson
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle