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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
communique

1852, from French communiqué, originally past participle of communiquer "to communicate" (14c.), from Latin communicare "impart, inform" (see communication). Originally the heading of official statements from the French government. Better, if it must be used in English, to print it with the accent.

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communique

n. (misspelling of communiqué English)

communiqué

n. an official report or statement, such as a government press release or the report of a conference.

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communique

n. an official report (usually sent in haste) [syn: dispatch, despatch]

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Communiqué (Dire Straits album)

Communiqué is the second studio album by the British rock band Dire Straits released on 15 June 1979 by Vertigo Records internationally and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The album produced the single " Lady Writer", which reached #45 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #51 on the UK Singles Chart. The album reached #1 on album charts in Germany, New Zealand, and Sweden, #11 in the United States and #5 in the United Kingdom. Communiqué was later certified gold in the United States, platinum in the United Kingdom and double-platinum in France.

Communiqué (disambiguation)

A communiqué is a brief report or statement released by a public agency.

Communiqué may also refer to:

  • Communiqué (band), a rock band
  • Communiqué (Dire Straits album) (and its respective title track), 1979
  • Communiqué (Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron album), 1987
  • "Communique", a song by John Frusciante and Josh Klinghoffer from their 2004 album A Sphere in the Heart of Silence
  • The Communiqué, the official newsletter for STARFLEET: The International Star Trek Fan Association, Inc.
Communiqué (band)

Communiqué is an indie rock band from the San Francisco Bay Area. The band originated as American Steel, but decided to record under the name Communiqué during the taping of A Crescent Honeymoon in 2002 because the synth-rock sound did not match the punk style of American Steel.

Communiqué (Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron album)

Communiqué is an album by Steve Lacy and Mal Waldron released on the Italian Soul Note label in 1987. It features duo performances of tunes written by Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Elmo Hope and originals by Lacy and Waldron.

Usage examples of "communique".

On the same day an official communique of the German Foreign Office affirmed that “the .

Consider this communique top secret and report back to me personally upon implementation of the following order.

Please advise me of your decision as soon as possible, and please keep this communique in the strictest confidence.

I have not seen the communique that came in for you via SWIFT, this morning.

The communique I received this morning from Sector Command was blunt and specific.

The freighter carrying my last commander to the hospital complex on Vishnu has barely left spacedock at Ziva Two when I receive my first communique from President Zeloc.

There would even be efforts initially before invariably-time passed and the communiques from the old crew members stopped coming.

I will draft a communique today and submit it to each of you for final review.

The order was endorsed by Fleet and confirmed to Ambassador Spears by a communique through diplomatic channels.

Louchard's communique had melodramatically mentioned a blue flower and that he was to bring leis.

She reread the communique, her free hand going automatically to the little bag of Petaybean dirt that generally provided her with comfort as she tried to get more of Sean than the words conveyed.

The Andermani haven't issued any formal demands or ultimatums to the Silesians, and they certainly haven't sent any formal communiques on the subject to Lady Descroix, but we think that's because they're still testing the waters and getting themselves positioned.

Whoever passed on those communiques would have to be in the loop and prepared to support the process, but he rather thought he had the perfect candidate for that job.

The latest communique from Eloise Pritchart had arrived less than six hours earlier, and the entire Cabinet had been stunned by its terse, brutal rejection of any possibility of compromise.

Since the Republic has seen fit to be so terse and explicit in its latest communique to us, I propose that we be equally terse in response.