briefing

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mreǵʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰusder.

Proto-Italic *breɣʷis

Latin brevisder.

Old French briefbor.

Old French brievebor.

Middle English bref

English brief

English -ing

English briefing

From brief + -ing.

Pronunciation

• enPR: brē′fĭng
• (Received Pronunciation, Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹiː.fɪŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹi.fɪŋ/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹiː.fəŋ/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾiː.fiŋ/
• Rhymes: -iːfɪŋ
• Hyphenation: brief‧ing

Noun

briefing (plural briefings)

1. A concise summary of a current situation

   Coordinate term: press gaggle

   The president received a briefing on the situation before going to the press conference.

2. A meeting to share a concise summary of a current situation, especially in close preparation for an operation or undertaking.

   Today's briefing of the press will take place at 10 o'clock.

   • 2021 September 22, Guillem Balagué, “Barcelona: The toxic battle ripping apart a European giant”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Despite knowing that getting rid of Koeman was going to necessitate putting his hand very deep into what are currently very shallow pockets, Laporta changed tack a couple of weeks ago by summoning journalists for an off-the-record briefing about what was going to happen with the coach.

Derived terms

• briefing note
• counterbriefing
• debriefing
• e-briefing
• President's Daily Briefing
• telebriefing

Descendants

• → Armenian: բրիֆինգ (brifing)
• → Azerbaijani: brifinq
• → Belarusian: брыфінг (bryfinh)
• → Cantonese: briefing
• → Dutch: briefing
• → Estonian: briifing
• → Finnish: briiffaus
• → French: briefing
• → Georgian: ბრიფინგი (bripingi)
• → Italian: briefing
• → Japanese: ブリーフィング (burīfingu)
• → Korean: 브리핑 (beuriping)
• → Latvian: brīfings
• → Polish: briefing
• → Portuguese: briefing
• → Romanian: briefing
• → Russian: бри́финг (brífing)
• → Spanish: briefing
• → Turkish: brifing
• → Ukrainian: бри́фінг (brýfinh)
• → Walloon: brifigne
• → Welsh: briffio

Translations

short and concise summary of a situation

• Armenian: բրիֆինգ (hy) (brifing), ճեպազրույց (hy) (čepazruycʻ)
• Azerbaijani: brifinq
• Belarusian: брыфінг (bryfinh)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: briefing (nl) f
• Estonian: briifing
• Finnish: yhteenveto (fi), tiivistelmä (fi); briiffaus (informal)
• French: revue de presse f
• Georgian: ბრიფინგი (ka) (bripingi)
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: ブリーフィング (ja) (burīfingu)
• Kazakh: брифинг (brıyfıyng), лезжиын (lezjıyın)
• Korean: 브리핑 (beuriping)
• Latvian: brīfings
• Polish: briefing (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: resumo (pt) m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: (instruction) инструкта́ж (ru) m (instruktáž), бри́финг (ru) m (brífing)
• Spanish: informe (es) m
• Swedish: summering (sv) c
• Turkish: brifing (tr), brifingler pl
• Ukrainian: бри́фінг (brýfinh)
• Walloon: brifigne (wa) m (military)

presentation of information or instruction

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: briefing

• Dutch: briefing (nl) f
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: tiedotustilaisuus (fi) (information); tehtävänjako, käskynjako (instruction); selonteko (fi), opastus (fi), ohjeistus (fi)
• French: briefing (fr) m
• Hungarian: eligazítás (hu)
• Italian: briefing (it) m
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Kazakh: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: briefing (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: briefing (pt) m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: sesión informativa f, instrucciones (es) f pl
• Swedish: informationsmöte n
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Walloon: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: briffio

Verb

briefing

1. present participle and gerund of brief

Anagrams

• fibering

Chinese

Etymology

Borrowed from English briefing.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bi¹ fing⁴ / bi¹ fing²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bi¹ fing⁴ / bi¹ fing²
    • Yale: bī fìhng / bī fíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bi¹ fing⁴ / bi¹ fing²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bi¹ fing⁴ / bi¹ fing²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piː⁵⁵ fɪŋ²¹/, /piː⁵⁵ fɪŋ³⁵/

Noun

briefing

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) briefing (presentation of information or instruction)

Related terms

• debriefing

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English briefing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbri.fɪŋ/, /ˈbriː.fɪŋ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: brie‧fing

Noun

briefing f (plural briefings, no diminutive)

1. briefing (short and concise summary of a situation)
2. briefing (presentation of information or instruction)

Related terms

• briefen
• debriefen, debriefing

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English briefing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁi.fiŋ/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: brie‧fing

Noun

briefing m (plural briefings)

1. briefing (presentation of information or instruction)

Further reading

• “briefing”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English briefing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbri.finɡ/, /ˈbri.finɡ/, /ˈbri.fin/
• Rhymes: -ifinɡ, -ifin
• Hyphenation: brìe‧fing

Noun

briefing m (invariable)

1. briefing (presentation of information or instruction)

Further reading

• briefing in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• briefing in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• “briefing”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mreǵʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰusder.

Proto-Italic *breɣʷis

Latin brevisder.

Old French briefbor.

Old French brievebor.

Middle English bref

English brief

English -ing

English briefingubor.

Polish briefing

Unadapted borrowing from English briefing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbri.fiŋk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ifiŋk
• Syllabification: brie‧fing

Noun

briefing m inan

1. briefing (short and concise summary of a situation)
2. (aviation) check-in for pilots held before takeoff

Declension

Declension of briefing

	singular	plural
nominative	briefing	briefingi
genitive	briefingu	briefingów
dative	briefingowi	briefingom
accusative	briefing	briefingi
instrumental	briefingiem	briefingami
locative	briefingu	briefingach
vocative	briefingu	briefingi

Further reading

• “briefing”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “briefing”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English briefing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbri.fiŋɡ/
• Rhymes: -ifiŋɡ
• Hyphenation: brie‧fing

Noun

briefing n (plural briefinguri)

1. briefing (clarification of this definition is needed)

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	briefing	briefingul	briefinguri	briefingurile
genitive-dative	briefing	briefingului	briefinguri	briefingurilor
vocative	briefingule		briefingurilor

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mreǵʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰusder.

Proto-Italic *breɣʷis

Latin brevisder.

Old French briefbor.

Old French brievebor.

Middle English bref

English brief

English -ing

English briefingubor.

Spanish briefing

Unadapted borrowing from English briefing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾifin/ [ˈbɾi.fĩn]
• Rhymes: -ifin
• Syllabification: brie‧fing

Noun

briefing m (plural briefings)

1. briefing (clarification of this definition is needed)