infomercial

English

Alternative forms

informercial

Etymology

Blend of information +‎ commercial.

Noun

infomercial (plural infomercials)

A program-length television commercial, typically between thirty minutes and one hour long, that advertises a product or service by presenting supposedly impartial information about it.
- 1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by Cher (Alicia Silverstone):
  Dionne and I were both named after great singers of the past who now do infomercials.

Translations

program-length television commercial

Finnish: mainosdokumentti
French: publireportage (fr) m
German: Infomercial (de) n
Icelandic: sjónvarpsörlýsing f
Spanish: infomercial (es) m (Latin America), publirreportaje m (Spain), anuncio (es) m de teletienda f

Spanish

Noun

infomercial m (plural infomerciales)

(Latin America) infomercial

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