แพร่
spread
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- 1 spread、disseminate、broadcast
- 2 Phrae Province、Phrae
This word describes something spreading outward or being disseminated widely. It is also the name of Phrae, a province in northern Thailand.
spread、disseminate、broadcast
Describes a disease, smell, rumor, or information reaching a wider area, either by spreading on its own or by being deliberately disseminated.
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ข่าวลือแพร่ไปอย่างรวดเร็ว khàaw lʉʉ phrɛ̂ɛ pay yàaŋ rûat rew The rumor spread quickly. ข่าวลือแพร่ไปอย่างรวดเร็ว details
Phrae Province、Phrae
The geographical name Phrae, referring to a province in northern Thailand and its principal city.
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ฉันเคยไปแพร่ chǎn khəəy pay phrɛ̂ɛ I've been to Phrae. ฉันเคยไปแพร่ details
Learning notes
Explanation
As a verb, แพร่ suggests movement outward from a source until something reaches a wider area. It is often used for diseases and pathogens, as well as smells, rumors, and information. It can be intransitive, meaning “to spread,” or transitive, meaning “to spread or disseminate something.” For formally publishing or releasing information or creative work, the compound เผยแพร่ is especially common. As a noun, แพร่ is the geographical name Phrae in northern Thailand. จังหวัดแพร่ means “Phrae Province.”
Usage
It is commonly used when discussing infections passing between people, smells filling a space, or rumors and misinformation circulating online. In the compound เผยแพร่, it frequently appears in contexts involving the publication or public distribution of news, knowledge, research, or creative work. As a place name, it occurs in conversations about travel, weather, and the administrative regions of Thailand.
Caution
แพร่ by itself does not normally describe a person contracting a disease; ติดโรค is used for that. Use แพร่เชื้อ for transmitting an infection and แพร่ระบาด for an infectious disease spreading through a population. Do not confuse the place name แพร่ with แพร, a differently spelled word associated with cloth or silk.
Differences from similar words
1 spread synonyms
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กระจาย broadly means to scatter, distribute, or disperse things, people, or information in different directions. แพร่ focuses more on a disease, smell, rumor, or similar phenomenon extending through a wider area.
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เผยแพร่ is commonly used for publishing or making information, creative works, or knowledge widely available. แพร่ is broader and can also describe things such as disease or smell spreading naturally.