noun
Meaning 1
plural of annal
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
annals
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæn.əlz/
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Canada, General-American: /ˈæn.əlz/
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Canada, General-American: [ˈɛən.əlz] /æ/ raising
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Texas: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Australian: /ˈæn.əlz/
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Australian: [ˈeːn.əlz] /æ/ raising
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New-Zealand: /ˈɛn.əlz/
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noun
Meaning 2
A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Historical records; chronicles; history.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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noun
Meaning 4
A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
Examples
- Annals of Science
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noun
Meaning 5
a chronological account of events in successive years
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chronological record
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: history, account, chronicle, story
noun
Meaning 6
reports of the work of a society or learned body etc
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: journal
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French annales, from Latin annālēs librī (“chronicles”), from annālis (“pertaining to a year”), from annus (“year”) + librī, plural of liber (“book”). Compare with annual.
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: حَوْلِيَّات (ḥawliyyāt) — a relation of events
- Chinese Mandarin: 史冊 /史册 (shǐcè) — a relation of events
- Chinese Mandarin: 編年史 /编年史 (biānniánshǐ) — a relation of events
- Dutch: annalen — a relation of events
- Finnish: annaali — a relation of events
- Finnish: vuosikirja — a relation of events
- French: annales — a relation of events
- German: Annalen — a relation of events
- Latin: annālēs — a relation of events
- Macedonian: анали (anali) — a relation of events
- Macedonian: летопис (letopis) — a relation of events
- Portuguese: anais — a relation of events
- Romanian: anale — a relation of events
- Russian: анна́лы (annály) — a relation of events
- Russian: ле́топись (létopisʹ) — a relation of events
- Spanish: anales — a relation of events
- Spanish: añales (disused) — a relation of events
- Spanish: fastos — a relation of events
- Ukrainian: анна́ли (annály) — a relation of events
- Ukrainian: літо́пис (litópys) — a relation of events
- Bashkir: йылъяҙма (yılʺyaźma) — historical records; chronicles
- Chinese Mandarin: 史書 /史书 (shǐshū) — historical records; chronicles
- Dutch: annalen — historical records; chronicles
- Dutch: jaarboeken — historical records; chronicles
- Finnish: annaali — historical records; chronicles
- Finnish: historiankirjat — historical records; chronicles
- French: annales — historical records; chronicles
- German: Annalen — historical records; chronicles
- Macedonian: анали (anali) — historical records; chronicles
- Macedonian: летопис (letopis) — historical records; chronicles
- Macedonian: хроника (hronika) — historical records; chronicles
- Polish: annały — historical records; chronicles
- Portuguese: anais — historical records; chronicles
- Romanian: anale — historical records; chronicles
- Russian: анна́лы (annály) — historical records; chronicles
- Russian: ле́топись (létopisʹ) — historical records; chronicles
- Russian: хро́ника (xrónika) — historical records; chronicles
- Spanish: anales — historical records; chronicles
- Spanish: crónica — historical records; chronicles
- Spanish: añales (disused) — historical records; chronicles
- Spanish: fastos — historical records; chronicles
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