noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Meaning relationships
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6
noun
Meaning 6
the act of adding notes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: annotating
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: expansion, expanding upon
7
noun
Meaning 7
a comment or instruction (usually added)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
his notes were appended at the end of the article
he added a short notation to the address on the envelope
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: note, notation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: comment, commentary
Narrower terms: poste restante, citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation, footnote, footer, nota bene, NB, N.B., postscript, PS
History
Etymology
From Latin annotātiōnem, accusative singular of annotātiō (“remark, annotation”), from annotātus, perfect passive participle of annotō (“note down, remark”). Equivalent to annotate + -ion.
Across languages
Translations
96 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
коментар
(komentar)
— critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
Bulgarian:
анотация
(anotacija)
— critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
Chinese Mandarin:
註解 /注解
(zhùjiě)
— critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
Czech:
anotace
— critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
Czech:
poznámka
— critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
Czech:
vysvětlivka
— critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
Czech:
komentář
— critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
Finnish:
huomautus
— critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
Finnish:
kommentti
— critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
French:
annotation
— critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
Galician:
anotación
— critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
German:
Kommentar
— critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
Greek:
επισημείωση
(episimeíosi)
— critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
Greek:
σχολιασμός
(scholiasmós)
— critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
Indonesian:
anotasi
— critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
Japanese:
注解
(chūkai)
— critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
Kazakh:
аңдатпа
(añdatpa)
— critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
Portuguese:
comentário
— critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
Portuguese:
anotação
— critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
Russian:
коммента́рий
(kommentárij)
— critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
Russian:
примеча́ние
(primečánije)
— critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
Russian:
поясне́ние
(pojasnénije)
— critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
Russian:
аннота́ция
(annotácija)
— critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
Scottish Gaelic:
mìneachadh
— critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
Scottish Gaelic:
notachadh
— critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
Spanish:
anotación
— critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
Swedish:
anteckning
— critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
Turkish:
belirtim
— critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
Turkish:
açıklayıcı not
— critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
Turkish:
bilgi notu
— critical or explanatory commentary or analysis
Bulgarian:
обяснителна бележка
(objasnitelna beležka)
— comment added to a text
Czech:
anotace
— comment added to a text
Czech:
poznámka
— comment added to a text
Czech:
vysvětlivka
— comment added to a text
Czech:
komentář
— comment added to a text
Finnish:
reunahuomautus
— comment added to a text
Finnish:
huomautus
— comment added to a text
Finnish:
kommentti
— comment added to a text
French:
annotation
— comment added to a text
Galician:
anotación
— comment added to a text
German:
Anmerkung
— comment added to a text
German:
Bemerkung
— comment added to a text
Greek:
υποσημείωση
(yposimeíosi)
— comment added to a text
Greek:
σχόλιο
(schólio)
— comment added to a text
Kazakh:
аңдатпа
(añdatpa)
— comment added to a text
Korean:
주해
(juhae)
— comment added to a text
Māori:
tuhipoka
— comment added to a text
Persian:
فرانوشت
— comment added to a text
Polish:
adnotacja
— comment added to a text
Polish:
dopisek
— comment added to a text
Portuguese:
anotação
— comment added to a text
Romanian:
adnotare
— comment added to a text
Romanian:
notă
— comment added to a text
Romanian:
remarcă
— comment added to a text
Russian:
коммента́рий
(kommentárij)
— comment added to a text
Russian:
примеча́ние
(primečánije)
— comment added to a text
Russian:
поясне́ние
(pojasnénije)
— comment added to a text
Russian:
аннота́ция
(annotácija)
— comment added to a text
Scottish Gaelic:
mìneachadh
— comment added to a text
Scottish Gaelic:
notachadh
— comment added to a text
Spanish:
anotación
— comment added to a text
Spanish:
acotación
— comment added to a text
Spanish:
apostilla
— comment added to a text
Spanish:
postilla
— comment added to a text
Spanish:
membrete
— comment added to a text
Swedish:
kommentar
— comment added to a text
Turkish:
dipnot
— comment added to a text
Turkish:
hāşiye
— comment added to a text
Finnish:
kommentointi
— process of writing a comment or commentary
Finnish:
huomiointi
— process of writing a comment or commentary
French:
annotation
— process of writing a comment or commentary
Galician:
anotación
— process of writing a comment or commentary
German:
Kommentierung
— process of writing a comment or commentary
Greek:
σχολιασμός
(scholiasmós)
— process of writing a comment or commentary
Persian:
فرانوشتن
— process of writing a comment or commentary
Persian:
فرانویسش
— process of writing a comment or commentary
Portuguese:
anotação
— process of writing a comment or commentary
Russian:
анноти́рование
(annotírovanije)
— process of writing a comment or commentary
Russian:
комменти́рование
(kommentírovanije)
— process of writing a comment or commentary
Scottish Gaelic:
mìneachadh
— process of writing a comment or commentary
Scottish Gaelic:
notachadh
— process of writing a comment or commentary
Spanish:
anotación
— process of writing a comment or commentary
Turkish:
not ekleme
— process of writing a comment or commentary
Turkish:
şerh ekleme
— process of writing a comment or commentary
Finnish:
merkintä
— metadata added to a document or program
Finnish:
kommentti
— metadata added to a document or program
Finnish:
huomautus
— metadata added to a document or program
French:
commentaire
— metadata added to a document or program
Persian:
فرانوشت
— metadata added to a document or program
Polish:
adnotacja
— metadata added to a document or program
Chinese Mandarin:
注釋 /注释
(zhùshì)
— information relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases
Finnish:
annotaatio
— information relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases
French:
annotation
— information relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases
Italian:
annotazione
— information relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases
Portuguese:
anotação
— information relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases
Spanish:
anotación
— information relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases