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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒm.ən.t(ə.)ɹi/
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• General-American: /ˈkɑ.mənˌtɛ.ɹi/
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA1 M AH0 N T EH2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle French commentaire, from Latin commentārius, commentārium (“notebook”), compare French commentaire. See comment.

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: մեկնաբանություն (meknabanutʻyun) — A series of comments or annotations
• Basque: iruzkin — A series of comments or annotations
• Basque: azalpen — A series of comments or annotations
• Basque: zeresan — A series of comments or annotations
• Bulgarian: коментар (komentar) — A series of comments or annotations
• Catalan: comentari — A series of comments or annotations
• Esperanto: komentaro — A series of comments or annotations
• Finnish: kommentaari — A series of comments or annotations
• Galician: comentario — A series of comments or annotations
• German: Kommentar — A series of comments or annotations
• Greek: σχόλια (schólia) — A series of comments or annotations
• Ancient Greek: σχόλια (skhólia) — A series of comments or annotations
• Ancient Greek: παρεκβολή (parekbolḗ) — A series of comments or annotations
• Ancient Greek: ὑπόμνημα (hupómnēma) — A series of comments or annotations
• Hebrew: פירוש (perúsh) — A series of comments or annotations
• Hindi: विवरण (vivraṇ) — A series of comments or annotations
• Hindi: व्याख्या (vyākhyā) — A series of comments or annotations
• Hindi: निर्वचन (nirvacan) — A series of comments or annotations
• Hungarian: kommentár — A series of comments or annotations
• Indonesian: komentar — A series of comments or annotations
• Indonesian: ulasan — A series of comments or annotations
• Kazakh: түсініктеме (tüsınıkteme) — A series of comments or annotations
• Northern Kurdish: şirove — A series of comments or annotations
• Northern Kurdish: ravek — A series of comments or annotations
• Northern Kurdish: ravekirin — A series of comments or annotations
• Northern Kurdish: îzah — A series of comments or annotations
• Northern Kurdish: şerh — A series of comments or annotations
• Northern Kurdish: tefsîr — A series of comments or annotations
• Northern Kurdish: ronkirin — A series of comments or annotations
• Northern Kurdish: komentar — A series of comments or annotations
• Latin: comentārium — A series of comments or annotations
• Latin: commentārium — A series of comments or annotations
• Polish: komentarz — A series of comments or annotations
• Portuguese: comentário — A series of comments or annotations
• Russian: коммента́рий (kommentárij) — A series of comments or annotations
• Russian: аннота́ция (annotácija) — A series of comments or annotations
• Scottish Gaelic: iomradh — A series of comments or annotations
• Spanish: comentario — A series of comments or annotations
• Telugu: వ్యాఖ్యానము (vyākhyānamu) — A series of comments or annotations
• Bulgarian: репортаж (reportaž) — A brief account of transactions or events written hastily
• Catalan: comentari — A brief account of transactions or events written hastily
• Finnish: kommentaari — A brief account of transactions or events written hastily
• Hebrew: הערות (hearót) — A brief account of transactions or events written hastily
• Scottish Gaelic: iomradh — A brief account of transactions or events written hastily
• Dutch: commentaar — An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs
• Dutch: voice-over — An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs
• Finnish: selostus — An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs
• Greek: σχολιασμός (scholiasmós) — An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs
• Hebrew: דיווח (divúakh) — An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs
• Hindi: व्याख्या (vyākhyā) — An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs
• Marathi: कॉमेंटरी (kŏmeṇṭrī) — An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs
• Russian: репорта́ж (reportáž) — An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs
• Spanish: comentarios — An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs
• Spanish: comentarismo — An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs
• Telugu: వ్యాఖ్యానము (vyākhyānamu) — An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs