noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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.
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌkɒnəˈteɪʃən/
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noun
Meaning 1
A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Borrowed from Medieval Latin connotātiō, from connotō (“to mark in addition”), from Latin con- (“together, with”) + notō (“to note”); equivalent to connote + -ation.
Across languages
Translations
60 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
دَلَالَة
(dalāla)
— suggested or implied meaning
Armenian:
հարանշանակություն
(haranšanakutʻyun)
— suggested or implied meaning
Armenian:
լրացուցիչ իմաստ
(lracʻucʻičʻ imast)
— suggested or implied meaning
Asturian:
connotación
— suggested or implied meaning
Bulgarian:
конотация
(konotacija)
— suggested or implied meaning
Bulgarian:
допълнително значение
(dopǎlnitelno značenie)
— suggested or implied meaning
Catalan:
connotació
— suggested or implied meaning
Chinese Mandarin:
含義 /含义
(hányì)
— suggested or implied meaning
Chinese Mandarin:
意蘊 /意蕴
(yìyùn)
— suggested or implied meaning
Chinese Mandarin:
涵義 /涵义
(hányì)
— suggested or implied meaning
Czech:
konotace
— suggested or implied meaning
Danish:
konnotation
— suggested or implied meaning
Danish:
medbetydning
— suggested or implied meaning
Danish:
bibetydning
— suggested or implied meaning
Dutch:
connotatie
— suggested or implied meaning
Dutch:
bijbetekenis
— suggested or implied meaning
Dutch:
bijklank
— suggested or implied meaning
Dutch:
associatie
— suggested or implied meaning
Dutch:
gevoelswaarde
— suggested or implied meaning
Esperanto:
kromsignifo
— suggested or implied meaning
Finnish:
konnotaatio
— suggested or implied meaning
Finnish:
sivumerkitys
— suggested or implied meaning
Finnish:
oheismerkitys
— suggested or implied meaning
French:
connotation
— suggested or implied meaning
Galician:
connotación
— suggested or implied meaning
German:
Konnotation
— suggested or implied meaning
German:
Nebenbedeutung
— suggested or implied meaning
German:
Beiklang
— suggested or implied meaning
German:
Beigeschmack
— suggested or implied meaning
Greek:
υποδήλωση
(ypodílosi)
— suggested or implied meaning
Greek:
συνεκδοχή
(synekdochí)
— suggested or implied meaning
Hungarian:
konnotáció
— suggested or implied meaning
Indonesian:
konotasi
— suggested or implied meaning
Irish:
fochiall
— suggested or implied meaning
Italian:
connotazione
— suggested or implied meaning
Japanese:
含意
(gan'i)
— suggested or implied meaning
Kazakh:
коннотация
(konnotasiä)
— suggested or implied meaning
Korean:
함축
(hamchuk)
— suggested or implied meaning
Lithuanian:
konotacija
— suggested or implied meaning
Malay:
konotasi
— suggested or implied meaning
Maltese:
konnotazzjoni
— suggested or implied meaning
Norwegian Bokmål:
konnotasjon
— suggested or implied meaning
Norwegian Nynorsk:
konnotasjon
— suggested or implied meaning
Occitan:
connotacion
— suggested or implied meaning
Polish:
konotacja
— suggested or implied meaning
Polish:
skojarzenie
— suggested or implied meaning
Portuguese:
conotação
— suggested or implied meaning
Romanian:
conotație
— suggested or implied meaning
Russian:
подте́кст
(podtékst)
— suggested or implied meaning
Russian:
коннота́ция
(konnotácija)
— suggested or implied meaning
Russian:
созначе́ние
(soznačénije)
— suggested or implied meaning
Serbo-Croatian:
konotacija
— suggested or implied meaning
Spanish:
connotación
— suggested or implied meaning
Swedish:
konnotation
— suggested or implied meaning
Swedish:
bibetydelse
— suggested or implied meaning
Swedish:
innebörd
— suggested or implied meaning
Turkish:
tâlî mânâ
— suggested or implied meaning
Turkish:
yan anlam
— suggested or implied meaning
Ukrainian:
конота́ція
(konotácija)
— suggested or implied meaning