annotation

English

Etymology

From Latin annotātiōnem, accusative singular of annotātiō (“remark, annotation”), from annotātus, perfect passive participle of annotō (“note down, remark”). Equivalent to annotate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌænəˈteɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

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annotation

Wikipedia

annotation (countable and uncountable, plural annotations)

2. A critical or explanatory commentary or analysis.
4. A comment added to a text.

   make an annotation

6. The process of writing such comment or commentary.
8. (computing) Metadata added to a document or program.
10. (genetics) Information relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases.

Derived terms

• annotational
• annotationist
• back-annotation
• microannotation
• micro-annotation
• misannotation
• overannotation
• reannotation
• underannotation

Translations

critical or explanatory commentary or analysis

Bulgarian: коментар (bg) (komentar), анотация (anotacija) Chinese: Mandarin: 註解 / 注解 (zh) (zhùjiě) Czech: anotace (cs) f, poznámka (cs) f, vysvětlivka f, komentář (cs) m Finnish: huomautus (fi), kommentti (fi) French: annotation (fr) f Galician: anotación (gl) f German: Kommentar (de) m Greek: επισημείωση (el) f (episimeíosi), σχολιασμός (el) m (scholiasmós) Indonesian: anotasi (id) Japanese: 注解 (ja) (ちゅうかい, chūkai) Kazakh: аңдатпа (añdatpa) Portuguese: comentário (pt) m, anotação (pt) f Russian: коммента́рий (ru) m (kommentárij), примеча́ние (ru) n (primečánije), поясне́ние (ru) n (pojasnénije), аннота́ция (ru) f (annotácija) Scottish Gaelic: mìneachadh m, notachadh m Spanish: anotación f Swedish: anteckning (sv) Turkish: belirtim (tr), açıklayıcı not, bilgi notu

comment added to a text

Bulgarian: обяснителна бележка (objasnitelna beležka) Czech: anotace (cs) f, poznámka (cs) f, vysvětlivka f, komentář (cs) m Finnish: reunahuomautus, huomautus (fi), kommentti (fi) French: annotation (fr) f Galician: anotación (gl) f German: Anmerkung (de) f, Bemerkung (de) f Greek: υποσημείωση (el) f (yposimeíosi), σχόλιο (el) f (schólio) Kazakh: аңдатпа (añdatpa) Korean: 주해(注解) (juhae) Maori: tuhipoka Persian: فرانوشت Polish: adnotacja (pl) f, dopisek (pl) m Portuguese: anotação (pt) f Romanian: adnotare (ro) f, notă (ro) f, remarcă (ro) f Russian: коммента́рий (ru) m (kommentárij), примеча́ние (ru) n (primečánije), поясне́ние (ru) n (pojasnénije), аннота́ция (ru) f (annotácija) Scottish Gaelic: mìneachadh m, notachadh m Spanish: anotación f, glosa (es) f, acotación (es) f, apostilla (es) f, postilla (es) f, membrete (es) m (rare) Swedish: kommentar (sv) Turkish: dipnot (tr), hāşiye

process of writing a comment or commentary

Finnish: kommentointi (fi), huomiointi (fi) French: annotation (fr) m Galician: anotación (gl) f German: Kommentierung f Greek: σχολιασμός (el) m (scholiasmós) Persian: فرانوشتن, فرانویسش Portuguese: anotação (pt) f Russian: анноти́рование (ru) n (annotírovanije), комменти́рование (ru) n (kommentírovanije) Scottish Gaelic: mìneachadh m, notachadh m Spanish: anotación f, glose (es) m Turkish: not ekleme (tr), şerh ekleme (tr)

metadata added to a document or program

Finnish: merkintä (fi), kommentti (fi), huomautus (fi) French: commentaire (fr) m Persian: فرانوشت Polish: adnotacja (pl) f

information relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases

Chinese: Mandarin: 注釋 / 注释 (zh) (zhùshì) Finnish: annotaatio French: annotation (fr) Italian: annotazione (it) Portuguese: anotação (pt) Spanish: anotación

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French: (please verify) annotation (fr) f German: (please verify) Annotation f, (please verify) Anmerkung (de) f, (please verify) Kommentar (de) m, (please verify) Erläuterung (de) f

French

Etymology

From Latin annotātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.nɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Saint-Étienne)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

annotation f (plural annotations)

1. annotation

Related terms

• annoter

Further reading

• “annotation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.