Pronunciation (UK) IPA (key): /ˈfʊtˌnəʊt/ (US) IPA (key): /ˈfʊtˌnoʊt/ Hyphenation: foot‧note Noun Singular footnote Plural footnotes (countable) A footnote is a small line of text found at the bottom of a book that are usually numbered. John looked at the footnote to find the meaning of the long word.Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.Remove ads