anekdota

See also: anekdóta

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈanɛɡdota]

Noun

anekdota f

1. joke

Usage notes

• This is a false friend.

Declension

Declension of anekdota (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	anekdota	anekdoty
genitive	anekdoty	anekdot
dative	anekdotě	anekdotám
accusative	anekdotu	anekdoty
vocative	anekdoto	anekdoty
locative	anekdotě	anekdotách
instrumental	anekdotou	anekdotami

Esperanto

Etymology

anekdoto +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Adjective

anekdota (accusative singular anekdotan, plural anekdotaj, accusative plural anekdotajn)

1. anecdotal
   • Sten Johansson, “Mankas io,” review of Johan Hammond Rosbach, La mirinda eliksiro,

     liaj noveloj plej ofte estas leĝeraj, humuraj, konstruitaj ĉirkaŭ simpla anekdota kerno.

     his short stories are most often light, humorous, built around a simple anecdotal kernel.

Hiligaynon

Noun

anékdota

1. anecdote

Hungarian

Etymology

Internationalism (ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος (anékdotos, “accounts unpublished”), see more at English anecdote), via German Anekdote and French anecdote.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒnɛɡdotɒ]
• Hyphenation: anek‧do‧ta
• Rhymes: -tɒ

Noun

anekdota (plural anekdoták)

1. anecdote (short account of a real incident or person)

   Synonym: adoma (although this features entirely fictional, abstract characters, while an anecdote is linked to existing historical figures)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	anekdota	anekdoták
accusative	anekdotát	anekdotákat
dative	anekdotának	anekdotáknak
instrumental	anekdotával	anekdotákkal
causal-final	anekdotáért	anekdotákért
translative	anekdotává	anekdotákká
terminative	anekdotáig	anekdotákig
essive-formal	anekdotaként	anekdotákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	anekdotában	anekdotákban
superessive	anekdotán	anekdotákon
adessive	anekdotánál	anekdotáknál
illative	anekdotába	anekdotákba
sublative	anekdotára	anekdotákra
allative	anekdotához	anekdotákhoz
elative	anekdotából	anekdotákból
delative	anekdotáról	anekdotákról
ablative	anekdotától	anekdotáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	anekdotáé	anekdotáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	anekdotáéi	anekdotákéi

Possessive forms of anekdota
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	anekdotám	anekdotáim
2nd person sing.	anekdotád	anekdotáid
3rd person sing.	anekdotája	anekdotái
1st person plural	anekdotánk	anekdotáink
2nd person plural	anekdotátok	anekdotáitok
3rd person plural	anekdotájuk	anekdotáik

Related terms

• anekdotikus

 

Further reading

• anekdota in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• anekdota in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɲekdɔta]

Noun

anekdota f (genitive singular anekdoty, nominative plural anekdoty, genitive plural anekdot, declension pattern of žena)

1. anecdote

Declension

Declension of anekdota

	singular	plural
nominative	anekdota	anekdoty
genitive	anekdoty	anekdot
dative	anekdote	anekdotám
accusative	anekdotu	anekdoty
locative	anekdote	anekdotách
instrumental	anekdotou	anekdotami

References

• “anekdota”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024