annals

English

Etymology

From Middle French annales, from Latin annales libri (“chronicles”), from annalis (“pertaining to a year”), from annus (“year”) + libri, genitive of liber (“book”). Compare with annual.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈæn.əlz/

Noun

annals

1. Plural form of annal
2. A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.

   Annals the revolution. -- Thomas Babington Macaulay.

   The annals of our religion. -- Henry Rogers.

3. Historical records; chronicles; history.

   The short and simple annals of the poor. -- Thomas Gray.

   It was one of the most critical periods in our annals. -- Edmund Burke.

4. A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; as Annals of Science.

Translations

a relation of events

• Dutch: annalen (nl) pl
• Finnish: annaali (fi)

• Russian: анналы (ru) (annály) m pl, летопись (ru) (létopis') f
• Spanish: anales (es) m pl

historical records; chronicles

• Finnish: annaali (fi)
• Russian: анналы (ru) (annály) m pl, летопись (ru) (létopis') f, хроника (ru) (xrónika) f

• Spanish: anales (es) m pl, crónica (es) f

Synonyms

• history