comment

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 See also 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Collocations 1.4.2 Derived terms 1.4.3 Translations 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Etymology 2.3 Adverb 2.3.1 Derived terms 2.4 References

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

From Late Latin commentum.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkɒmɛnt/, SAMPA: /"kQmEnt/
• (US) IPA: /ˈkɑmɛnt/, SAMPA: /"kAmEnt/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

comment (plural comments)

1. A spoken remark.
2. (programming) A remark in source code which does not affect the behavior of the program.

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[edit] See also

• pragma

[edit] Verb

to comment (third-person singular simple present comments, present participle commenting, simple past and past participle commented)

1. To remark.
2. (software) To insert comments into source code.

[edit] Collocations

• (remark): ~ on, ~ about

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔ.mɑ̃/, X-SAMPA: /kO.mA~/
•  Audio (France, Paris)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃

[edit] Etymology

From comme + -ment.^[1]

[edit] Adverb

comment

1. how

[edit] Derived terms

• comment allez-vous
• comment vas-tu
• comment ça va

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ Picoche, Jacqueline; Jean-Claude Rolland (2009). “muid I 4”, Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French). Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert.