note

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.3.2 Verb 1.3.2.1 Translations 1.4 External links 1.5 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Derived terms 2.4 Verb 3 Galician 3.1 Verb 4 Italian 4.1 Adjective 4.2 Noun 5 Romanian 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 6 Spanish 6.1 Verb

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[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /nəʊt/, SAMPA: /n@Ut/
• (GenAm) IPA: /noʊt/, SAMPA: /noUt/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -əʊt

[edit] Etymology 1

Middle English note (“‘use", "usefulness", "profit’”), from Old English notu (“‘use", "enjoyment", "advantage", "profit", "utility’”). Akin to Old English notian (“‘to enjoy", "to make use of", "to employ’”), Old English nēotan (“‘to use", "to enjoy’”).

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note (usually uncountable; plural notes)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) Use.
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) Business, usually needful in nature. Need. --Chaucer.

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• noteful
• noteless

[edit] Etymology 2

Middle English note, from Old French note (“‘letter", "note’”), from Latin nota (“‘mark", "sign’”).

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note (plural notes)

1. A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.
2. A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.
3. A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
4. A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.

   I left him a note to remind him to take out the trash.

5. A short informal letter; a billet.
6. A diplomatic missive or written communication.
7. (finance) A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment; as, a promissory note; a note of hand; a negotiable note.
8. A piece of paper money; a banknote.

   I didn't have any coins to pay with, so I used a note.

9. A small size of paper used for writing letters or notes.
10. (music) A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.
11. (music) A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune.
12. (music) A key of the piano or organ.
13. Observation; notice; heed.
14. Reputation; distinction; as, a poet of note.

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[edit] Verb

to note (third-person singular simple present notes, present participle noting, simple past and past participle noted)

1. (transitive) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed
2. (transitive) To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
3. (transitive) To denote; to designate
4. (transitive) To annotate
5. (transitive) To set down in musical characters.

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[edit] External links

• note in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• note in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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• tone

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nota.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /nɔt/
•  Audio^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

note f. (plural notes)

1. note (written or spoken)
2. mark (UK), grade (US)
3. bill (UK), check (US)
4. (music) note
5. touch, hint, note

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• note de frais

[edit] Verb

note

1. First-person singular present indicative of noter.
2. Third-person singular present indicative of noter.
3. First-person singular present subjunctive of noter.
4. Third-person singular present subjunctive of noter.
5. Second-person singular imperative of noter .

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note

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of notar.
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of notar.

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note pl.

1. Feminine form of noto.

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note f.

1. Plural form of nota.

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈnote]

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note f. pl.

1. Plural form of notă.

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note (infinitive: notar)

1. formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of notar.
2. first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of notar.
3. formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of notar.
4. third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of notar.