annotation

English

Etymology

From Latin annotātiōnem, accusative singular of annotātiō (“remark, annotation”), from annotātus, perfect passive participle of annotō (“note down, remark”). Equivalent to annotate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˌæn.əˈteɪ.ʃən/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Audio (US): (file)
(North India) IPA^(key): /ˈæː.noː.ˈʈeː.ʃən/
(South India) IPA^(key): /əˈnoː.ʈeː.ʃən/
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

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Wikipedia

annotation (countable and uncountable, plural annotations)

A critical or explanatory commentary or analysis.
She added an annotation in the margin to clarify the text.
A comment added to a text.
make an annotation

The manuscript was filled with helpful annotations.

The teacher asked students to submit essays with proper annotation.
The process of writing such comment or commentary.
(computing) Metadata added to a document or program.
(genetics) Information relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases.

Derived terms

Translations

critical or explanatory commentary or analysis

Bulgarian: коментар (bg) (komentar), анотация (anotacija)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 註解 / 注解 (zh) (zhùjiě)
Czech: anotace (cs) f, poznámka (cs) f, vysvětlivka f, komentář (cs) m
Finnish: huomautus (fi), kommentti (fi)
French: annotation (fr) f
Galician: anotación (gl) f
German: Kommentar (de) m
Greek: επισημείωση (el) f (episimeíosi), σχολιασμός (el) m (scholiasmós)
Indonesian: anotasi (id)
Japanese: 注解 (ja) (ちゅうかい, chūkai)
Kazakh: аңдатпа (añdatpa)
Portuguese: comentário (pt) m, anotação (pt) f
Russian: коммента́рий (ru) m (kommentárij), примеча́ние (ru) n (primečánije), поясне́ние (ru) n (pojasnénije), аннота́ция (ru) f (annotácija)
Scottish Gaelic: mìneachadh m, notachadh m
Spanish: anotación f
Swedish: anteckning (sv)
Turkish: belirtim (tr), açıklayıcı not, bilgi notu

comment added to a text

Bulgarian: обяснителна бележка (objasnitelna beležka)
Czech: anotace (cs) f, poznámka (cs) f, vysvětlivka f, komentář (cs) m
Finnish: reunahuomautus, huomautus (fi), kommentti (fi)
French: annotation (fr) f
Galician: anotación (gl) f
German: Anmerkung (de) f, Bemerkung (de) f
Greek: υποσημείωση (el) f (yposimeíosi), σχόλιο (el) f (schólio)
Kazakh: аңдатпа (añdatpa)
Korean: 주해(注解) (juhae)
Māori: tuhipoka
Persian: فرانوشت
Polish: adnotacja (pl) f, dopisek (pl) m
Portuguese: anotação (pt) f
Romanian: adnotare (ro) f, notă (ro) f, remarcă (ro) f
Russian: коммента́рий (ru) m (kommentárij), примеча́ние (ru) n (primečánije), поясне́ние (ru) n (pojasnénije), аннота́ция (ru) f (annotácija)
Scottish Gaelic: mìneachadh m, notachadh m
Spanish: anotación f, glosa (es) f, acotación (es) f, apostilla (es) f, postilla (es) f, membrete (es) m
Swedish: kommentar (sv)
Turkish: dipnot (tr), hāşiye

process of writing a comment or commentary

Finnish: kommentointi (fi), huomiointi (fi)
French: annotation (fr) m
Galician: anotación (gl) f
German: Kommentierung f
Greek: σχολιασμός (el) m (scholiasmós)
Persian: فرانوشتن, فرانویسش
Portuguese: anotação (pt) f
Russian: анноти́рование (ru) n (annotírovanije), комменти́рование (ru) n (kommentírovanije)
Scottish Gaelic: mìneachadh m, notachadh m
Spanish: anotación f, glose (es) m
Turkish: not ekleme (tr), şerh ekleme (tr)

metadata added to a document or program

Finnish: merkintä (fi), kommentti (fi), huomautus (fi)
French: commentaire (fr) m
Persian: فرانوشت
Polish: adnotacja (pl) f

information relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases

Chinese:
Mandarin: 注釋 / 注释 (zh) (zhùshì)
Finnish: annotaatio
French: annotation (fr)
Italian: annotazione (it)
Portuguese: anotação (pt)
Spanish: anotación f

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