commentaar
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Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Kommentar, from Latin commentārius (“notebook”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]commentaar n or m (plural commentaren)
- commentary, comment (act or result of commenting)
- comment (message or speech act in which comment is given)
- commentary (text genre commenting on something, e.g. another text)
- criticism
- Synonym: kritiek
Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: kommentaar
- → Indonesian: komentar
References
[edit]- ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press