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

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌænəˈteɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

annotation (countable and uncountable, plural annotations)

2. A critical or explanatory commentary or analysis.
4. A comment added to a text.

   make an annotation

6. The process of writing such comment or commentary.
8. (computing) Metadata added to a document or program.
10. (genetics) Information relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases.

Derived terms

• annotational
• annotationist
• back-annotation
• microannotation
• micro-annotation
• misannotation
• overannotation
• reannotation
• underannotation

 

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)
• Maori: tuhipoka
• Persian: فرانوشت (fa)
• 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
• Swedish: kommentar (sv)
• Turkish: dipnot (tr), hāşiye

process of writing a comment or commentary

• Finnish: kommentointi (fi), huomiointi
• French: annotation (fr) m
• Galician: anotación (gl) f
• German: Kommentierung f
• Greek: σχολιασμός (el) m (scholiasmós)
• Persian: فرانوشتن (fa), فرانویسش
• Portuguese: anotação (pt) f
• Russian: анноти́рование (ru) n (annotírovanije), комменти́рование (ru) n (kommentírovanije)
• Scottish Gaelic: mìneachadh m, notachadh m
• Spanish: anotación f
• 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 (fa)
• Polish: adnotacja (pl) f

information relating to the genetic structure of sequences of bases

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 注釋 (zh) (zhùshì)

• Finnish: annotaatio
• French: annotation (fr)
• Italian: annotazione (it)
• Portuguese: anotação (pt)
• Spanish: anotación

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} annotation (fr) f
• German: ^{(please verify)} Annotation f, ^{(please verify)} Anmerkung (de) f, ^{(please verify)} Kommentar (de) m, ^{(please verify)} Erläuterung (de) f

French

Etymology

From Latin annotātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.nɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

annotation f (plural annotations)

1. annotation

Related terms

• annoter

Further reading

• “annotation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.