annals
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle French annales, from Latin annales libri (“chronicles”), from annalis (“pertaining to a year”), from annus (“year”) + libri, genitive of liber (“book”). Compare with annual.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editannals
Noun
editannals pl (plural only)
- A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
- So ended this great siege, the most memorable in the annals of the British isles. It had lasted a hundred and five days
- a. 1729, John Rogers, A Sufficiency with Regard to Mens Stations in Life adjusted and recommended:
- the annals of our religion
- Historical records; chronicles; history.
- 1750 June 12 (date written; published 1751), T[homas] Gray, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”, in Designs by Mr. R[ichard] Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, […], published 1753, →OCLC:
- the short and simple annals of the poor
- 1780, Edmund Burke, Speech at the Guildhall, in Bristol:
- It was one of the most critical periods in our annals.
- A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.
- Annals of Science
Synonyms
editTranslations
edita relation of events
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historical records; chronicles
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Catalan
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editannals m pl (plural only)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “annals” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “annals”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “annals” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “annals” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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