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): (file)
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

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annotation (countable and uncountable, plural annotations)

A critical or explanatory commentary or analysis.
A comment added to a text.
make an 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)
Maori: 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 (rare)
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

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