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anecdote en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (California, Southern) audio
  • [ˈɛn.əkˌdɐʉt] (New-Zealand)
  • [ˈæn.ɪkˌdəʉt] (Australia)
  • /ˈæn.ɪkˌdəʊt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈɛən.ɪkˌdoʊt] (Canada, General-American) /æ/ raising
  • /ˈæn.ɪkˌdoʊt/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

Late 17ᵗʰ c., from French anecdote, from Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος (anékdotos, “accounts unpublished”), from ἀν- (an-, “not, un-”) + ἔκδοτος (ékdotos, “published”), from ἐκδίδωμι (ekdídōmi, “I publish”), from ἐκ- (ek-, “out”) + δίδωμι (dídōmi, “I give”). Virtually identical cognates in other European languages – French anecdote, German Anekdote, Spanish anécdota, among others.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting.
    • Like all travellers, he is full of anecdote, and has at his command the rarest news of the time. […] Generous, convivial, and full of anecdote, the mercantile agent is a good companion, and his conversation never fails to make glad and jocund the society of that otherwise dullest of places, an English stage coach. 1839, “Commercial Travellers”, in The Merchants’ Magazine, and Commercial Review, volume I, New York, N.Y.: Freeman Hunt, […], pages 30–31:
    • relate a short anecdote
    • tell an anecdote
  2. (countable, uncountable) An account which supports an argument, but which is not supported by scientific or statistical analysis.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A previously untold secret account of an incident.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
anecdotes Number=Plur lexicographic
anecdota alternative lexicographic
anecdotum alternative lexicographic
anecdoton alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

anecdotal · anecdotive · the plural of anecdote is not data · anecdotographer · anecdotic · anecdoter · anecdotist · anecdotard · anecdotalism · anecdotical · anecdotage · anecdotish · anecdotarian · anecdotally

Translations (83)

ja 秘史 (previously untold, secret account of an incident) · mk анегдота (short account of an incident) · lt anekdotas (short account of an incident) · be анэкдо́т (short account of an incident) · is anekdóta (short account of an incident) · cmn 逸話 /逸话 (short account of an incident) · tt мәзәк (short account of an incident) · ar أُطْرُوفَة (short account of an incident) · hu anekdota (short account of an incident) · cy anecdot (short account of an incident) · cmn 秘聞 /秘闻 (previously untold, secret account of an incident) · az lətifə (short account of an incident) · th เรื่องขำขัน (short account of an incident) · ar فُكَاهَة (short account of an incident) · be анекдо́т (short account of an incident) · id anekdot (short account of an incident) · mn онигоо (short account of an incident) · io anekdoto (short account of an incident) · ms anekdot (short account of an incident) · es anécdota (short account of an incident) · fr anecdote (short account of an incident) · ko 일화 (short account of an incident) · nl anekdote (short account of an incident) · tr anekdot (short account of an incident) · pt anedota (short account of an incident) · pl anegdota (short account of an incident) · sh анегдо̀та (short account of an incident) · he אַנֵקְדוֹטָה (short account of an incident) · cmn 秘史 (previously untold, secret account of an incident) · es chascarrillo (short account of an incident) · fi paljastus (previously untold, secret account of an incident) · kk анекдот (short account of an incident) · nb anekdote (short account of an incident) · ca anècdota (short account of an incident) · ky анекдот (short account of an incident) · cmn 軼事 /轶事 (short account of an incident) · uk анекдо́т (short account of an incident) · th ชวนหัว (short account of an incident) · vi giai thoại (short account of an incident) · ar نَادِرَة (short account of an incident) · sv anekdot (short account of an incident) · yi אַנעקדאָט (short account of an incident) · kk күлкілі әңгіме (short account of an incident) · az anekdot (short account of an incident) · ota فقره (short account of an incident) · it aneddoto (short account of an incident) · ar طُرْفَة (short account of an incident) · sq anekdotë (short account of an incident) · el ανέκδοτο (short account of an incident) · ru анекдо́т (short account of an incident) · fi tarina (short account of an incident) · de Anekdote (short account of an incident) · ka ანეკდოტი (short account of an incident) · uz latifa (short account of an incident) · ru заба́вная исто́рия (short account of an incident) · nn anekdote (short account of an incident) · fi juttu (short account of an incident) · sk anekdota (short account of an incident) · lb Anekdot (short account of an incident) · et anekdoot (short account of an incident) · fi kasku (short account of an incident) · cs anekdota (short account of an incident) · sl anekdota (short account of an incident) · ru слу́чай (short account of an incident) · cmn 逸事 (short account of an incident) · eo anekdoto (short account of an incident) · ru эпизо́д (short account of an incident) · is atvikssaga (short account of an incident) · fa لطیفه (short account of an incident) · sh anegdòta (short account of an incident) · ro anecdotă (short account of an incident) · lv anekdote (short account of an incident) · hy անեկդոտ (short account of an incident) · de Anekdote (previously untold, secret account of an incident) · ar أُفْكُوهَة (short account of an incident) · fi anekdootti (short account of an incident) · ar لَطِيفَة (short account of an incident) · bg анекдо́т (short account of an incident) · da anekdote (short account of an incident) · tg латифа (short account of an incident) · ja 逸話 (short account of an incident) · uz anekdot (short account of an incident) · gd naidheachd (short account of an incident)

anecdote en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (California, Southern) audio
  • [ˈɛn.əkˌdɐʉt] (New-Zealand)
  • [ˈæn.ɪkˌdəʉt] (Australia)
  • /ˈæn.ɪkˌdəʊt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈɛən.ɪkˌdoʊt] (Canada, General-American) /æ/ raising
  • /ˈæn.ɪkˌdoʊt/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

Late 17ᵗʰ c., from French anecdote, from Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος (anékdotos, “accounts unpublished”), from ἀν- (an-, “not, un-”) + ἔκδοτος (ékdotos, “published”), from ἐκδίδωμι (ekdídōmi, “I publish”), from ἐκ- (ek-, “out”) + δίδωμι (dídōmi, “I give”). Virtually identical cognates in other European languages – French anecdote, German Anekdote, Spanish anécdota, among others.

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To tell anecdotes (about).
    • They were all men of the same set, knowing one another intimately, and knowing the same people; so they fell to talking and anecdoting in such pleasant wise that dinner-time approached […] 1879, Eustace Clare Grenville Murray, That Artful Vicar:
    • Bob anecdoted the circus he and Jimmy had seen that afternoon. 1986, Elliot L. Gilbert, Best Short Stories from the California Quarterly, 1971-1985, page 101:

Forms

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anecdotes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
anecdoted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
anecdoted Tense=Past lexicographic
anecdotum alternative lexicographic
anecdoting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
anecdota alternative lexicographic
anecdoton alternative lexicographic