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annals en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • [ˈɛən.əlz] (Canada, General-American) /æ/ raising
  • [ˈeːn.əlz] (Australia) /æ/ raising
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈæn.əlz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈæn.əlz/ (Canada, General-American)
  • (Texas) audio
  • /ˈɛn.əlz/ (New-Zealand)
  • /ˈæn.əlz/ (Australia)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French annales, from Latin annālēs librī (“chronicles”), from annālis (“pertaining to a year”), from annus (“year”) + librī, plural of liber (“book”). Compare with annual.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, plural) plural of annal
    form of annal
  2. (plural, plural-only) A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.
    • So ended this great siege, the most memorable in the annals of the British isles. It had lasted a hundred and five days 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:
    • the annals of our religion a. 1729, John Rogers, A Sufficiency with Regard to Mens Stations in Life adjusted and recommended:
  3. (plural, plural-only) Historical records; chronicles; history.
    • It was one of the most critical periods in our annals. 1780, Edmund Burke, Speech at the Guildhall, in Bristol:
    • the short and simple annals of the poor 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:
  4. (plural, plural-only) A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.
    • Annals of Science

Synonyms

history

Translations (41)

uk літо́пис (a relation of events) · ba йылъяҙма (historical records; chronicles) · ru ле́топись (historical records; chronicles) · ru ле́топись (a relation of events) · de Annalen (historical records; chronicles) · es anales (historical records; chronicles) · uk анна́ли (a relation of events) · ro anale (historical records; chronicles) · es añales (disused) (a relation of events) · pt anais (a relation of events) · es crónica (historical records; chronicles) · ru хро́ника (historical records; chronicles) · nl annalen (historical records; chronicles) · pl annały (historical records; chronicles) · mk анали (historical records; chronicles) · mk летопис (historical records; chronicles) · es fastos (historical records; chronicles) · cmn 史冊 /史册 (a relation of events) · cmn 編年史 /编年史 (a relation of events) · fr annales (a relation of events) · la annālēs (a relation of events) · nl jaarboeken (historical records; chronicles) · ar حَوْلِيَّات (a relation of events) · ru анна́лы (a relation of events) · mk хроника (historical records; chronicles) · fi historiankirjat (historical records; chronicles) · es anales (a relation of events) · de Annalen (a relation of events) · es añales (disused) (historical records; chronicles) · fi annaali (historical records; chronicles) · mk анали (a relation of events) · fi vuosikirja (a relation of events) · cmn 史書 /史书 (historical records; chronicles) · pt anais (historical records; chronicles) · ru анна́лы (historical records; chronicles) · mk летопис (a relation of events) · nl annalen (a relation of events) · fr annales (historical records; chronicles) · fi annaali (a relation of events) · ro anale (a relation of events) · es fastos (a relation of events)