Footnote — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a printed note placed below the text on a printed page

add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fˈʊtnoʊt/

🇬🇧British English

/fˈʊtnəʊt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fˈʊtnəʊt/

2 syllables Say it as /fˈʊtnoʊt/.

Examples

The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

footer annotate

Parts of Speech

noun	a printed note placed below the text on a printed page
verb	add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments “The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel”

Word Forms

footnote	verb	add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments
note	noun	a comment or instruction (usually added)
annotation	noun	a comment or instruction (usually added)
annotator	noun	a commentator who writes notes to a text
footnote	noun	a printed note placed below the text on a printed page

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Fußnote

eine gedruckte Notiz, die unter dem Text auf einer gedruckten Seite platziert wird

🇫🇷French

note de bas de page

une note imprimée placée sous le texte sur une page imprimée

🇪🇸Spanish

nota

una nota impresa colocada debajo del texto en una página impresa

🇮🇹Italian

nota

una nota stampata posizionata sotto il testo su una pagina stampata

🇳🇱Dutch

voetnoot

een afgedrukte notitie die onder de tekst op een afgedrukte pagina wordt geplaatst

🇵🇹Portuguese

nota de rodapé

uma nota impressa colocada abaixo do texto em uma página impressa

🇷🇺Russian

сноска

печатная заметка, расположенная под текстом на печатной странице

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पाद लेख

मुद्रित पृष्ठ पर पाठ के नीचे रखा गया एक मुद्रित नोट

🇧🇩Bengali

পাদটীকা

একটি মুদ্রিত পৃষ্ঠায় পাঠ্যের নীচে রাখা একটি মুদ্রিত নোট

🇮🇳Tamil

அடிக்குறிப்பு

அச்சிடப்பட்ட பக்கத்தில் உள்ள உரைக்கு கீழே வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள அச்சிடப்பட்ட குறிப்பு

🇮🇳Telugu

ఫుట్ నోట్

ముద్రించిన పేజీలో వచనం క్రింద ఉంచబడిన ముద్రిత గమనిక

🇮🇳Marathi

तळटीप

मुद्रित पृष्ठावरील मजकुराच्या खाली ठेवलेली एक छापील नोट

🇮🇳Gujarati

ફૂટનોટ

પ્રિન્ટેડ પેજ પર લખાણની નીચે મૂકવામાં આવેલી પ્રિન્ટેડ નોટ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಡಿಟಿಪ್ಪಣಿ

ಮುದ್ರಿತ ಪುಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಪಠ್ಯದ ಕೆಳಗೆ ಇರಿಸಲಾಗಿರುವ ಮುದ್ರಿತ ಟಿಪ್ಪಣಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അടിക്കുറിപ്പ്

ഒരു അച്ചടിച്ച പേജിലെ വാചകത്തിന് താഴെ സ്ഥാപിച്ചിരിക്കുന്ന ഒരു അച്ചടിച്ച കുറിപ്പ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਫੁਟਨੋਟ

ਇੱਕ ਛਪਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਨੋਟ ਇੱਕ ਪ੍ਰਿੰਟ ਕੀਤੇ ਪੰਨੇ 'ਤੇ ਟੈਕਸਟ ਦੇ ਹੇਠਾਂ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

فوٹ نوٹ

پرنٹ شدہ صفحہ پر متن کے نیچے رکھا ہوا ایک پرنٹ شدہ نوٹ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

脚注

放置在打印页面上的文本下方的打印注释

🇯🇵Japanese

脚注

印刷されたページのテキストの下に配置される印刷されたメモ

🇰🇷Korean

각주

인쇄된 페이지의 텍스트 아래에 인쇄된 메모

🇻🇳Vietnamese

chú thích cuối trang

một ghi chú in được đặt bên dưới văn bản trên một trang in

🇹🇭Thai

เชิงอรรถ

บันทึกย่อที่พิมพ์วางอยู่ใต้ข้อความบนหน้าที่พิมพ์

🇮🇩Indonesian

catatan kaki

catatan tercetak yang ditempatkan di bawah teks pada halaman tercetak

🇵🇭Filipino

talababa

isang naka-print na tala na inilagay sa ibaba ng teksto sa isang naka-print na pahina

🇲🇾Malay

nota kaki

nota bercetak diletakkan di bawah teks pada halaman bercetak

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

حاشية سفلية

ملاحظة مطبوعة موضوعة أسفل النص على صفحة مطبوعة

🇮🇷Persian

پاورقی

یادداشت چاپی که در زیر متن در یک صفحه چاپ شده قرار داده شده است

🇹🇷Turkish

dipnot

basılı bir sayfadaki metnin altına yerleştirilen basılı not

🇮🇱Hebrew

הערת שוליים

הערה מודפסת המונחת מתחת לטקסט בדף מודפס

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The primary meaning of 'footnote' is 'a printed note placed below the text on a printed page'.

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Using 'footnote' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

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'footnote' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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