anecdote

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting.
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.

Verb

To tell anecdotes (about).

Έννοιες

ανέκδοτο

Συνώνυμα

joke

🤣

story

funny story

tale

narrative

episode

fable

common talk

gag

reputation

sally

yarn

🧶

unknown fact

supplementary biography

humorous story

historical anecdote

historical frills

account

anạ

cartoon

filling in

gossip

incident

jest

mannerism

memoir

narration

Μεταφράσεις

Anekdote

anecdote

anécdota

aneddoto

anedota

anecdote

anekdote

anècdota

historieta

نادرة

àneddoto

piada

🤣

Schnurre

anecdòta

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈæ.nɪk.doʊt/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Συγγενές με Γαλλικά: anecdote

Συγγενές με Γερμανικά: Anekdote

Συγγενές με Ισπανικά: anécdota

In summary

Late 17ᵗʰ c., from French anecdote, from Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος (anékdotos, “accounts unpublished”), from ἀν- (an-, “not, un-”) + ἔκδοτος (ékdotos, “published”), from ἐκδίδωμι (ekdídōmi, “I publish”), from ἐκ- (ek-, “out”) + δίδωμι (dídōmi, “I give”).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.