anecdote

Significado (Inglés)

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).

Sinónimos

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

Traducións

Anekdote

anecdote

anécdota

aneddoto

ανέκδοτο

anedota

anekdote

anecdote

anècdota

historieta

àneddoto

نادرة

piada

🤣

Schnurre

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈæ.nɪk.doʊt/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Relativo a francés: anecdote

Relativo a alemán: Anekdote

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Late 17ᵗʰ c., from French anecdote, from Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος (anékdotos, “accounts unpublished”), from ἀν- (an-, “not, un-”) + ἔκδοτος (ékdotos, “published”), from ἐκδίδωμι (ekdídōmi, “I publish”), from ἐκ- (ek-, “out”) + δίδωμι (dídōmi, “I give”).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