footnote

Meaning

Noun

1. A short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference etc, to a designated part of the main text.
2. (broadly) An event of lesser importance than some larger event to which it is related.
3. A qualification to the import of something.

Verb

To add footnotes to a text.

Synonyms

footer

annotate

annotations

citation

comment

explanatory note

note

register

remark

remarks

scholium

subscript

note of page

note of reference

afterthought

bottom note

annotation

Translations

Fußnote

nota

dipnot

nota a pie de página

nota de rodapé

nota

Anmerkung

annotation

voetnoot

nota a piè pagina

note de bas de page

υποσημείωση

anotação

postilla

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfʊtˌnəʊt/

Etymology

From foot + note.