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

Anmerkung

annotation

voetnoot

note de bas de page

note

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfʊtˌnəʊt/

Etymology

From foot + note.