Meaning

3 senses
  1. (plural, plural only)A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.

    Annalen

    анна́лыannály, ле́тописьlétopisʹ

    анна́лиannály, літо́писlitópys

  2. (plural, plural only)Historical records; chronicles; history.

    Annalen

    анна́лыannály, ле́тописьlétopisʹ, хро́никаxrónika

  3. (plural, plural only)A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.

    Annals of Science

More definitions
  • a chronological account of events in successive years
  • reports of the work of a society or learned body etc

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a relation of events:
Русский
By meaning 2
a relation of events:
historical records; chronicles:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a relation of events:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French annales, from Latin annālēs librī (“chronicles”), from annālis

Borrowed from Middle French annales, from Latin annālēs librī (“chronicles”), from annālis (“pertaining to a year”), from annus (“year”) + librī, plural of liber (“book”). Compare with annual.

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Forms

plural: annalses
Singularannals
Pluralannalses

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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