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footnoteAn additional piece of information printed at the bottom of a page

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: An additional piece of information printed at the bottom of a page

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈfʊtnoʊt/

Korean meaning: 페이지 하단에 인쇄된 추가 정보, 각주

Korean pronunciation: **풋**노트

Example Sentences

  • The professor's footnotes were so entertaining that students read them before the main text.
  • She spent three hours writing a two-line footnote about medieval cooking methods.
  • The research paper had more footnotes than actual content.

footnote

NOUN

//ˈfʊtnoʊt//

An additional piece of information printed at the bottom of a page

footnote concept
💡 Concept

A student adds a footnote reference at the page bottom

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footnote rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Every footnote he wrote connects to a brilliant quote!

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈfʊtnoʊt/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈfʊtnəʊt/

🌳Etymology

Rootfoot
Suffix-note

Origin

From the compound of 'foot' (Old English 'fot') and 'note' (Latin 'nota' meaning mark or sign). The term refers to explanatory text placed at the 'foot' or bottom of a page.

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🎵Rhyme

quotenotevotewrote
quote
note
vote
wrote

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📝Examples

😄 Fun example

The professor's footnotes were so entertaining that students read them before the main text.

😄 Fun example

She spent three hours writing a two-line footnote about medieval cooking methods.

The research paper had more footnotes than actual content.

😄 Fun example

Academic writers love footnotes like cats love cardboard boxes.

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📚Related Words

Synonyms

annotationendnotereferencecitationmarginal note

Antonyms

main textbody text

Related

bibliographyappendixreferencecitationannotationmargin