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footnote

footnote

69 3.0
A note at the bottom of a page that gives extra information or a source
  • noun
  • /ˈfutˌnoʊt/
translation icon : nota al pie
  • The footnote at the bottom of the page explained the author's sources in detail.
  • add a footnote
  • see footnote
  • footnote to the table

Now, just one footnote on one of those studies.

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Examples

  • Far from being a historical footnote, Copper Age Europe was a technological and social proving ground.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Well, maybe some footnote in a minor history book.

  • Now, just one footnote on one of those studies.

  • And there is a footnote to that.

  • You may use my name in the footnote or not, as you see fit.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Thank you, Chris, for that footnote.

  • Details about the groupings are found in the footnote to Table 2.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Today, the Scythians are a faded memory, a footnote in the history books of Greece, Iran, India and China.

  • So first I want to read to you the footnote to TS Eliot's The Wasteland.

  • In the book, each chapter includes a footnote that provides additional resources for further reading.

Synonyms

comment
vsfootnote
789 1.7

A written note in a text that explains a word or idea

focuses on offering extra information and references for the main text
endnote
vsfootnote
  • Specialized
2 3.9

A note at the end of a book or article that gives extra information and shows sources

appears at the page bottom to give extra information or references

How Detailed

appendix
23 4.9
supplement
16 4.1
footnote
69 3.0
note
1.0

Surface Forms

footnote singular
footnotes plural

Morphology

footnote = foot + note (transparent) = foot + note

Clear compound of 'foot' (bottom) + 'note' (comment), indicating a note placed at the bottom of a page; meaning is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word footnote comes from foot ('bottom') and note ('short comment'), because it is a short comment placed at the bottom of a page to give extra information.