"annal" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈænəl/ Forms: annall [alternative]
Etymology: From Latin annālis (“yearly, annual”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|annālis||yearly, annual}} Latin annālis (“yearly, annual”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} annal (not comparable)
  1. (obsolete) Annual; yearly. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-annal-en-adj-SQ2ex1hK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈænəl/ Forms: annals [plural]
Etymology: Back formation from annals, borrowed from Middle French, from Latin annales (“annals”), from annus (“year”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|-}} Middle French, {{der|en|la|annales||annals}} Latin annales (“annals”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} annal (plural annals)
  1. The record of a single event or item. Derived forms: annalise, annalist, annalistic, annalize, annalled Translations (record of a single event or item): annals [masculine, plural] (Catalan), 記錄 /记录 (jìlù) (Chinese Mandarin), 本紀 /本纪 (běnjì) (note: of a monarch) (Chinese Mandarin), anály [masculine, plural] (Czech), annaali (Finnish), anal [masculine] (Portuguese), анна́лы (annály) [masculine, plural] (Russian), anal [masculine] (Spanish), añal (disused) [masculine] (Spanish), fasto [masculine] (Spanish)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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