commentary

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French commentaire, from Latin commentārius, commentārium (“notebook”), compare French commentaire. See comment. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒm.ən.t(ə.)ɹi/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.mənˌtɛ.ɹi/ === Noun === commentary (countable and uncountable, plural commentaries) A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work. (usually in the plural) A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum. An oral relation of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs. ==== Synonyms ==== (series of comments or annotations): scholia (ancient & medieval European works); secondary source ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “commentary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.