footnote

== English == === Alternative forms === f.n. (abbreviation) === Etymology === From foot +‎ note. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfʊtˌnəʊt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈfʊtˌnoʊt/ === Noun === footnote (plural footnotes) A short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference etc, to a designated part of the main text. Coordinate terms: headnote, endnote, hatnote, marginal note (by extension) An event of lesser importance than some larger event to which it is related. Synonym: asterisk A qualification to the import of something. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === footnote (third-person singular simple present footnotes, present participle footnoting, simple past and past participle footnoted) To add footnotes to a text. Synonym: annotate === See also === marginalia reference mark === Further reading === footnote on Wikipedia.Wikipedia