анекдот

• IPA^(key): [ɐnɛɡˈdɔt]

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анекдо́т • (anekdót) m

1. anecdote, joke (a short account of an incident, often humorous)

   Synonym: виц (vic)

Borrowed from Russian анекдо́т (anekdót, “joke, anecdote”), from French anecdote.

• IPA^(key): /ˈanʲɵkʰtɔtʰ/
• Syllabification: а‧нек‧дот (3 syllables)

анекдот • (anekdot)

1. anecdote

   Synonym: онигоо (onigoo)

• анекдо́тъ (anekdót) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Borrowed from French anecdote, from Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος (anékdotos).

• IPA^(key): [ɐnʲɪɡˈdot]

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анекдо́т • (anekdót) m inan (genitive анекдо́та, nominative plural анекдо́ты, genitive plural анекдо́тов)

1. joke in the form of a story with a funny punchline/ending
2. (colloquial) funny incident from one's life resembling such a joke
3. (colloquial, figuratively) joke (something fake or fictional)
4. (archaic) anecdote (not of a comedic nature)

• → Armenian: անեկդոտ (anekdot)
• → Mongolian: анекдот (anekdot)
• → Japanese: アネクドート (anekudōto)

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “анекдот”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

• анекдо́та (anekdóta) — 1928–1933 spelling

Borrowed from French anecdote, possibly via Russian анекдо́т (anekdót).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ɐneɡˈdɔt]

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• Rhymes: -ɔt
• Hyphenation: анек‧дот

анекдо́т • (anekdót) m inan (genitive анекдо́ту, nominative plural анекдо́ти, genitive plural анекдо́тів, relational adjective анекдоти́чний)

1. anecdote

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “анекдот”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “анекдот”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “анекдот”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “анекдот”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)
• “анекдот”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)