anekdota

• IPA^(key): [ˈanɛɡdota]

anekdota f

1. joke

• This is a false friend.

anekdoto +‎ -a.

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anekdota (accusative singular anekdotan, plural anekdotaj, accusative plural anekdotajn)

1. anecdotal
   • Sten Johansson, “Mankas io,” review of Johan Hammond Rosbach, La mirinda eliksiro,

     liaj noveloj plej ofte estas leĝeraj, humuraj, konstruitaj ĉirkaŭ simpla anekdota kerno.

     his short stories are most often light, humorous, built around a simple anecdotal kernel.

anékdota

1. anecdote

Internationalism (ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος (anékdotos, “accounts unpublished”), see more at English anecdote), via German Anekdote and French anecdote.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒnɛɡdotɒ]
• Hyphenation: anek‧do‧ta
• Rhymes: -tɒ

anekdota (plural anekdoták)

1. anecdote (short account of a real incident or person)

   Synonym: adoma (although this features entirely fictional, abstract characters, while an anecdote is linked to existing historical figures)

• anekdota in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• anekdota in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

• IPA^(key): [ˈaneɡdɔta]

anekdota f (relational adjective anekdotický, diminutive anekdotka)

1. anecdote

• “anekdota”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Borrowed from Spanish anécdota, from French anecdote, from Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος (anékdotos, “accounts unpublished”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔanekˈdota/ [ʔɐ.n̪ɛkˈd̪oː.t̪ɐ], /ʔaˈnekdota/ [ʔɐˌn̪ɛk.d̪oˈt̪a]
• Rhymes: -ota, -ekdota
• Syllabification: a‧nek‧do‧ta

anekdota or anékdotá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒᜃ᜔ᜇᜓᜆ)

1. anecdote

• “anekdota”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “anekdota”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 34