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Fußnote — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • footnote noun A short note at the bottom of a page giving extra comment, reference, or citation.
  • gloss noun A shiny, polished surface.

Senses

Fußnote is used for these senses in English:

  • gloss (countable) A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex, or uncommon expression, inserted after the original, in the margin of a document, or between lines of a text.

footnote — full definition

  1. noun A short note at the bottom of a page giving extra comment, reference, or citation.
  2. noun A minor event, overshadowed by something bigger it relates to (figurative).
  3. verb To add explanatory notes to a text.

gloss — full definition

  1. noun A shiny, polished surface.
  2. noun An impressive appearance that hides something less impressive underneath.
  3. verb (usually "gloss over") To skim past or downplay a problem instead of properly addressing it.
  4. noun A brief note explaining a difficult or foreign word, often placed in the margin or between the lines of a text.

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