annals

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle French annales, from Latin annales libri (chronicles), from annalis (pertaining to a year), from annus (year) + libri, genitive of liber (book). Compare with annual.

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Noun

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annals

  1. plural of annal

Noun

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annals pl (plural only)

  1. A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.
  2. Historical records; chronicles; history.
  3. A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.
    Annals of Science

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin annālēs.

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Noun

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annals m pl (plural only)

  1. annals
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