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Internationalism (ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος (anékdotos, “accounts unpublished”), see more at English anecdote), via German Anekdote and French anecdote.[1]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 Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• anekdota in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɲekdɔta]

anekdota f (genitive singular anekdoty, nominative plural anekdoty, genitive plural anekdot, declension pattern of žena)

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, 2024