annal

Back formation from annals, borrowed from Middle French, from Latin annales (“annals”), from annus (“year”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈænəl/

annal (plural annals)

1. The record of a single event or item.
   • 1805, Edward Young, The Poetical Works of the Reverend Dr. Ed. Young: with the life of the author‎, volume 3, →ISBN:

     In deathless annal! deathless deeds inspire:

Often used in the plural; see annals for more information.

Borrowed from Latin annālis, from annus (“year”).

• IPA^(key): /a.nal/

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• Homophones: anal, anale, anales, annale, annales

annal (feminine annale, masculine plural annaux, feminine plural annales)

1. (law) usable or available only for one year

• annalité

• année

• “annal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from Latin annālis, from annus (“year”).

annal m or f (plural annaes or annais)

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of anal.

annal m (plural annaes or annais)

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of anal.