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Added 9 October 2026

annal

/ˈænəl/ noun

Latin root: annales Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about annal at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The record of a single event or item.

adjective

Annual; yearly.

Origin

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

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