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English

Etymology

commentarius, commentarium, note book, confer commentaire. See comment.

Noun

A series of comments or annotations; esp., a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of the Scriptures or of some other work.
:This letter . . . was published by him with a severe commentary. -Hallam.
A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum; -- usually in the plural; as, Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War.

Translations

Kurdish: şirove , ravek, ravekirin , îzah , şerh , tefsîr , ron|ronkirin , komentar
Hebrew: פרשנות (pārshānut) (1); הערות (he'arot) (2)

Polish: {{t|pl|komentarz|m}}

el:commentary fr:commentary io:commentary it:commentary hu:commentary ru:commentary fi:commentary ta:commentary te:commentary vi:commentary zh:commentary

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Commentary \Com"men*ta*ry\, n.; pl. Commentaries. [L.
commentarius, commentarium, note book, commentary: cf. F.
commentaire. See Comment, v. i.]
1. A series of comments or annotations; esp., a book of
explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of the
Scriptures or of some other work.
[1913 Webster]

This letter . . . was published by him with a severe
commentary. --Hallam.
[1913 Webster]

2. A brief account of transactions or events written hastily,
as if for a memorandum; -- usually in the plural; as,
Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet commentary
n : a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is
added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an
extended comment on the proposal" [syn: comment]

Moby Dictionary
affix , allonge , analysis , annotation , apparatus criticus , appendix ,
coda , codicil , comment , commentation , critical review , criticism ,
critique , editorial , enclitic , envoi , epilogue , exegesis , footnote ,
gloss , infix , interlineation , interpolation , leader ,
leading article , marginalia , notation , note , note of explanation ,
notice , obiter dictum , observation , postscript , prefix , proclitic ,
remark , report , review , rider , running commentary , scholia ,
scholium , suffix , tail , word of explanation , write-up