nota

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English

Noun

nota

1. plural of notum

Anagrams

• NATO, Nato, anot, a ton, nato, tona

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈnɔ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈnɔ.ta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Etymology 1

Noun

nota f (plural notes)

1. (music) note
2. sign
3. note
4. piece of news
5. score, mark, grade

Further reading

• “nota”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Etymology 2

Verb

nota

1. inflection of notar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: no‧ta

Etymology 1

From Spanish nota, from Latin nota.

Noun

nota

1. (music) a note; a sound

Etymology 2

From a Tagalog gay slang nota (“the penis”). Displaced by notch.

Noun

nota

1. (obsolete) the penis

Chickasaw

Preposition

nota

1. under
2. underneath

Related terms

• nota'

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnota]

• Audio:

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Noun

nota f (relational adjective notový, diminutive notka or notička)

1. (music) tone (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
2. (music) note

Declension

Declension of nota (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	nota	noty
genitive	noty	not
dative	notě	notám
accusative	notu	noty
vocative	noto	noty
locative	notě	notách
instrumental	notou	notami

Derived terms

• stojan na noty

Further reading

• “nota”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “nota”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “nota”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoː.taː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: no‧ta
• Rhymes: -oːtaː

Noun

nota f (plural nota's, diminutive notaatje n)

1. notice, official message or document
2. (Belgium) note, memorandum

Derived terms

• antwoordnota
• miljoenennota

Descendants

• → Indonesian: nota

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔ.ta/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Etymology 1

Clipping of nota bene.

Noun

nota m (plural notas)

1. note (marginal comment or explanation)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

nota

1. third-person singular past historic of noter

References

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

Anagrams

• OTAN, taon

Galician

Verb

nota

1. inflection of notar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Gothic

Romanization

nōta

1. romanization of 𐌽𐍉𐍄𐌰

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔːta/
• Rhymes: -ɔːta

Etymology 1

From Old Norse nota, from Proto-Germanic *nutōną.

Verb

nota (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative notaði, supine notað)

1. to use

Conjugation

nota – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að nota
supine sagnbót		notað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		notandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	nota	notaði		noti	notaði
	þú	notar	notaðir		notir	notaðir
	hann, hún, það	notar	notaði		noti	notaði
plural	við	notum	notuðum		notum	notuðum
	þið	notið	notuðuð		notið	notuðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	nota	notuðu		noti	notuðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	nota (þú), notaðu
plural	þið	notið (þið), notiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

notast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að notast
supine sagnbót		notast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		notandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	notast	notaðist		notist	notaðist
	þú	notast	notaðist		notist	notaðist
	hann, hún, það	notast	notaðist		notist	notaðist
plural	við	notumst	notuðumst		notumst	notuðumst
	þið	notist	notuðust		notist	notuðust
	þeir, þær, þau	notast	notuðust		notist	notuðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	notast (þú), notastu
plural	þið	notist (þið), notisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

notaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	notaður	notuð	notað	notaðir	notaðar	notuð
accusative (þolfall)	notaðan	notaða	notað	notaða	notaðar	notuð
dative (þágufall)	notuðum	notaðri	notuðu	notuðum	notuðum	notuðum
genitive (eignarfall)	notaðs	notaðrar	notaðs	notaðra	notaðra	notaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	notaði	notaða	notaða	notuðu	notuðu	notuðu
accusative (þolfall)	notaða	notuðu	notaða	notuðu	notuðu	notuðu
dative (þágufall)	notaða	notuðu	notaða	notuðu	notuðu	notuðu
genitive (eignarfall)	notaða	notuðu	notaða	notuðu	notuðu	notuðu

Derived terms

• nota tækifærið
• notaður
• notandi

Related terms

• notkun

Etymology 2

Noun

nota

1. indefinite genitive plural of not

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch nota, from Latin nota. Doublet of not.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnot̪a]
• Hyphenation: no‧ta

Noun

nota (plural nota-nota)

1. notice, official message or document
2. note, memorandum
3. bill, invoice

Alternative forms

• notis (Standard Malay)

Affixed terms

• bernota

Compounds

• nota debit
• nota dinas
• nota kesepahaman
• nota kredit
• nota pengiriman
• nota penjualan
• nota penyerahan
• nota serah terima
• nota siap
• nota tiba

Further reading

• “nota”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Irish

Noun

nota m (genitive singular nota, nominative plural notaí)

1. alternative form of nuta (“stump, stub; stumpy thing”)

Declension

Declension of nota (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative nota notaí vocative a nota a notaí genitive nota notaí dative nota notaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an nota na notaí genitive an nota na notaí dative leis an nota don nota leis na notaí

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “nota”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Hyphenation: nò‧ta

Etymology 1

Noun

nota f (plural note)

1. note (in all senses)
2. list
3. bill

Related terms

• notazione

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

nota

1. feminine singular of noto

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

nota

1. inflection of notare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• OTAN, anto-, nato, onta, tona

Latin

Etymology 1

Traditionally referred to nōscō (“to know”), thus "a means of recognition" (cf. nōtiō, nōtitia), with perhaps the same short o of agnitus, cognitus.

This etymology has been disputed, for instance by De Vaan, who says that there is no credible etymology for the word.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔ.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔː.ta]

Noun

nota f (genitive notae); first declension

1. mark, sign
2. critical mark or remark
3. note

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	nota	notae
genitive	notae	notārum
dative	notae	notīs
accusative	notam	notās
ablative	notā	notīs
vocative	nota	notae

Derived terms

• nota Tīrōniāna
• notō
• notula

Descendants

• Italian: nota
• Sicilian: nota
• → Old English: not, nōt
  • Middle English: note, noote
    • Scots: note
    • English: note
• → French: note
  • → Turkish: not
  • → Persian: نت (not)
  • → Romanian: notă
• → Galician: nota
• → German: Note
• → Irish: nóta
• → Mirandese: nota
• → Portuguese: nota
• → Russian: но́та (nóta)
• → Spanish: nota
• → Proto-Brythonic: *nod
  • Cornish: nos
  • Middle Welsh: not
    • Welsh: nod
  • → Old Irish: not
    • Irish: nod
    • Scottish Gaelic: nod

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔ.taː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔː.ta]

Verb

notā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of notō

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• nōta:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnoː.ta]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔː.ta]
• nōtā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnoː.taː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔː.ta]

Participle

nōta

1. inflection of nōtus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

nōtā

1. ablative singular feminine of nōtus

Further reading

• “nota”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nota”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "nota", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “nota”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to injure a man's character, tarnish his honour: notam turpitudinis alicui or vitae alicuius inurere
    
  • (ambiguous) the reprimand of a censor: nota, animadversio censoria
    
  • (ambiguous) not to be diffuse on such a well-known subject: ne in re nota et pervulgata multus sim
    
• nota in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “note”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Maranao

Noun

nota

1. crime

   Synonyms: asiya, dosa

References

• Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967), A Maranao Dictionary‎^[3] (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoː.tɑ/
• Rhymes: -oː.tɑ

Noun

nōta

1. genitive plural of nōt

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.ta/

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔ.ta]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Syllabification: no‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French note, from Latin nota. Doublet of nuta (“note, tone”).

Noun

nota f

1. note (diplomatic missive or written communication)

   Hypernym: pismo

2. note, remark

   Synonym: notatka

3. mark, grade

   Synonyms: ocena, stopień

Declension

Declension of nota

	singular	plural
nominative	nota	noty
genitive	noty	not
dative	nocie	notom
accusative	notę	noty
instrumental	notą	notami
locative	nocie	notach
vocative	noto	noty

Derived terms

nouns

• notatka
• notatnik

verb

• notować

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ís?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynosder.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *edīˀnas

Proto-Slavic *edìnъ

Old Polish jeden

Proto-Slavic *-o

Old Polish -o

Old Polish jedno

Old Polish jeno

Polish jenoclip.

Polish no

Proto-Indo-European *sóder.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *taˀkos

Proto-Slavic *takъ

Proto-Slavic *tako

Old Polish tak

▲

Polish tak

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt

Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti

Proto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei

Proto-Slavic *byti

Old Polish być

Polish jest

Polish tak jestellip.

Polish takclip.

Polish ta

univ.

Polish nota

Univerbation of no + ta.

Interjection

nota

1. (Far Masovian) used to encourage cooperation, joint effort; let's get to it!

   Synonym: notażeno

Further reading

• “nota”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[4] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “nota”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[5] (in Polish)
• Antoni Waga (1860), “nota”, in “Abecadłowy spis wyrazów ludowego języka w okolicach Łomży, Wizny i przyległych”, in Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, editor, Biblioteka Warszawska‎^[6] (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 755

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.tɐ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
• Hyphenation: no‧ta

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese nota, from Latin nota (“mark; sign”).

Noun

nota f (plural notas)

1. note (a banknote)
2. note (music)
3. note (written)
4. mark, grade
   • 2015, Roberto Avila, A raiz de todo o mal, Clube de Autores, page 297:

     Quando eu digitei as notas percebi que tem coisas muito incoerentes. Alunos frequentes que ficaram com muitas faltas em uma única matéria. Aluno com o boletim inteiro de notas vermelhas, mas com uma nota dez em uma matéria. Professor que deu nota oito para sala inteira, até para os alunos que não frequentaram as aulas. Tem cada coisa absurda que a gente vai ter que consertar agora.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

nota

1. inflection of notar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “nota”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “nota”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French noter, from Latin notāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noˈta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: no‧ta

Verb

a nota (third-person singular present notează, past participle notat) 1st conjugation (transitive)

1. (often with dative reflexive) to make a note of, note down in writing

   Notez indicațiile supraveghetorului meu.

   I note down my supervisor’s indications.

2. to note (identify with a designation)

   Vom nota variabila cu a.

   We shall note the variable by a.

3. (chiefly with editorial we) to note (bring attention to something)

   Synonym: remarca

   • 1961, Tudor Arghezi, Cu bastonul prin București [Around Bucharest with a walking-stick], Bucharest: Editura pentru Literatură, page 103:

     Să notăm în treacăt unele aspecte din ce era Oborul cu ani în urmă: […]

     Let’s note in passing a few aspects of what Obor used to be years ago: […]

4. (education) to grade

Conjugation

    conjugation of nota (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a nota
gerund			notând
past participle			notat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	notez	notezi	notează	notăm	notați	notează
	imperfect	notam	notai	nota	notam	notați	notau
	simple perfect	notai	notași	notă	notarăm	notarăți	notară
	pluperfect	notasem	notaseși	notase	notaserăm	notaserăți	notaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să notez	să notezi	să noteze	să notăm	să notați	să noteze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		notează			notați
	negative		nu nota			nu notați

Derived terms

• notare

Related terms

• notabil
• notar
• notație
• notă

Etymology 2

Verb

a nota (third-person singular present noată, past participle notat) 1st conjugation

1. obsolete form of înota (“to swim”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈno.ta/
• Rhymes: -ota
• Hyphenation: no‧ta

Noun

nota

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of notă (“note”)

Further reading

• “nota”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026
• Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1971), Dicționarul Limbii Române‎^[7], volume 7, part 1, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, page 512

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from English note.

Noun

nota m (genitive singular nota, plural notaichean)

1. note (written)

Derived terms

• eàrr-nota
• nota-maise

See also

• not

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nóːta/

Noun

nọ̑ta f

1. note (diplomatic missive or written communication)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	nóta
gen. sing.	nóte
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	nóta	nóti	nóte
genitive (rodȋlnik)	nóte	nót	nót
dative (dajȃlnik)	nóti	nótama	nótam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	nóto	nóti	nóte
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	nóti	nótah	nótah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	nóto	nótama	nótami

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnota/ [ˈno.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: no‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin nota.

Noun

nota f (plural notas)

1. note, memo
2. (music) note
3. mark, academic score

Derived terms

• anotar
• boletín de notas
• dar la nota
• nota de corte
• nota de prensa
• nota fantasma
• nota marginal
• nota reversal
• tomar nota

Related terms

• notar

Etymology 2

Verb

nota

1. inflection of notar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “nota”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “nota”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Anagrams

• OTAN

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian nota.

Noun

nota c

1. a bill received at a restaurant, pub or similar, specifying what the guest has to pay for the food and drink ordered

Declension

Declension of nota

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	nota	notas
	definite	notan	notans
plural	indefinite	notor	notors
	definite	notorna	notornas

Hyponyms

• avräkningsnota
• fondnota
• kreditnota
• krognota
• polisnota
• restaurangnota
• slutnota
• springnota
• tvättnota

See also

• nota bene

Further reading

• “nota”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• nota in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• Nato, tona

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin notabor.

Spanish notabor.

Tagalog nota

Borrowed from Spanish nota, borrowed from Latin nota.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈnota/ [ˈn̪oː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: no‧ta

Noun

nota (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜓᜆ)

1. (music) note
2. mark; grade (in a subject, class, etc.)

   Synonyms: marka, grado

3. note; short letter; memorandum
4. unfavorable record or reputation
5. annotation; explanatory note (in a notebook, etc.)
6. (slang) penis

   Synonym: titi

Derived terms

• dakota
• notahan

Related terms

• anota
• anotado
• anotador
• anotasyon
• notable
• notaryal
• notaryo
• notaryo publiko
• notas
• notasyon
• notipika
• notipikasyon
• notisya

Further reading

• “nota”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish نوطه (nota), from French note.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔ.ta/

Noun

nota (definite accusative notayı, plural notalar)

1. (music) note
2. diplomatic note
   • 1936 April 30, Ulusal Birlik, page 1:

     Inglitere kabinesi, bugün fevkalâde bir surrette toplanacak ve Almanya'ya verilecek olan nota, bir defa daha gözden geçirelecektir.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of nota

	singular	plural
nominative	nota	notalar
definite accusative	notayı	notaları
dative	notaya	notalara
locative	notada	notalarda
ablative	notadan	notalardan
genitive	notanın	notaların

See also

• muhtıra

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “nota”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN