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anecdota

UK/əˈnɛkdətə/

anecdota is the plural of anecdoton.

anecdota is the plural of anecdotum.

Origin of anecdota

From Ancient Greek, retaining the nominative-plural case ending -a (but in the alternative-spelling sense, misinterpreted as a singular case ending).

Questions about anecdota

What is anecdota the plural of?
Anecdota is the plural of anecdoton.
How do you pronounce anecdota?
Anecdota is pronounced /əˈnɛkdətə/ (UK).

Words near anecdota in the dictionary

  1. anearing
  2. anears
  3. anearst
  4. anecdata
  5. anecdatum
  6. anecdota
  7. anecdotae
  8. anecdotage
  9. anecdotages
  10. anecdotal
  11. anecdotal evidence

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anecdota (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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