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nota bene

/ˌnoʊtə ˈbɛneɪ/UK/ˌnəʊtə ˈbɛneɪ/

nota bene phrase: take special note; used to add an aside or warning to a text.

Phrase

nota bene

  1. (imperative) Take special note; used to add an aside or warning to a text.
    Synonyms:
    nota

Noun

nota bene

  1. (informal, rare) Any indication similar in nature to nota bene.
  2. (informal, rare) Something deserving of close attention or of careful notice.

nota bene meaning in Tamil and Bengali

nota bene in Tamil

கீழ்வருவதைக் கவனி, பின்வருவதைக் காண்

nota bene in Bengali

লক্ষণীয়

Synonyms of nota bene

Origin of nota bene

Unadapted borrowing from Classical Latin notā bene (“note well”).

Words formed from nota bene

Questions about nota bene

What does nota bene mean?
Nota bene means take special note; used to add an aside or warning to a text.
What is nota bene in Tamil?
Nota bene in Tamil is கீழ்வருவதைக் கவனி, பின்வருவதைக் காண். See Nota bene meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nota bene?
Nota bene can be a phrase or a noun.
How do you pronounce nota bene?
Nota bene is pronounced /ˌnəʊtə ˈbɛneɪ/ (UK).

Words near nota bene in the dictionary

  1. not-thereness
  2. not-to-scale
  3. not.
  4. nota
  5. nota augens
  6. nota bene
  7. notabilia
  8. notabilities
  9. notability
  10. notable
  11. notablely

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nota bene (page history and authors); nota bene (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nota bene (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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