He began his lecture with a humorous anecdote.
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Anecdote
//ˈæn.ɪkˌdəʊt//
Synonyms for "anecdote" (13 found)
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82 translations across 56 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- anekdotë noun (short account of an incident)
Arabic
4 entries- أُطْرُوفَة noun (short account of an incident)
- أُفْكُوهَة noun (short account of an incident)
- طُرْفَة noun (short account of an incident)
- فُكَاهَة noun (short account of an incident)
Armenian
1 entries- անեկդոտ noun (short account of an incident)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- anekdot noun (short account of an incident)
- lətifə noun (short account of an incident)
Belarusian
2 entries- анекдо́т noun (short account of an incident)
- анэкдо́т noun (short account of an incident)
Bulgarian
1 entries- анекдо́т noun (short account of an incident)
Catalan
1 entries- anècdota noun (short account of an incident)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 秘史 noun (previously untold, secret account of an incident)
- 秘聞 /秘闻 noun (previously untold, secret account of an incident)
- 軼事 /轶事 noun (short account of an incident)
- 逸事 noun (short account of an incident)
Czech
1 entries- anekdota noun (short account of an incident)
Danish
1 entries- anekdote noun (short account of an incident)
Dutch
1 entries- anekdote noun (short account of an incident)
Esperanto
1 entries- anekdoto noun (short account of an incident)
Estonian
1 entries- anekdoot noun (short account of an incident)
Finnish
4 entries- anekdootti noun (short account of an incident)
- juttu noun (short account of an incident)
- kasku noun (short account of an incident)
- paljastus noun (previously untold, secret account of an incident)
French
1 entries- anecdote noun (short account of an incident)
Georgian
1 entries- ანეკდოტი noun (short account of an incident)
German
2 entries- Anekdote noun (short account of an incident)
- Anekdote noun (previously untold, secret account of an incident)
Greek
1 entries- ανέκδοτο noun (short account of an incident)
Hebrew
1 entries- אַנֵקְדוֹטָה noun (short account of an incident)
Hungarian
1 entries- anekdota noun (short account of an incident)
Icelandic
2 entries- anekdóta noun (short account of an incident)
- atvikssaga noun (short account of an incident)
Ido
1 entries- anekdoto noun (short account of an incident)
Indonesian
1 entries- anekdot noun (short account of an incident)
Italian
1 entries- aneddoto noun (short account of an incident)
Japanese
2 entries- 秘史 noun (previously untold, secret account of an incident)
- 逸話 noun (short account of an incident)
Kazakh
2 entries- анекдот noun (short account of an incident)
- күлкілі әңгіме noun (short account of an incident)
Korean
1 entries- 일화 noun (short account of an incident)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- анекдот noun (short account of an incident)
Latvian
1 entries- anekdote noun (short account of an incident)
Lithuanian
1 entries- anekdotas noun (short account of an incident)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Anekdot noun (short account of an incident)
Macedonian
1 entries- анегдота noun (short account of an incident)
Malay
1 entries- anekdot noun (short account of an incident)
Mongolian
1 entries- онигоо noun (short account of an incident)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- anekdote noun (short account of an incident)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- anekdote noun (short account of an incident)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- فقره noun (short account of an incident)
Persian
1 entries- لطیفه noun (short account of an incident)
Polish
1 entries- anegdota noun (short account of an incident)
Portuguese
1 entries- anedota noun (short account of an incident)
Romanian
1 entries- anecdotă noun (short account of an incident)
Russian
4 entries- анекдо́т noun (short account of an incident)
- заба́вная исто́рия noun (short account of an incident)
- слу́чай noun (short account of an incident)
- эпизо́д noun (short account of an incident)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- naidheachd noun (short account of an incident)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- anegdòta noun (short account of an incident)
- анегдо̀та noun (short account of an incident)
Slovak
1 entries- anekdota noun (short account of an incident)
Slovene
1 entries- anekdota noun (short account of an incident)
Spanish
2 entries- anécdota noun (short account of an incident)
- chascarrillo noun (short account of an incident)
Swedish
1 entries- anekdot noun (short account of an incident)
Tajik
1 entries- латифа noun (short account of an incident)
Tatar
1 entries- мәзәк noun (short account of an incident)
Thai
2 entries- ชวนหัว noun (short account of an incident)
- เรื่องขำขัน noun (short account of an incident)
Turkish
1 entries- anekdot noun (short account of an incident)
Ukrainian
1 entries- анекдо́т noun (short account of an incident)
Uzbek
2 entries- anekdot noun (short account of an incident)
- latifa noun (short account of an incident)
Vietnamese
1 entries- giai thoại noun (short account of an incident)
Yiddish
1 entries- אַנעקדאָט noun (short account of an incident)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
The plural of anecdote is data.
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She is more influenced by personal anecdote than I.
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I was very influenced by that anecdote.
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