anekdota

See also: anekdóta

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος (anékdotos). First attested in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈanɛɡdota]

Noun

anekdota f

1. joke

Usage notes

• This is a false friend.

Declension

Declension of anekdota (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	anekdota	anekdoty
genitive	anekdoty	anekdot
dative	anekdotě	anekdotám
accusative	anekdotu	anekdoty
vocative	anekdoto	anekdoty
locative	anekdotě	anekdotách
instrumental	anekdotou	anekdotami

Further reading

• “anekdota”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “anekdota”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “anekdota”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
• “anekdota”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2026, slovnikcestiny.cz

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto anekdoto

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Italian -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto anekdota

From anekdoto + -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anekˈdota/

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• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: a‧nek‧do‧ta

Adjective

anekdota (accusative singular anekdotan, plural anekdotaj, accusative plural anekdotajn)

1. anecdotal
   • Sten Johansson, “Mankas io,” review of Johan Hammond Rosbach, La mirinda eliksiro,

     liaj noveloj plej ofte estas leĝeraj, humuraj, konstruitaj ĉirkaŭ simpla anekdota kerno.

     his short stories are most often light, humorous, built around a simple anecdotal kernel.

Hiligaynon

Noun

anékdota

1. anecdote

Hungarian

Etymology

Internationalism (ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος (anékdotos, “accounts unpublished”), see more at English anecdote), via German Anekdote and French anecdote.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒnɛɡdotɒ]
• Rhymes: -tɒ
• Hyphenation: anek‧do‧ta
• Syllabification: a‧nek‧do‧ta

Noun

anekdota (plural anekdoták)

1. anecdote (short account of a real incident or person)

   Synonym: adoma (although this features entirely fictional, abstract characters, while an anecdote is linked to existing historical figures)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	anekdota	anekdoták
accusative	anekdotát	anekdotákat
dative	anekdotának	anekdotáknak
instrumental	anekdotával	anekdotákkal
causal-final	anekdotáért	anekdotákért
translative	anekdotává	anekdotákká
terminative	anekdotáig	anekdotákig
essive-formal	anekdotaként	anekdotákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	anekdotában	anekdotákban
superessive	anekdotán	anekdotákon
adessive	anekdotánál	anekdotáknál
illative	anekdotába	anekdotákba
sublative	anekdotára	anekdotákra
allative	anekdotához	anekdotákhoz
elative	anekdotából	anekdotákból
delative	anekdotáról	anekdotákról
ablative	anekdotától	anekdotáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	anekdotáé	anekdotáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	anekdotáéi	anekdotákéi

Possessive forms of anekdota

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	anekdotám	anekdotáim
2nd person sing.	anekdotád	anekdotáid
3rd person sing.	anekdotája	anekdotái
1st person plural	anekdotánk	anekdotáink
2nd person plural	anekdotátok	anekdotáitok
3rd person plural	anekdotájuk	anekdotáik

Related terms

• anekdotikus

Further reading

• anekdota in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• anekdota in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aneɡdɔta/, [ˈaneɡdɔta]
• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Hyphenation: a‧nek‧do‧ta

Noun

anekdota f (relational adjective anekdotický, diminutive anekdotka)

1. anecdote

Declension

Declension of anekdota
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	anekdota	anekdoty
genitive	anekdoty	anekdot
dative	anekdote	anekdotám
accusative	anekdotu	anekdoty
locative	anekdote	anekdotách
instrumental	anekdotou	anekdotami

Further reading

• “anekdota”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος (anékdotos)lbor.

French anecdote

Spanish anécdotabor.

Tagalog anekdota

Borrowed from Spanish anécdota, from French anecdote, a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος (anékdotos, “unpublished”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔanekˈdota/ [ʔɐ.n̪ɛk̠ˈd̪oː.t̪ɐ], /ʔaˈnekdota/ [ʔɐˌn̪ɛk̠.d̪oˈt̪a]
• Rhymes: -ota, -ekdota
• Syllabification: a‧nek‧do‧ta

Noun

anekdota or anékdotá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜒᜃ᜔ᜇᜓᜆ)

1. anecdote

Related terms

• anekdotista
• dosis
• dote

See also

• istorya
• kuwento
• salaysay

Further reading

• “anekdota”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “anekdota”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 34