annal C2 Topic:Culture & History US /ˈænəl/ UK /ˈænəl/ See IPA manual Freq #225949 Meanings 1 noun a record of an event or of the events of one year in a historical chronicle, now most often used in the plural annals The discovery secured a place in the annals of medical history. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a record of an event or of... chroniclerecordhistory Word family Forms annals Derived forms annalistannalistic Related forms annalsannualchronicle Etymology A back-formation from annals, borrowed through French from Latin annales, 'yearly records.' The Latin adjective comes from annus, 'year,' because early annals recorded events year by year. Topics Culture & History External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # annal **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈænəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈænəl/ **Frequency rank:** 225949 ## Meanings 1. a record of an event or of the events of one year in a historical chronicle, now most often used in the plural annals ## Examples - The discovery secured a place in the annals of medical history. ## Synonyms - chronicle - record - history ## Derived Forms - annalist - annalistic ## Related Forms - annals - annual - chronicle ## Etymology A back-formation from annals, borrowed through French from Latin annales, 'yearly records.' The Latin adjective comes from annus, 'year,' because early annals recorded events year by year. ## Topics - Culture & History markdown