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comment¹
- /ˈkɒmɛnt/ UK
- /ˈkɔmɛnt/ British, Scotland, Southern
- /ˈkɑmɛnt/ US
- /ˈkɔment/ Australia
- /ˈkɒment/ New Zealand
- [ˈkɔ̟mɪnt] ~ [ˈkɞ̠mɪnt] New Zealand
Where it comes from
From Middle English coment, comment, from Old French coment (“commentary”), from Late Latin commentum (“comment, interpretation”), from Classical Latin commentum (“invention, fabrication”).
noun comments
- A spoken or written remark. I have no comment on that.
- The act of commenting. People bled to death like gentlemen in an operating room or expired without comment in an oxygen tent.
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The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme.
Similar: rheme
- A remark embedded in source code in such a way that it will be ignored by the compiler or interpreter, typically to help people to understand the code.
comment²
- /ˈkɒmɛnt/ UK
- /ˈkɔmɛnt/ British, Scotland, Southern
- /ˈkɑmɛnt/ US
- /ˈkɔment/ Australia
- /ˈkɒment/ New Zealand
- [ˈkɔ̟mɪnt] ~ [ˈkɞ̠mɪnt] New Zealand
Where it comes from
From Middle English commenten, comenten, from Latin commentārī (“to consider thoroughly, think over, discuss, write upon”).
verb comments · commenting · commented
- To remark. “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”
- To make remarks or notes; to express a view regarding. He commented about your proposal.
- To comment or remark on. […]who have expounded Scripture out of its Senses, and have so Commented the Laws thereof
- To insert comments into (source code). I wish I'd commented this complicated algorithm back when I remembered how it worked.
- To comment out (code); to disable by converting into a comment.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: remark, notice, point out, commentary, gossip, gloss, scuttlebutt, mention, explanation, observational, observation, observing, observer, observe, indicate, indication
Translations
Every language
noun programming: remark not affecting behavior
| Español | comentario |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 註解 /注解 zhùjiě |
| Português | comentário |
| Deutsch | Kommentar |
| Italiano | commento |
| Ελληνικά | σχόλιο schólio |
| Română | comentariu |
| Русский | коммента́рий kommentárij |
| Tiếng Việt | lời phụ chú, lời chú thích |
noun spoken remark
| Español | comentario |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 논평 nonpyeong, 코멘트 komenteu |
| 日本語 | コメント komento, 論評 ronpyō |
| 中文 | 評論 /评论 pínglùn |
| हिन्दी | टिप्पणी ṭippaṇī |
| Português | comentário |
| Français | commentaire |
| Deutsch | Kommentar |
| Italiano | commento, osservazione |
| Ελληνικά | σχόλιο schólio, παρατήρηση paratírisi |
| Română | comentariu |
| Русский | коммента́рий kommentárij, замеча́ние zamečánije |
| Tiếng Việt | lời bình luận |
| العربية | تَعْلِيق taʕlīq, مَلْحُوظَة malḥūẓa |
| עברית | טוֹקְבֶּק tokbék |
noun the act of commenting
| Español | comento |
|---|
verb to remark
| Español | comentar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 論評する ronpyō-suru |
| 中文 | 評論 /评论 pínglùn |
| Português | comentar, mencionar |
| Français | commenter |
| Deutsch | kommentieren |
| Ελληνικά | σχολιάζω scholiázo |
| Русский | комменти́ровать kommentírovatʹ, прокомменти́ровать prokommentírovatʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | bình luận |
| العربية | عَلَّقَ ʕallaqa |
| עברית | הֵעִיר he'ír |
verb programming: to insert comments
| Português | comentar |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Kommentare einfügen |
| Ελληνικά | σχολιάζω scholiázo |
| Русский | комменти́ровать kommentírovatʹ, закомменти́ровать zakommentírovatʹ |
Talk about this word "comment." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/comment. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. comment. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/comment "comment." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/comment.Cite this
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title = {comment},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/comment},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
