different between connotation vs babbu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin connot?ti?, from connot? (“I mark in addition”), from Latin con- (“together, with”) + noto (“I note”); equivalent to connote +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?n??te???n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?n??te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: con?no?ta?tion

Noun

connotation (plural connotations)

1. (semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.

   The connotations of the phrase "you are a dog" are that you are physically unattractive or morally reprehensible, not that you are a canine.

2. (logic) The attribute or aggregate of attributes connoted by a term, contrasted with denotation.

   The two expressions "the morning star" and "the evening star" have different connotations but the same denotation (i.e. the planet Venus).

Synonyms

• intension

Antonyms

• denotation

Related terms

• connotate
• connotative
• connote

Translations

Further reading

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “connotation”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin connot?ti?, from connot? (“I mark in addition”), from Latin con- (“together, with”) + noto (“I note”); equivalent to connoter +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.n?.ta.sj??/

Noun

connotation f (plural connotations)

1. connotation

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit ????? (babhru, “mongoose”). See there for more.

Noun

babbu ?

1. cat

Sardinian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *babbus. Compare Italian babbo and Romansch bab.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bab.bu/

Noun

babbu m (plural babbos) (Limba Sarda Comuna)

1. father

See also

• bìdrigu
• mama
• tziu

Sicilian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?babbu/
• Hyphenation: bàb?bu

Adjective

babbu (feminine singular babba, masculine and feminine plural babbi)

1. silly, stupid

Noun

babbu m (plural babbi)

1. a stupid or silly person, an idiot

Synonyms

• bacchittuni
• carduni
• cavigghiuni
• citrolu
• cretinu
• lollu
• mpempu
• ntompiu, ntopiu
• ntrunatu
• maccarruni
• purpittuni
• sasizzuni
• scemu
• scimunitu
• stunatu

Derived terms

• abbabbiri
• babbiari