different between connotation vs connote

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

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin connot? (“signify beyond literal meaning”), from com- (“together”), + not? (“mark”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??n??t/, /k??n??t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k??no?t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Verb

connote (third-person singular simple present connotes, present participle connoting, simple past and past participle connoted)

1. (transitive) To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.

   Racism often connotes an underlying fear or ignorance.

2. (transitive) To possess an inseparable related condition; to imply as a logical consequence.

   Poverty connotes hunger.

3. (intransitive) To express without overt reference; to imply.
4. (intransitive) To require as a logical predicate to consequence.

Synonyms

• (possess an inseparable condition): entail, imply
• (express without overt reference): entail, imply
• (require as a logical predicate): predicate

Related terms

• connotation
• connotative
• connotatively
• connotive

Translations

See also

• denote

Anagrams

• contone

Asturian

Verb

connote

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of connotar

French

Verb

connote

1. inflection of connoter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

connote

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of connotar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of connotar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of connotar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of connotar.