different between connote vs connotate

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.

English

Etymology

Latin con- + notatus, past participle of notare (“to mark”). Compare connote.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?n?te?t/

Verb

connotate (third-person singular simple present connotates, present participle connotating, simple past and past participle connotated)

1. To connote; to suggest or designate (something) as additional or representative; to imply.
   • 1922, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Lees of Happiness Chapter 3

     George stared at her curiously. To his mind the word rompers connotated a garment extraneously smeared, as this one.

   • 1965, Herman Lawrence Zillmer, A Study of the Use of the Symbol in the Dramatic Aesthetics ...

     A symbol, for Claudel, was a word, a picture, or an action which connotates a higher meaning.

Related terms

• connotation
• connotative

References

• connotate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Italian

Verb

connotate

1. second-person plural present indicative of connotare
2. second-person plural imperative of connotare
3. feminine plural of connotato

Anagrams

• cotonante