different between denote vs connotate

English

Etymology

From Middle French denoter, from Latin denotare, from de- (“complete”) and notare (“to mark out”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??n??t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??no?t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Verb

denote (third-person singular simple present denotes, present participle denoting, simple past and past participle denoted)

1. (transitive) To indicate; to mark.

2. (transitive) To make overt. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. (transitive) To refer to literally; to convey as meaning.

Derived terms

• denotation
• denotative

Translations

Portuguese

Verb

denote

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of denotar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of denotar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of denotar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of denotar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?note/, [d?e?no.t?e]

Verb

denote

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

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