comment
English
/ˈkɒmɛnt/, /ˈkɑmɛnt/
noun
Definitions
- A spoken or written remark.
- (programming) 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.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English coment derived from Old French coment (commentary) derived from Latin commentum.
Origin
Latin
commentum
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cocommentator English
- commentable English
- commentate English
- commentator English
- commentatorship English
- commenter English
- metacomment English
- miscomment English
- public English
- public comment English
- recomment English
- uncomment English
- uncommentable English
- kommentoida Finnish
- kommentti Finnish
- commentum Latin
- kommentieren German
- komment Hungarian
- commento Italian
- comment Portuguese
- コメント Japanese
- coment Middle English
- coment Old French
- कमेंट Hindi
- เม้นท์ Thai
- komen Indonesian
- commann Old Irish
- commant Old Irish
- comment Tagalog
- magcomment Tagalog
- 코멘트 Korean