Annals

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /ˈæn.É™lz/

Origin

From Middle French annales, from Latin annales libri ("chronicles"), from annalis ("pertaining to a year"), from annus ("year") + libri, genitive of liber ("book"). Compare with annual.

Noun

plural

1. Plural of annal
2. A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.Annals the revolution. -- Thomas Babington Macaulay.The annals of our religion. -- Henry Rogers.
3. Historical records; chronicles; history.The short and simple annals of the poor. -- Thomas Gray.It was one of the most critical periods in our annals. -- Edmund Burke.
4. A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; as Annals of Science.

Synonyms

• history