Footnote

Alternative forms

• f.n. abbreviation

Full definition of footnote

Noun

1. A short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference etc, to a designated part of the main text
2. (by extension) An event of lesser importance than some larger event to which it is related

Verb

1. To add footnotes to a text; to annotate