footnote

note de bas de page

Courte note placée au bas d’une page pour expliquer un point ou indiquer une source.

En anglais simple : A short note at the bottom of a page that explains something or gives its source.

• Read the footnote below.
• The author explained the date in a footnote.
• These footnotes list the sources used in the chapter.

Synonymes : note

Expressions courantes : numbered footnote, footnote reference, read a footnote

détail secondaire, anecdote

Petit événement ou détail de moindre importance dans une histoire plus vaste.

En anglais simple : A small event or detail that is less important than the larger story it belongs to.

• The scandal became a historical footnote.
• Her early failure was just a footnote to her later success.
• Will this election become a footnote in history?

Comment l'utiliser : a footnote to something (The dispute became a footnote to the larger political crisis.); a footnote in something (His brief career is now a footnote in sporting history.)

Synonymes : minor detail

Expressions courantes : historical footnote, mere footnote, footnote to history