Commentary

Noun

 * 1) A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.
 * 2) A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum; -- usually in the plural; as, Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War.

Adjectives for Commentary
significant; brilliant; sad; ironic; biting; pure; dazzling; binding; striking; authentic; curious; philosophic; keen; critical; rollicking; satiric; stressed; subtle; whimsical; penetrating; ludicrous; panoramic.

Derived terms

 * audio commentary
 * commentary track
 * DVD commentary
 * political commentary
 * social commentary
 * supercommentary

Thesaurus
analysis, annotation, apparatus criticus, appendix, coda, codicil, comment, commentation, critical review, criticism, critique, editorial, enclitic, envoi, epilogue, exegesis, footnote, gloss, infix, interlineation, interpolation, leader, leading article, marginalia, notation, note, note of explanation, notice, obiter dictum, observation, postscript, prefix, proclitic, remark, report, review, rider, running commentary, scholia, scholium, suffix, tail, word of explanation, write-up

Etymology
commentarius, commentarium:, confer commentaire.  See comment.

Translations

 * Basque: iruzkin, azalpen,  zeresan
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: comentari
 * German:
 * Hebrew: פרשנות (pārshānut)
 * Hungarian: kommentár


 * Kurdish:, , , , , , ,
 * Latin: comentarium, commentarium
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: comentário
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Bulgarian: репортаж
 * Catalan: comentari


 * Hebrew: הערות (he'arot)
 * Scottish Gaelic: