Meanings
nounTironian note (plural Tironian notes)
plural Tironian notes
- Any one of thousands of signs in a system of shorthand developed in the 60s BC by Cicero’s scribe Marcus Tullius Tiro.
Origin
- Latinnota Tīrōniāna
- EnglishTironian note
Calque of Latin nota Tīrōniāna
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French note tironienne
- note tironienneone of M. Tullius Tiro’s many shorthand signs
German tironische Note, Tironische Note
- tironische Noteone of M. Tullius Tiro’s many shorthand signs
- Tironische Noteone of M. Tullius Tiro’s many shorthand signs
- nota Tironianaone of M. Tullius Tiro’s many shorthand signs
- Nota Tironianaone of M. Tullius Tiro’s many shorthand signs
- nota tironianaone of M. Tullius Tiro’s many shorthand signs
Latin nota Tīrōniāna
- nota Tīrōniānaone of M. Tullius Tiro’s many shorthand signs
Spanish nota tironiana
- nota tironianaone of M. Tullius Tiro’s many shorthand signs
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APA
Tironian note. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tironian%20note
MLA
“Tironian note.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tironian%20note. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tironian note,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tironian%20note.
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