# nota bene
## English
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Classical Latin notā bene (“note well”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌnəʊtə ˈbɛneɪ/, /ˌnəʊtə ˈbɛni/
* IPA: /ˌnoʊtə ˈbɛneɪ/, /ˌnoʊ.tə ˈbɛ.ni/, /ˌnoʊ.tə ˈbi.ni/, /ˌnoʊ.tə ˈbeɪ.ni/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Phrase

nota bene (plural notate bene)
* (imperative) Take special note; used to add an aside or warning to a text.

#### Usage notes

* As with the Latin phrases id est and exempli gratia, nota bene is now more commonly encountered in its abbreviated forms n.b. or N.B.
* In Latin, notā is the singular present active imperative form of notō (“I mark”, “I note”, “I observe”), whose plural equivalent is notāte; consequently, in English, when addressing an audience of more than one person, the plural form notate bene is occasionally used instead of the singular. This practice is not necessary in English; nota bene is regarded as correct usage irrespective of number by all but the most pedantic language users. The abbreviation n.b. may stand for either.

#### Synonyms

* nota

#### Derived terms

* n.b. (abbreviation)
* N.B. (abbreviation)
* NB (abbreviation)

### Noun

nota bene
* (rare, informal) An instance of the phrase nota bene or its variant spellings. Also, by extension:
** Any indication similar in nature to nota bene.
** Something deserving of close attention or of careful notice.

### References

* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 “nota bene, int. and n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [Draft revision; June 2008]
* 1 2 3 “nota bene”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
* 1 2 “nota bene”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Classical Latin notā bene (“note well”). See the Latin section's etymology for further information.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /ˌnoː.taː ˈbeː.nə/

### Phrase

nota bene
* nota bene (used to add an aside or warning to a text)

#### Derived terms

* NB (abbreviation)

## French
### Etymology

From Classical Latin notā bene (“note well”). See the Latin section’s etymology for further information..

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nɔ.ta be.ne/
* Audio:(file)

### Interjection

nota bene (nota béné)
* nota bene (used to add an aside or warning to a text)

### Further reading

* “nota bene”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* bâtonnée

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Classical Latin notā bene (“note well”). See the Latin section’s etymology for further information..

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɔ.ta ˈbɛ.ne/
* Hyphenation: nò‧ta‧bè‧ne

### Phrase

nota bene
* nota bene (used to add an aside or warning to a text)

#### Derived terms

* NB (abbreviation)

## Latin
### Etymology

notā, singular present active imperative form of notō (“I mark”, “I note”, “I observe”) + bene (“well”), adverbial form of bonus (“good”)

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈno.taː ˈbe.ne/, [ˈnɔt̪äː ˈbɛnɛ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈno.ta ˈbe.ne/, [ˈnɔːt̪ä ˈbɛːne]

### Phrase

notā bene (plural notāte bene)
* nota bene (used to add an aside or warning to a text)

#### Derived terms

* NB (abbreviation)
* N.B. (abbreviation)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin notā bene.

### Noun

nota bene n (uncountable)
* nota bene

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

From Classical Latin notā bene (“note well”). See that entry for more information.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌnota ˈbene/ [ˌno.t̪a ˈβ̞e.ne]
* Syllabification: no‧ta be‧ne

### Phrase

nota bene
* nota bene (used to add an aside or warning to a text)

### Further reading

* “nota bene”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10