Asturian

Alternative forms

• hestoria
• historica

Noun

historia f ‎(plural histories)

1. history
2. story

Related terms

• históricu

Esperanto

Adjective

historia ‎(accusative singular historian, plural historiaj, accusative plural historiajn)

1. historical (relating to history)
2. historic (of great importance)

Related terms

• historie
• historio

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhistoriɑ/
• Hyphenation: his‧to‧ri‧a

Noun

historia

1. history

Declension

Derived terms

Compounds

Interlingua

Noun

historia ‎(plural historias)

1. history

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἱστορία ‎(historía, “learning through research, narration of what is learned”), from ἱστορέω ‎(historéō, “to learn through research, to inquire”), from ἵστωρ ‎(hístōr, “the one who knows, the expert, the judge”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /hisˈto.ri.a/, [hɪsˈtɔ.ri.a]

Noun

historia f ‎(genitive historiae); first declension

1. history
   • 1719, Johann Jakob Brucker:

     Tentamen Introductionis in Historiam Doctrinae Logicae de Ideis

     An Essay Introducing the History of the Logical Doctrine of Ideas

2. account
3. story

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• historialis
• historicus

Descendants

References

• historia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• historia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• HISTORIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “historia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to borrow instances from history: exempla petere, repetere a rerum gestarum memoria or historiarum (annalium, rerum gestarum) monumentis
    
  • history (as a science): historia
    
  • Roman history (i.e. the exposition, representation of it by writers): historia Romana or rerum Romanarum historia
    
  • to write a history: historiam (-as) scribere
    
  • to study historical records, read history: evolvere historias, litterarum (veterum annalium) monumenta
    
  • history has handed down to us: historiae prodiderunt (without nobis)
    
  • mythology: fabulae, historia fabularis
    
  • historic truth: historiae, rerum fides
    
  • to give a veracious and historic account of a thing: narrare aliquid ad fidem historiae
    
  • an acknowledged historical fact: res historiae fide comprobata
    
  • to devote oneself to writing history: ad historiam (scribendam) se conferre or se applicare
    
  • a conscientious historian: homo in historia diligens
    
• historia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• historia in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• historien

Noun

historia m, f

1. definite feminine singular of historie

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

historia f

1. definite singular of historie

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin historia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xʲis̪ˈt̪ɔrʲja]

Noun

historia f

1. history
2. story

Declension

Portuguese

Noun

historia f (plural historias)

1. Obsolete spelling of história

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία ‎(historía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈst̪oɾja/

Noun

historia f ‎(plural historias)

1. history
2. story
3. The letter H in the Spanish phonetic alphabet

Synonyms

• (story): cuento, relato, narración
• (history): historial

Derived terms

• historiador
• histórico

Swahili

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin historia.

Noun

historia (n class, plural historia)

1. history (aggregate of past events)

Derived terms

• mwanahistoria

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

historia c

1. history

   Hon är professor i historia.‎

   She is a professor of history.

   Landet har en lång historia av blodiga krig.‎

   The country has a long history of bloody wars.

2. A story, plot (of a work of fiction)
3. A joke or anecdote
4. An event, incident or affair.

   Mitt äktenskap var en riktigt sorglig historia.‎

   My marriage was a really sorry affair.

Declension

Usage notes

Usually, the phrase rolig historia denotes a shorter joke with a funny (witty...) punchline, while historia by itself usually denotes a story (or an anecdote).

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