historia

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See also: história, historiá, historía, and història

Albanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

historia

  1. definite nominative singular of histori

Asturian[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin historia.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /isˈtoɾja/, [is̪ˈt̪o.ɾja]
  • Rhymes: -orja
  • Hyphenation: his‧to‧ria

Noun[edit]

historia f (plural histories)

  1. history
  2. story

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Basque[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /his̺toɾia/ [his̺.t̪o.ɾi.a]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /is̺toɾia/ [is̺.t̪o.ɾi.a]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: his‧to‧ri‧a

Noun[edit]

historia inan

  1. history
    Synonym: kondaira
  2. saga

Declension[edit]

Declension of historia (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive historia historia historiak
ergative historiak historiak historiek
dative historiari historiari historiei
genitive historiaren historiaren historien
comitative historiarekin historiarekin historiekin
causative historiarengatik historiarengatik historiengatik
benefactive historiarentzat historiarentzat historientzat
instrumental historiaz historiaz historiez
inessive historiatan historian historietan
locative historiatako historiako historietako
allative historiatara historiara historietara
terminative historiataraino historiaraino historietaraino
directive historiatarantz historiarantz historietarantz
destinative historiatarako historiarako historietarako
ablative historiatatik historiatik historietatik
partitive historiarik — —
prolative historiatzat — —

Catalan[edit]

Verb[edit]

historia

  1. inflection of historiar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From historio +‎ -a.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [histoˈria]
  • Audio:
    (file)
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: his‧to‧ri‧a

Adjective[edit]

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

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

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Finnish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈhistoriɑ/, [ˈhis̠to̞ˌriɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): his‧to‧ri‧a

Noun[edit]

historia

  1. history
    tehdä historiaa ― to make history

Declension[edit]

Inflection of historia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative historia historiat
genitive historian historioiden
historioitten
partitive historiaa historioita
illative historiaan historioihin
singular plural
nominative historia historiat
accusative nom. historia historiat
gen. historian
genitive historian historioiden
historioitten
historiainrare
partitive historiaa historioita
inessive historiassa historioissa
elative historiasta historioista
illative historiaan historioihin
adessive historialla historioilla
ablative historialta historioilta
allative historialle historioille
essive historiana historioina
translative historiaksi historioiksi
abessive historiatta historioitta
instructive — historioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of historia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative historiani historiani
accusative nom. historiani historiani
gen. historiani
genitive historiani historioideni
historioitteni
historiainirare
partitive historiaani historioitani
inessive historiassani historioissani
elative historiastani historioistani
illative historiaani historioihini
adessive historiallani historioillani
ablative historialtani historioiltani
allative historialleni historioilleni
essive historianani historioinani
translative historiakseni historioikseni
abessive historiattani historioittani
instructive — —
comitative — historioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative historiasi historiasi
accusative nom. historiasi historiasi
gen. historiasi
genitive historiasi historioidesi
historioittesi
historiaisirare
partitive historiaasi historioitasi
inessive historiassasi historioissasi
elative historiastasi historioistasi
illative historiaasi historioihisi
adessive historiallasi historioillasi
ablative historialtasi historioiltasi
allative historiallesi historioillesi
essive historianasi historioinasi
translative historiaksesi historioiksesi
abessive historiattasi historioittasi
instructive — —
comitative — historioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative historiamme historiamme
accusative nom. historiamme historiamme
gen. historiamme
genitive historiamme historioidemme
historioittemme
historiaimmerare
partitive historiaamme historioitamme
inessive historiassamme historioissamme
elative historiastamme historioistamme
illative historiaamme historioihimme
adessive historiallamme historioillamme
ablative historialtamme historioiltamme
allative historiallemme historioillemme
essive historianamme historioinamme
translative historiaksemme historioiksemme
abessive historiattamme historioittamme
instructive — —
comitative — historioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative historianne historianne
accusative nom. historianne historianne
gen. historianne
genitive historianne historioidenne
historioittenne
historiainnerare
partitive historiaanne historioitanne
inessive historiassanne historioissanne
elative historiastanne historioistanne
illative historiaanne historioihinne
adessive historiallanne historioillanne
ablative historialtanne historioiltanne
allative historiallenne historioillenne
essive historiananne historioinanne
translative historiaksenne historioiksenne
abessive historiattanne historioittanne
instructive — —
comitative — historioinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative historiansa historiansa
accusative nom. historiansa historiansa
gen. historiansa
genitive historiansa historioidensa
historioittensa
historiainsarare
partitive historiaansa historioitaan
historioitansa
inessive historiassaan
historiassansa 		historioissaan
historioissansa
elative historiastaan
historiastansa 		historioistaan
historioistansa
illative historiaansa historioihinsa
adessive historiallaan
historiallansa 		historioillaan
historioillansa
ablative historialtaan
historialtansa 		historioiltaan
historioiltansa
allative historialleen
historiallensa 		historioilleen
historioillensa
essive historianaan
historianansa 		historioinaan
historioinansa
translative historiakseen
historiaksensa 		historioikseen
historioiksensa
abessive historiattaan
historiattansa 		historioittaan
historioittansa
instructive — —
comitative — historioineen
historioinensa

Derived terms[edit]

compounds

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese estoria (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

historia f (plural historias)

  1. history (the aggregate of past events)
  2. history (the branch of knowledge that studies the past)
  3. history (a set of events involving an entity)
  4. history (a record or narrative description of past events)
  5. story (a sequence of real or fictional events)
    Synonym: conto
  6. gossip (idle talk)
    Synonyms: conto, leria

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “estoria” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “storia” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “historia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “historia” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “historia” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Further reading[edit]

Interlingua[edit]

Noun[edit]

historia (plural historias)

  1. history

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía, “learning through research”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /iˈstɔ.rja/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrja
  • Hyphenation: hi‧stò‧ria

Noun[edit]

historia f (plural historie)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of storia

Latin[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

historia f (genitive historiae); first declension

  1. a history
  2. an account
  3. a story
  4. (Medieval Latin, England) a narrative illustration, frieze or inscription (esp. on a wall)
    1. upper level, storey (esp. of a church, where a frieze would often appear); (later) a window level
      clāra historia ― a clerestory

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative historia historiae
Genitive historiae historiārum
Dative historiae historiīs
Accusative historiam historiās
Ablative historiā historiīs
Vocative historia historiae

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Descendants of historia in other languages

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • historia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[4], 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[5], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

historia m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of historie

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

historia f

  1. definite singular of historie

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Polish historyja.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

historia f (diminutive historyjka, related adjective historyczny, abbreviation hist.)

  1. (uncountable) history (aggregate of past events)
    Synonym: dzieje
  2. (uncountable) history (branch of knowledge that studies the past; the assessment of notable events)
  3. (uncountable) history (branch of studies at university studying the past)
  4. (countable) history (administrative department at a university teaching university)
  5. (uncountable) history (subject in school)
  6. (countable) history (lesson teaching history at school)
  7. (countable) story (account of real or fictional events)
    Synonym: opowieść
  8. (countable) history; story (extraordinary, exciting event)
  9. (countable, computing) history (record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser)
  10. (Middle Polish) historical painting or sculpture (artistic work containing content about history)

Declension[edit]

Declension of historia
singular plural
nominative historia historie
genitive historii historii/historyj (archaic)
dative historii historiom
accusative historię historie
instrumental historią historiami
locative historii historiach
vocative historio historie

Derived terms[edit]

nouns
phrases
proverbs
verbs

Related terms[edit]

adjective
adverb
nouns

Descendants[edit]

Trivia[edit]

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), historia is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 36 times in scientific texts, 16 times in news, 29 times in essays, 18 times in fiction, and 20 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 119 times, making it the 350th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “historia”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 144

Further reading[edit]

  • historia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • historia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “historyja, istoryja”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • “HISTORIA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 12.03.2020
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “historya”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎[6]
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “historja”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎[7]
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “historja”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎[8] (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 48

Portuguese[edit]

Noun[edit]

historia f (plural historias)

  1. Obsolete spelling of história

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /isˈtoɾja/ [isˈt̪o.ɾja]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -oɾja
  • Syllabification: his‧to‧ria

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

historia f (plural historias)

  1. history (the aggregate of past events)
    pasar a la historia ― to go down in history
  2. history (the branch of knowledge that studies the past)
    el departamento de historia ― the History department
  3. history (a set of events involving an entity)
    Synonym: historial
  4. history (a record or narrative description of past events)
  5. story (a sequence of real or fictional events)
    Synonyms: cuento, narración, relato
    contar una historia ― to tell a story
  6. the letter H in the Spanish spelling alphabet
Hyponyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

historia

  1. inflection of historiar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading[edit]

Sranan Tongo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía). Doublet of tori.

Noun[edit]

historia

  1. (literary) history

Adjective[edit]

historia

  1. (literary) historic

Swahili[edit]

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Latin historia.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

historia (n class, plural historia)

  1. history (aggregate of past events)

Derived terms[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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.

Usage notes[edit]

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).

Declension[edit]

Declension of historia 1
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative historia historien — —
Genitive historias historiens — —
Declension of historia 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative historia historien historier historierna
Genitive historias historiens historiers historiernas
Declension of historia 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative historia historian historier historierna
Genitive historias historians historiers historiernas

("Historien" is also common for the definite for definitions 2-4. "Historian" does not appear in SAOL.)

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References[edit]

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