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historia

See also: história, historiá, historía, and història
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Albanian

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historia

  1. definite nominative singular of histori

Asturian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin historia.

Pronunciation

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

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historia f (plural histories)

  1. history
  2. story
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Basque

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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historia inan

  1. history
    Synonym: kondaira
  2. saga

Declension

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Declension of historia (inan a-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive historia historia historiak historiok
ergative historiak historiak historiek historiok
dative historiari historiari historiei historioi
genitive historiaren historiaren historien historion
comitative historiarekin historiarekin historiekin historiokin
causative historiarengatik historiarengatik historiengatik historiongatik
benefactive historiarentzat historiarentzat historientzat historiontzat
instrumental historiaz historiaz historiez historiotaz
inessive historiatan historian historietan historiotan
locative historiatako historiako historietako historiotako
allative historiatara historiara historietara historiotara
terminative historiataraino historiaraino historietaraino historiotaraino
directive historiatarantz historiarantz historietarantz historiotarantz
destinative historiatarako historiarako historietarako historiotarako
ablative historiatatik historiatik historietatik historiotatik
partitive historiarik — — —
prolative historiatzat — — —

Catalan

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historia

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

Esperanto

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Esperanto historio
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
Proto-Italic *-ā
Latin -ader.
▲
Latin -a
Italian -ader.
▲
Latin -a
Old Spanish -a
Spanish -ader.
Esperanto -a
Esperanto historia

    From historio + -a.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /histoˈria/
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    • Audio 2:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ia
    • Syllabification: his‧to‧ri‧a

    Adjective

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

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

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    Etymology

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    From Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía).

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

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    historia

    1. history
      tehdä historiaa ― to make history

    Declension

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    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
    historiain rare
    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
    historiaini rare
    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
    historiaisi rare
    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
    historiaimme rare
    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
    historiainne rare
    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
    historiainsa rare
    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

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    Galician

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    Etymology

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

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    • IPA(key): /isˈtɔɾja/ [is̺ˈt̪ɔ.ɾjɐ]
    • Rhymes: -ɔɾja
    • Hyphenation: his‧to‧ria

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    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

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    Interlingua

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    historia (plural historias)

    1. history

    Italian

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    Etymology

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

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

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    historia f (plural historie)

    1. (obsolete) alternative form of storia

    Latin

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed 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”).

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      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

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      First-declension noun.

      singular plural
      nominative historia historiae
      genitive historiae historiārum
      dative historiae historiīs
      accusative historiam historiās
      ablative historiā historiīs
      vocative historia historiae

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      • “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, 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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[5], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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      Noun

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      historia m or f

      1. definite feminine singular of historie

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      historia f

      1. definite singular of historie

      Polish

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      Etymology

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      Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
      Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
      Proto-Indo-European *wéydtōr
      Proto-Hellenic *wístōr
      Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στωρ (hĭ́stōr)
      Proto-Indo-European *-eti
      Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti
      Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti
      Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
      Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
      Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
      Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
      Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
      Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)
      Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορέω (hĭstoréō)
      Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
      Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
      Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
      Proto-Hellenic *-íā
      Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
      Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ (hĭstorĭ́ā)bor.
      Latin historialbor.
      Old Polish historyja
      Polish historia

        Inherited from Old Polish historyja.

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        • IPA(key): /xisˈtɔ.rja/
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        • Rhymes: -ɔrja
        • Syllabification: his‧to‧ria

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        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

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        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

        Synonyms

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        Regional synonyms of historia (“history”)
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        Dialect groupDialectLocationWords
        Standardhistoria, historya, historja
        Middle Polishhistoryjá, istoryjá
        Lesser PolandBieczRopczycekrystoryja
        Lasoviakrystoryja
        GoralPodhaleZakopanejistoryja
        Zagórzehistoryja
        LachPodegrodziekfisteryja
        This table shows various regional forms in the Polish language.

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        Trivia

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        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]

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        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

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        historia f (plural historias)

        1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of história

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        Etymology 1

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

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        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
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        Verb

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        historia

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

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        Sranan Tongo

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        Etymology

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

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        • IPA(key): /hisˈtoɾi(j)a/, [hisˈtʊ̞ɾi(j)a̠], [hisˈtɔ̝ɾi(j)ɑ̟]

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        historia

        1. (literary) history
          • c. 1965, Trefossa, “Bongopita [Gallows]”, in Jan Voorhoeve, editor, Ala poewema foe Trefossa [All poems by Trefossa]‎[8], Paramaribo: Bureau Volkslectuur, published 1977, page 73:
            Let drape historia e kren / pe skin tan klar-klari / foe sroiti en jari / nanga brenki / f' konsjensi.
            [Leti drape historia e kren / pe skin tan klari-klari / fu sroiti en yari / nanga brenki / fu konsensi.]
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        historia

        1. (literary) historic

        Swahili

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        Etymology

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        Ultimately from Latin historia.

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        historia class IX (plural historia class X)

        1. history (aggregate of past events)

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        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.
        5. (colloquial) A thing, object

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        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

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        Declension of historia
        nominative genitive
        singular indefinite historia historias
        definite historien historiens
        plural indefinite — —
        definite — —
        Declension of historia
        nominative genitive
        singular indefinite historia historias
        definite historien historiens
        plural indefinite historier historiers
        definite historierna historiernas
        Declension of historia
        nominative genitive
        singular indefinite historia historias
        definite historian historians
        plural indefinite historier historiers
        definite historierna historiernas

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

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