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Complete Definition of "story"

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English
rank|information|seem|book|469|story|deep|meet|interest

Etymology
From Ancient Greek ιστορία (istoria) "history".

Pronunciation
IPA|/ˈstɔːɹi/
audio|en-uk-story.ogg|Audio (UK)
audio|en-us-story.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɔːri|-ɔːri

Alternative spellings
storey

Noun
en-noun|stories

  1. An account of real or fictional events.

#: The book tells the story of two roommates.

  1. A lie.

#: You’ve been telling stories again, haven’t you?

  1. A floor or level of a building (mainly US - see storey).

#: Our shop was on the fourth story of the building — we had to install an elevator.

Synonyms
(1) tome
(2) See lie
(3) floor, level

Translations
trans-top|account of events
Arabic: ARchar|قصة unicode|(qéʂʂa) f
Bosnian: priča#Bosnian|priča f
Chinese: 故事 (gùshì)
Croatian: priča#Croatian|priča f
Czech: příběh m
Danish: historie
Dutch: verhaal
Ewe: ŋutinya
Finnish: tarina, kertomus, juttu
French: histoire f
German: Erzählung f, Geschichte f
Greek: ιστορία (istoría) f
Hindi: कहानी (kahāni)
Hungarian: történet, elbeszélés
Icelandic: saga
Ido: rakonto (imaginary), naraco (narrative)
Irish: scéal
Italian: racconto m, storia f
trans-mid
Japanese: 物語 (ものがたり, monogatari)
Korean: 이야기 (iyagi)
Kurdish: KUchar|چیرۆک
Malay: cerita
Malayalam: കഥ (katha)
Maltese: storja f, rakkont m
Marathi: गोष्ट (gosht)
Polish: opowieść f, historia f
Portuguese: estória f
Russian: рассказ (rasskáz) m, повесть (póvest’) f
Serbian:

Spanish: cuento m, historia#Spanish|historia f
Swedish: historia#Swedish|historia c
Telugu: కత (kata), కథ (katha)
Ukrainian: оповідь (ópovid’) f
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trans-top|lie
See lie
trans-bottom

trans-top|level of a building
Arabic: ARchar|طابق unicode|(ʈá:beq)
Bosnian: sprat#Bosnian|sprat m
Chinese: 樓, 楼 (lóu)
Croatian: kat#Croatian|kat m
Czech: podlaží n
Danish: etage
Dutch: verdieping
Finnish: kerros
French: étage m
German: Stockwerk n, Etage f
Hungarian: emelet
Italian: piano#Italian|piano m
trans-mid
Japanese: 階 (kai)
Korean: 층 (cheung)
Malay: tingkat
Maltese: sular
Portuguese: andar#Portuguese|andar m
Russian: этаж (etáž) m
Serbian:

Spanish: piso m
Swedish: våning c
Telugu: అంతస్తు (aMtastu)
Ukrainian: поверх (póverχ) m
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