wikipedia|dab=history (disambiguation)|history
English

rank|u|gold|letters|588|history|master|latter|fellow

Pronunciation
IPA|/�hɪst�ri/
SAMPA|/"hIst@ri/
AHD|/hĭst�r�/
audio|en-us-history.ogg|Audio (US)
Hyphenation: hist·o·ry

Etymology
From L. term|historia < AGr. term|scpolytonic|ἱ��ο�ία|trhistoria||learning through research, narration of what is learned < term|scpolytonic|ἱ��ο�έ�|trhistore�||to learn through research, to inquire < term|scpolytonic|ἵ����|trhist�r||the one who knows, the expert, the judge, from *term|sc=polytonic||�ίδ���, from IE. *term||wid-|know, knowledge.

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun|histories

1. The aggregate of past events.

#: History repeats itself if we don�t learn from its mistakes.
#: Holes in your pant pockets turn your coins into history.

1. The branch of knowledge that study|studies the past; the assessment of notable events.

#: He teaches history at the university.
#: History will not look kindly on these tyrants.
#: He dreams of an invention that will make history.

1. A record or narrative description of past events.
2. medicine The list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family.

#: A personal medical history is required for the insurance policy.
#: He has a history of cancer in his family.

1. computing A record of previous user events.

#: I visted a great site yesterday but forgot the URL; oh! ... luckily I didn't clear my history.

Synonyms
sense|aggregate of past events past
sense|record or narrative description of past events account, chronicle, story, tale
sense|medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions medical history
sense|computing: record of previous user events log

Translations

Pinyin: lìsh�
Croatian: t-|hr|povijest|f
Danish: t-|da|historie|c
Dutch: t+|nl|geschiedenis|f
Estonian: ajalugu
Finnish: t+|fi|historia
French: t+|fr|histoire|f
German: t+|de|Geschichte|f
Greek: t+|el|ι��ο�ία|f|tristoría|scGrek
Hebrew: he-translation|��ס��ר��|história f
Hindi: �तिहास (itih�s) m, तार��़ (t�rī<u>kh</u>) f
Hungarian: t+|hu|történelem
Icelandic: t+|is|saga|f
Interlingua: historia
Italian: t+|it|storia|f
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Japanese: t|ja|scJpan|歴�|trrekishi, t|ja|scJpan|沿�|trenkaku
Korean: t+|ko|��|tryeoksa|scHang
Kurdish: KUchar|�����
Latvian: v�sture f
Maltese: storja f
Nepali: �तिहास (itih�s)
Norwegian: t+|no|historie|f
Novial: historie
Old Prussian: ist�rija
Persian: t+|fa|تار�خ|trtârikh|scFAchar|xs=Persian
Polish: t+|pl|historia|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|histórico|m
Russian: t+|ru|и��о�и�|f|tristórija|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: eachdraidh f
Serbian: t+|sr|и��о�и�а|f|scCyrl, t-|sr|istorija|f, t|sr|пове��|f|scCyrl, t|sr|povest|f
Slovene: t+|sl|zgodovina|f, t+|sl|preteklost|f
Spanish: t+|es|historia|f
Swedish: t+|sv|historia|c
Telugu: t|te|�రిత�ర|scTelu (caritra), t|te|�రిత�|scTelu (caritaM), t|te|�రిత|sc=Telu (carita)
Urdu: URchar|ات�اس (itih�s) m, URchar|تار�خ (t�rī<u>kh</u>) f
Vietnamese: l�ch sử (歷�)
Welsh: hanes
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trans-top|branch of knowledge that studies the past
Bosnian: t-|bs|historija|f
Catalan: història f
Croatian: t-|hr|povijest|f
Dutch: t+|nl|geschiedenis|f
Danish: t-|da|historie|c
Estonian: ajalugu
Finnish: t+|fi|historia
French: t+|fr|histoire|f
German: t|de|Geschichtswissenschaft|f
Greek: t+|el|ι��ο�ία|f|tristoría|scGrek
Hebrew: he-translation|��ס��ר��|história f
Icelandic: sagnfræði f
Interlingua: historia
Italian: t+|it|storia|f
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Japanese: t|ja|scJpan|歴�|trrekishi
Korean: t-|ko|��|trsahak|scHang
Kurdish: KUchar|�����
Maltese: storja
Norwegian: t+|no|historie|f
Novial: historie
Polish: t+|pl|historia|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|história|f
Russian: t+|ru|и��о�и�|f|tristórija|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: eachdraidh f
Serbian: t|sr||и��о�и�а|f|sc=Cyrl, t-|sr|istorija|f
Slovene: t+|sl|zgodovina|f, t+|sl|zgodovinopisje|n
Spanish: t+|es|historia|f
Swedish: t+|sv|historia|c
Telugu: t|te|�రిత�ర|sc=Telu (caritra)
Vietnamese: l�ch sử
Welsh: astudiaeth
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Pinyin: lìsh�
Croatian: t-|hr|povijest|f
Czech: t-|cs|d�jiny|f|p
Danish: historie c, beretning c
Estonian: ajalugu
Finnish: t+|fi|historia
French: t+|fr|histoire|f
German: t+|de|Geschichte|f, t|de|Erzählung|f
Greek: t+|el|ι��ο�ία|f|tristoría|scGrek
Hebrew: he-translation|��ס��ר��|história f
Icelandic: t+|is|saga|f
Interlingua: historia
Italian: t+|it|storia|f
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Japanese: t|ja|scJpan|履歴|trrireki, t|ja|scJpan|�歴|trk�reki, t|ja|scJpan|��|trk�ka
Korean: t+|ko|��|tryeoksa|scHang
Kurdish: KUchar|�����
Latvian: v�sture
Maltese: storja, arkivji
Nepali: �तिहास (itihaas)
Norwegian: t+|no|historie|f
Novial: historie
Persian: t+|fa|تار�خ|trtârikh|scFAchar|xs=Persian
Polish: t+|pl|historia|f
Portuguese: documentário m
Russian: t+|ru|и��о�и�|f|tristórija|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: eachdraidh f
Serbian: t+|sr|и��о�и�а|f|sc=Cyrl, t-|sr|istorija|f
Slovene: t+|sl|zgodovina|f
Spanish: t+|es|historia|f
Swedish: t+|sv|berättelse|c, t+|sv|historia|c
Telugu: t|te|�రిత�|scTelu (caritaM), t|te|�రిత|scTelu (carita)
Vietnamese: t+|vi|l�ch sử|xs=Vietnamese
Welsh: hanes
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trans-top|medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions
Bosnian: t-|bs|historija|f
Catalan: historial m
Croatian: t-|hr|povijest bolesti|f, t-|hr|anamneza|f
Dutch: t+|nl|geschiedenis|f
Finnish: t+|fi|historia
French: t+|fr|historique|m
German: t+|de|Geschichte|f
Greek: t+|el|ι��ο�ικ�|n|tristoriko|scGrek
Hebrew: he-translation|��ס��ר��|história f
Italian: t-|it|precedenti|m|p
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Japanese: t|ja|scJpan|�歴|trby�reki, t|ja|scJpan|��歴|trki�reki, t|ja|scJpan|診��|trshinry�roku, t|ja|scJpan|���|trkarute
Korean: �력 (�歷, byeongyeok)
Novial: historie
Polish: historia choroba|choroby f
Portuguese: histórico médico m
Russian: и��о�и� (istórija) f, и��о�и� болезни (istórija bolézni) f
Serbian: t+|sr|и��о�и�а|f|sc=Cyrl, t-|sr|istorija|f
Slovene: zgodovina (bolezni) f
Spanish: t|es|antecedentes|m|p
Swedish: historik c, historia c
Vietnamese: l�ch sử
Welsh: hanes (meddygol)
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trans-top|computing: record of previous user events
Bosnian: t-|bs|historija|f
Finnish: t+|fi|historia
French: t+|fr|historique|m
German: t|de|Verlauf|m
Greek: ι��ο�ικ� (istoriko) n
Hebrew: he-translation|��ס��ר��|história f
Interlingua: historia
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Japanese: t|ja|scJpan|履歴|trrireki
Novial: historie
Polish: t+|pl|historia|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|histórico|m
Russian: t+|ru|и��о�и�|f|tristórija|scCyrl
Serbian: t+|sr|и��о�и�а|f|sc=Cyrl, t-|sr|istorija|f
Spanish: t+|es|historia|f
Swedish: historik c, logg c
Vietnamese: l�ch sử
Welsh: hanes (cyfrifiadurol)
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ttbc|Afrikaans: geskie-?
ttbc|Bambara: tarik
ttbc|Bulgarian: и��о�и� (istórija) f
ttbc|Esperanto: historio
ttbc|Fulfulde: tariku
ttbc|Galician: historia
ttbc|Hungarian: történelem
ttbc|Ido: historio
ttbc|Kyrgyz: ��� (tarykh)
ttbc|Latin: historia f
ttbc|Lithuanian: istorija f
ttbc|Luxembourgish: historique
ttbc|Marathi: �तिहास (itih�s)
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|تار�خ (târikh)
ttbc|Romanian: istorie f
ttbc|Slovak: dejiny f pl (1), dejepis m (2), história f (3, 4)
ttbc|Ukrainian: ���о��� (istórija) f
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Derived terms
historian
historic
historical
historically
local history
prehistory
prehistorian
prehistorical

Related terms
herstory

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• 2007-12-26 18:10 - Eveningmist - /* Translations */ sync order as meanings; correcting ja

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