chronicle

See also Chronicles

English

Etymology

Latin chronica, from Ancient Greek χρονικός (chronikos, “of or concerning time”), from χρόνος (chronos, “time”)

Noun

chronicle (plural chronicles)

1. A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.

Synonyms

• (account of events and when they happened): annals, archives, chronicon, diary, history, journal, narration, prehistory, recital, record, recountal, register, report, story, version

Translations

a written account

Bulgarian: летопис (bg) m., хроника (bg) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 編年史 (cmn), 编年史 (cmn) (biānniánshǐ), 記事 (cmn), 记事 (cmn) (jìshì) Croatian: kronika (hr) f. Czech: kronika (cs) f. Dutch: kroniek f. Finnish: aikakirja, kronikka French: chronique (fr) f. Georgian: მატიანე (ka) (matiane) German: Chronik (de) f.

Italian: cronaca (it) f. Japanese: 記録 (きろく, kiroku) Latin: chronica (la) f., annales (la), annales (la) m. pl. Malay: babad (ms), riwayat (ms) Portuguese: crónica (pt) f. Romanian: cronică (ro) f. Russian: летопись (ru) (létopis') f., хроника (ru) (xrónika) f. Serbian: letopis (sr) m. Spanish: crónica (es) f. Swedish: krönika (sv) c.

Verb

chronicle (third-person singular simple present chronicles, present participle chronicling, simple past and past participle chronicled)

1. To record in or as in a chronicle.

Synonyms

• (record in a chronicle): record

Antonyms

• (record in a chronicle):