história

See also: historia, historiá, historía, and història

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin historia (“history”), 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”). First attested in c. 1416.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhiʃtoːrijɒ]
• Hyphenation: his‧tó‧ria
• Rhymes: -jɒ

Noun

história (plural históriák)

1. (archaic) story, tale

   Synonym: történet

2. (archaic) history

   Synonyms: történelem, történet

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	história	históriák
accusative	históriát	históriákat
dative	históriának	históriáknak
instrumental	históriával	históriákkal
causal-final	históriáért	históriákért
translative	históriává	históriákká
terminative	históriáig	históriákig
essive-formal	históriaként	históriákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	históriában	históriákban
superessive	histórián	históriákon
adessive	históriánál	históriáknál
illative	históriába	históriákba
sublative	históriára	históriákra
allative	históriához	históriákhoz
elative	históriából	históriákból
delative	históriáról	históriákról
ablative	históriától	históriáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	históriáé	históriáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	históriáéi	históriákéi

Possessive forms of história

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	históriám	históriáim
2nd person sing.	históriád	históriáid
3rd person sing.	históriája	históriái
1st person plural	históriánk	históriáink
2nd person plural	históriátok	históriáitok
3rd person plural	históriájuk	históriáik

Derived terms

Compound words

• kísértethistória

Further reading

• história in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• historia (pre-reform spelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin historia (“history”), 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”). Doublet of estória and story.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɔ.ɾjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɔ.ɾjɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈtɔ.ɾjɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iʃˈtɔ.ɾjɐ/, /(i)ʃˈtɔ.ɾjɐ/

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• Homophone: estória
• Hyphenation: his‧tó‧ri‧a

Noun

história f (plural histórias)

1. history
2. story

   Synonyms: estória, narrativa, conto

Derived terms

• história da carochinha
• história de pescador
• história de quadrinhos
• história para boi dormir
• historiar
• historinha

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: stória

Further reading

• “história”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “história”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin historia (“history”), from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía, “learning through research, narration of what is learned”). First attested in the 17th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦistɔːria/, [ˈɦistɔːria]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: his‧tó‧ri‧a

Noun

história f (relational adjective historický)

1. history

Declension

Declension of história
(pattern ulica)

	singular	plural
nominative	história	histórie
genitive	histórie	histórií
dative	histórii	históriám
accusative	históriu	histórie
locative	histórii	históriách
instrumental	históriou	históriami

Further reading

• “história”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026