historia

See also: história and història

§Asturian

§Alternative forms

• hestoria
• historica

§Etymology

Borrowed from Latin historia.

§Noun

historia f (plural histories)

1. history
2. story

§Related terms

• históricu

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§Esperanto

§Adjective

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

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

§Related terms

• historie
• historio

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§Finnish

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhisto̞ri.ɑ]
• Hyphenation: his‧to‧ri‧a

§Noun

historia

1. history

§Declension

Inflection of historia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

		singular	plural
nominative		historia	historiat
accusative	nom.?	historia	historiat
	gen.	historian
genitive		historian	historioiden historioitten historiainrare
partitive		historiaa	historioita
inessive		historiassa	historioissa
elative		historiasta	historioista
illative		historiaan	historioihin
adessive		historialla	historioilla
ablative		historialta	historioilta
allative		historialleˣ	historioilleˣ
essive		historiana	historioina
translative		historiaksi	historioiksi
instructive		—	historioin
abessive		historiatta	historioitta
comitative		—	historioineen

§Derived terms

hissa historiallinen historiallisesti

historiallisperäinen historiallisuus historiikki

historiografia historioida historioitsija

historisismi historismi

§Compounds

aatehistoria asutushistoria esihistoria henkilöhistoria historiakirja historiakäsitys historiamaalaus historianfilosofia historiankirja historiankirjoittaja historiankirjoitus historiankäsitys historianmukainen

historianopettaja historiantakainen historiantutkija historiantunti historiantutkimus historianvastainen historiateos historiatiede kehityshistoria kielihistoria kirjallisuudenhistoria kirjallisuushistoria

kirkkohistoria kulttuurihistoria kärsimyshistoria luonnonhistoria lähihistoria maailmanhistoria maakuntahistoria makrohistoria mikrohistoria musiikinhistoria naishistoria oikeushistoria oppihistoria

paikallishistoria pitäjänhistoria sosiaalihistoria sotahistoria sukuhistoria syntyhistoria taidehistoria taloushistoria tieteenhistoria työhistoria varhaishistoria äännehistoria

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§Interlingua

§Noun

historia (plural historias)

1. history

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§Latin

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§Etymology

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”).

§Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /hisˈto.ri.a/, [hɪsˈtɔ.rɪ.a]

§Noun

historia f (genitive historiae); first declension

1. history
2. account
3. story

§Inflection

First declension.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	historia	historiae
genitive	historiae	historiārum
dative	historiae	historiīs
accusative	historiam	historiās
ablative	historiā	historiīs
vocative	historia	historiae

§Derived terms

• historialis
• historicus

§Descendants

• Asturian: historia, hestoria
• Catalan: història
• Corsican: storia
• English: history, storey, story
• French: histoire
• Friulian: istorie, storie
• Gallo: istoèrr
• Istriot: stuoria
• Italian: storia

• Jèrriais: histouaithe
• Portuguese: história
• Romanian: istorie
• Romansch: istorgia
• Sicilian: storia
• Spanish: historia
• Swedish: historia
• Venetian: istoria, storia

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§Norwegian Bokmål

§Alternative forms

• historien

§Noun

historia m, f

1. definite feminine singular of historie

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§Norwegian Nynorsk

§Noun

historia f

1. definite singular of historie

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§Polish

§Etymology

Borrowed from Latin historia.

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xʲis̪ˈt̪ɔrʲja]

• audio

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§Noun

historia f

1. history
2. story

§Declension

declension of historia

	singular	plural
nominative	historia	historie
genitive	historii	historii/historyj
dative	historii	historiom
accusative	historię	historie
instrumental	historią	historiami
locative	historii	historiach
vocative	historio	historie

§External links

• “historia” in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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§Spanish

§Etymology

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

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈst̪oɾja/

§Noun

historia f (plural historias)

1. history
2. story
3. The letter H in the Spanish phonetic alphabet

§Synonyms

• (story): cuento, relato, narración
• (history): historial

§Derived terms

• historiador
• histórico

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§Swahili

§Etymology

Ultimately from Latin historia.

§Noun

historia (n class, plural historia)

1. history (aggregate of past events)

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§Swedish

§Pronunciation

• audio

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§Noun

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.

§Declension

Declension of historia 1

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	historia	historian
genitive	historias	historians

Declension of historia 2-4

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	historia	historien	historier	historierna
genitive	historias	historiens	historiers	historiernas

Declension of historia 2-4

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	historia	historian	historier	historierna
genitive	historias	historians	historiers	historiernas

§Usage notes

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).

§Related terms

Related terms

• historieberättare

• historielös

• historiker

• historisk

• religionshistoriker

• rolig historia

• rötmånadshistoria

• vetenskapshistoriker