historia

See also: história and història

Asturian

Alternative forms

• hestoria

Etymology

From Latin historia.

Noun

historia f (plural histories)

1. history
2. story

Related terms

• históricu

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Esperanto

Adjective

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

1. historic, historical

Related terms

• historie
• historio

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Finnish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

historia

1. history

Declension

Declension of historia (Kotus type 12/kulkija)

		singular	plural
nominative		historia	historiat
accusative	zero?	historia	historiat
	normal	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		historialle	historioille
essive		historiana	historioina
translative		historiaksi	historioiksi
instructive		—	historioin
abessive		historiatta	historioitta
comitative		—	historioineen

Derived terms

• historiallinen

Compounds

compounds

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

Related terms

• historiikki
• historioida

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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 (historeō, “to learn through research, to inquire”), from ἵστωρ (hístōr, “the one who knows, the expert, the judge”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /hisˈto.ri.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

Descendants

• Asturian: historia
• Catalan: història
• English: history, storey, story
• French: histoire
• Gallo: istoèrr
• Italian: storia

• Jèrriais: histouaithe
• Portuguese: história
• Romanian: istorie
• Romansch: istorgia
• Spanish: historia
• Swedish: historia

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Polish

Etymology

From Latin historia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xʲis̪ˈt̪ɔrʲja]

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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

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin historia.

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

Noun

historia (needs class)

1. history (aggregate of past events)

This Swahili entry was created from the translations listed at history. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see historia in the Swahili Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) August 2009

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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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

See also

• historieberättare
• historielös
• historiker
• historisk
• religionshistoriker
• rolig historia
• rötmånadshistoria
• vetenskapshistoriker

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).