English
Etymology
From Middle English historian , historien , from Old French historien , from Latin historia ( “ story, history ” ) . More at history .
Pronunciation
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Noun
historian (plural historians )
A writer of history ; a chronicler ; an annalist .
One who studies or researches history.
( medicine ) One who recounts their own medical history .
2007 , Joyce E. Dains, Linda Ciofu Baumann, Pamela Scheibel, Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care
The patient is unconscious when the syncopal event takes place and therefore is a poor historian .
Derived terms
Translations
writer of history
Albanian: historian (sq)
Arabic: مُؤَرِّخ ( muʔarriḵ ) , مُؤَرِّخَة f ( muʔarriḵa )
Armenian: պատմիչ (hy) ( patmičʻ )
Azerbaijani: tarixçi (az)
Basque: historialari , historiagile
Belarusian: гісто́рык m ( históryk )
Bulgarian: историк m ( istorik )
Catalan: historiador (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 歷史學家 / 历史学家 (zh) ( lìshǐxuéjiā ) , 历史学家 (zh) ( lìshǐxuéjiā ) , 歷史家 / 历史家 (zh) ( lìshǐjiā ) , 历史家 (zh) ( lìshǐjiā ) , 史家 (zh) ( shǐjiā )
Czech: historik (cs) m , historička (cs) f
Danish: historiker c
Dutch: historicus (nl) m , geschiedkundige (nl) m or f
Esperanto: historiisto
Finnish: historiankirjoittaja , historioitsija (fi)
French: historien (fr) m , historienne (fr) f
Galician: historiador m
Georgian: ისტორიკოსი ( isṭoriḳosi )
German: Historiker (de) m , Historikerin (de) f , Geschichtsschreiber (de)
Greek: ιστορικός (el) m or f ( istorikós )
Ancient: ἱστορικός m ( historikós )
Hebrew: היסטוריון (he) m ( historyón )
Hungarian: történetíró (hu)
Icelandic: sagnfræðingur (is) m
Ido: historiisto , historiero
Irish: staraí m
Italian: storico (it) m , storica (it) f
Japanese: 歴史家 (ja) ( れきしか, rekishika ) , 史家 (ja) ( しか, shika )
Kalmyk: тууҗч ( tuujç )
Khmer: ប្រវត្តិវិទូ ( pro vaot vi tu )
Korean: 역사학자 ( yeoksahakja ) , 역사가 (ko) ( yeoksaga )
Kurdish:
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Kyrgyz: тарыхчы (ky) ( tarıhcı )
Latin: historicus (la) m
Latvian: vēsturnieks m , vēsturniece f
Lithuanian: istorikas m , istorikė f
Macedonian: историчар m ( istoričar )
Malay: sejarawan , ahli sejarah , muwarikh , tarikh , historikus
Maori: tumu kōrero
Norman: historien m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: historiker m
Nynorsk: historikar m
Persian: مورخ (fa) ( muʼarraḵẖ ) , تاریخ نویس ( târix navis )
Polish: historyk (pl) m , historyczka (pl) f
Portuguese: historiador (pt) m , historiógrafo m , historiadora f , historiógrafa f
Romanian: istoric (ro) m , istoriograf (ro) m , istorică f
Russian: исто́рик (ru) m ( istórik )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: по̏вјеснича̄р m , по̏вјеснича̄рка f , хисто̀рича̄р m , хисто̀рича̄рка f
Roman: pȍvjesničār (sh) m , pȍvjesničārka (sh) f , històričār (sh) m , històričārka (sh) f
Slovak: historik (sk) m , historička (sk) f
Slovene: zgodovinar (sl) m , zgodovinarka f
Spanish: historiador (es) m , historiadora (es) f
Swedish: historiker (sv) c
Thai: นักประวัติศาสตร์ ( nák bprà-wàt sàat )
Turkish: tarihçi (tr)
Ukrainian: історіограф m ( istoriohraf ) , історик m ( istoryk )
Uyghur: تارىخچى ( tarixchi )
Uzbek: tarixchi (uz)
Vietnamese: nhà viết sử , sử gia (vi)
Volapük: jenavan m or f , hijenavan m , jijenavan f
Welsh: hanesydd (cy) m
person who studies history
Albanian: historian (sq)
Arabic: مُؤَرِّخ ( muʔarriḵ ) , مُؤَرِّخَة f ( muʔarriḵa )
Armenian: պատմագետ (hy) ( patmaget ) , պատմաբան (hy) ( patmaban )
Azerbaijani: tarixçi (az)
Basque: historialari , historiagile
Belarusian: гісто́рык m ( históryk )
Bulgarian: историк m ( istorik )
Catalan: historiador (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 歷史學家 / 历史学家 (zh) ( lìshǐxuéjiā ) , 历史学家 (zh) ( lìshǐxuéjiā ) , 歷史家 / 历史家 (zh) ( lìshǐjiā ) , 历史家 (zh) ( lìshǐjiā ) , 史家 (zh) ( shǐjiā )
Czech: historik (cs) m , historička (cs) f
Danish: historiker c
Dutch: historicus (nl) m , geschiedkundige (nl) m or f
Esperanto: historiisto
Estonian: ajaloolane (et)
Finnish: historioitsija (fi)
French: historien (fr) m , historienne (fr) f
Galician: historiador m
Georgian: ისტორიკოსი ( isṭoriḳosi )
German: Historiker (de) m , Historikerin (de) f
Greek: ιστορικός (el) m ( istorikós )
Ancient: ἱστορικός m ( historikós )
Hebrew: היסטוריון (he) m ( historyón )
Hungarian: történész (hu)
Icelandic: sagnfræðingur (is) m
Ido: historiisto , historiero
Irish: staraí m
Italian: storico (it) m , storica (it) f
Japanese: 歴史家 (ja) ( れきしか, rekishika )
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Korean: 역사학자 ( yeoksahakja ) , 역사가 (ko) ( yeoksaga )
Latin: historicus (la) m
Latvian: vēsturnieks m , vēsturniece f
Lithuanian: istorikas m , istorikė f
Macedonian: историчар m ( istoričar )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: historiker m
Nynorsk: historikar m
Persian: مورخ (fa) ( muʼarraḵẖ )
Polish: historyk (pl) m , historyczka (pl) f
Portuguese: historiador (pt) m , historiadora f
Romanian: istoric (ro) m , istorică f
Russian: исто́рик (ru) m ( istórik )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: по̏вјеснича̄р m , по̏вјеснича̄рка f , хисто̀рича̄р m , хисто̀рича̄рка f
Roman: pȍvjesničār (sh) m , pȍvjesničārka (sh) f , històričār (sh) m , històričārka (sh) f
Slovak: historik (sk) m , historička (sk) f
Slovene: zgodovinar (sl) m , zgodovinarka f
Spanish: historiador (es) m , historiadora (es) f
Swahili: mwanahistoria
Swedish: historiker (sv) c
Thai: นักประวัติศาสตร์ ( nák bprà-wàt sàat )
Turkish: tarihçi (tr)
Ukrainian: історіограф m ( istoriohraf ) , історик m ( istoryk )
Uyghur: تارىخچى ( tarixchi )
Vietnamese: nhà viết sử , sử gia (vi)
Võro: aoluulanõ
Welsh: hanesydd (cy) m
Further reading
Esperanto
Adjective
historian
accusative singular of historia
Finnish
Noun
historian
(deprecated template usage ) genitive singular of historia
Swedish
Noun
historian
(deprecated template usage ) definite singular of historia