historique

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin historicus (“historical”).

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /is.tɔ.ʁik/

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Adjective

historique (plural historiques)

1. (relational) historical (pertaining to history)

   linguistique historique ― historical linguistics

2. historic (important or likely to be important to history and historians)

   Synonym: à marquer d'une pierre blanche

   un moment historique ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• historicité
• historiquement

Related terms

• histoire

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: istorik

Noun

historique m (plural historiques)

1. (computing) history
2. chronological narration of past events, history

Further reading

• “historique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012