kronika

See also: krónika and krönika

Czech

Etymology

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Latin chronica

Old Czech kronika

Czech kronika

Inherited from Old Czech kronika, from Latin chronica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkronɪka]

Noun

kronika f

1. chronicle (a written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time)

Declension

Declension of kronika (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	kronika	kroniky
genitive	kroniky	kronik
dative	kronice	kronikám
accusative	kroniku	kroniky
vocative	kroniko	kroniky
locative	kronice	kronikách
instrumental	kronikou	kronikami

Derived terms

• kronikář

Further reading

• “kronika”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kronika”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kronika”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kroˈnika/
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: kro‧ni‧ka

Adjective

kronika (accusative singular kronikan, plural kronikaj, accusative plural kronikajn)

1. chronic

Further reading

• “kronika”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “kronika”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Polish

Etymology

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Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)

Ancient Greek χρονῐκός (khronĭkós)

Latin chronicalbor.

Polish kronika

Learned borrowing from Latin chronica, from Ancient Greek χρονῐκός (khronĭkós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (prescriptive) /ˈkrɔ.ɲi.ka/, (colloquial) /krɔˈɲi.ka/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɲika, -ika
• Syllabification: kro‧ni‧ka

Noun

kronika f

1. chronicle (written account of events)

   Synonyms: dziejopis, dziejopismo

Declension

Declension of kronika

	singular	plural
nominative	kronika	kroniki
genitive	kroniki	kronik
dative	kronice	kronikom
accusative	kronikę	kroniki
instrumental	kroniką	kronikami
locative	kronice	kronikach
vocative	kroniko	kroniki

Derived terms

adjective

• kronikalny

noun

• kronikarz

Related terms

adjective

• kronikarski

adverb

• kronikarsko

nouns

• kronikarka
• kronikarstwo

Further reading

• “kronika”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “kronika”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• hrònika (Bosnia, Serbia)

Etymology

From Latin chronica, from Ancient Greek χρονικά (khroniká).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krǒnika/
• Hyphenation: kro‧ni‧ka

Noun

krònika f (Cyrillic spelling кро̀ника)

1. (Croatia) chronicle

   Synonyms: lȅtopīs, ljȅtopīs

Declension

Declension of kronika

	singular	plural
nominative	kronika	kronike
genitive	kronike	kronika
dative	kronici	kronikama
accusative	kroniku	kronike
vocative	kroniko	kronike
locative	kronici	kronikama
instrumental	kronikom	kronikama

Derived terms

• kròničār

References

• “kronika”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026