chronicle

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɒnɪkəl/
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• General-American: /ˈkɹɑnɪkl̩/
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• rhymes with -ɒnɪkəl
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• CMU ARPABET: K R AA1 N IH0 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English cronicle, cronycle, from Anglo-Norman cronicle, from Old French cronike, from Latin chronica, from Ancient Greek χρονικός (khronikós, “of or concerning time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”).

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: kroniek — a written account
• Albanian: kronikë — a written account
• Arabic: تَارِيخ (tārīḵ) — a written account
• Armenian: ժամանակագրություն (žamanakagrutʻyun) — a written account
• Bashkir: йылъяҙма (yılʺyaźma) — a written account
• Belarusian: ле́тапіс (ljétapis) — a written account
• Belarusian: хро́ніка (xrónika) — a written account
• Bulgarian: летопи́с (letopís) — a written account
• Bulgarian: хро́ника (hrónika) — a written account
• Burmese: ရာဇဝင် (raja.wang) — a written account
• Catalan: crònica — a written account
• Chinese Mandarin: 編年史 /编年史 (biānniánshǐ) — a written account
• Chinese Mandarin: 記事 /记事 (jìshì) — a written account
• Czech: kronika — a written account
• Danish: krønike — a written account
• Dutch: kroniek — a written account
• Estonian: ajaraamat — a written account
• Estonian: kroonika — a written account
• Finnish: aikakirja — a written account
• Finnish: kronikka — a written account
• French: chronique — a written account
• North Frisian: krönk — a written account
• Georgian: მატიანე (maṭiane) — a written account
• German: Chronik — a written account
• Greek: χρονικό (chronikó) — a written account
• Hindi: इतिवृत्त (itivŕtt) — a written account
• Hindi: कारनामा (kārnāmā) — a written account
• Hungarian: krónika — a written account
• Ido: kroniko — a written account
• Indonesian: kronik — a written account
• Indonesian: babad — a written account
• Indonesian: tarikh — a written account
• Irish: leabhar oiris — a written account
• Irish: croinic — a written account
• Italian: cronaca — a written account
• Italian: notizia — a written account
• Japanese: 記録 (kiroku) — a written account
• Japanese: 年代記 (nendaiki) — a written account
• Kazakh: жылнама (jylnama) — a written account
• Khmer: កាលប្រវត្តិ (kaalaʼprɑvŏət) — a written account
• Korean: 연대기 (yeondaegi) — a written account
• Korean: 년대기 (nyeondaegi) — a written account
• Kyrgyz: жылбаян (jılbayan) — a written account
• Kyrgyz: жылнама (jılnama) — a written account
• Latin: chronica — a written account
• Latin: annales — a written account
• Latin: annales — a written account
• Latvian: hronika — a written account
• Lithuanian: kronika — a written account
• Low German: Chrönk — a written account
• Low German: Chröönk — a written account
• Macedonian: летопис (letopis) — a written account
• Macedonian: хроника (hronika) — a written account
• Malay: babad — a written account
• Malay: riwayat — a written account
• Māori: tuhinga taki — a written account
• Norman: chronique — a written account
• Norwegian Bokmål: krønike — a written account
• Norwegian Nynorsk: krønike — a written account
• Old English: cranic — a written account
• Polish: kronika — a written account
• Polish: dziejopis — a written account
• Polish: dziejopismo — a written account
• Portuguese: crónica — a written account
• Portuguese: crônica — a written account
• Romanian: cronică — a written account
• Russian: ле́топись (létopisʹ) — a written account
• Russian: хро́ника (xrónika) — a written account
• Serbo-Croatian: ле̏топӣс — a written account
• Serbo-Croatian: ље̏топӣс — a written account
• Serbo-Croatian: кро̀ника — a written account
• Serbo-Croatian: lȅtopīs — a written account
• Serbo-Croatian: ljȅtopīs — a written account
• Serbo-Croatian: krònika — a written account
• Slovak: kronika — a written account
• Slovene: kronika — a written account
• Spanish: crónica — a written account
• Swedish: krönika — a written account
• Tagalog: kronika — a written account
• Turkish: kronik — a written account
• Turkish: vakayiname — a written account
• Ukrainian: хро́ніка (xrónika) — a written account
• Ukrainian: літо́пис (litópys) — a written account
• Spanish: cronificar — Translations