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history

noun · verb · 16 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • hĭsʹt(ə)rē
  • Australian, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɪs.tə.ɹi/
  • Australian, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɪs.tɹi/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈhɪst͡ʃ(ə)ɹɪj/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈhɪst(ə)ɹɪj/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • New-Zealand: /ˈhəs.tə.ɹi/
  • New-Zealand: /ˈhəs.tɹi/
  • rhymes with -ɪstəɹi
  • rhymes with -ɪstɹi
  • CMU ARPABET: HH IH1 S T ER0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: HH IH1 S T R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The aggregate of past events, both unrecorded and recorded.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The history of mammals stretches back many millions of years.
  • History repeats itself if we don’t learn from its mistakes.
  • He dreams of an invention that will make history.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: past, ages, background

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The empirical study of past events, as distinct from literature, myth, or scripture; the assessment of notable events.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • He teaches Latin American history at the university and publishes books about the Cold War.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The portion of the past that is known and recorded by this field of study, as opposed to all earlier and unknown times that preceded it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonym: ages
  • in all of human history and prehistory
  • since the dawn of history

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ages

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A set of events involving an entity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • a long and sordid history
  • What is your medical history?
  • The family's history includes events best forgotten.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A record or narrative description of past events.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • I really enjoyed Shakespeare's tragedies more than his histories.
  • a short history of post-Columbian colonization
  • Thucydides wrote a history of the Peleponnesian War that uses different sources than Herodotus' work.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: account, chronicle, story, tale

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: medicine, sciences

Examples

  • A personal medical history is required for the insurance policy.
  • He has a history of cancer in his family.
  • This diagnosis is usually based solely on the history and physical examination, although laboratory tests are occasionally also obtained.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: medical history

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • I visited a great site yesterday but forgot the URL. Luckily, I didn't clear my history.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: log

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, informal, uncountable

Examples

  • I told him that if he doesn't get his act together, he's history.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

Shared experience or interaction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • There is too much history between them for them to split up now.
  • He has had a lot of history with the police.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A historically significant event.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • You are witnessing history!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To narrate or record.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he teaches Medieval history
  • history takes the long view

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts

13

noun

Meaning 13

all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the dawn of recorded history
  • from the beginning of history

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cognition, knowledge, noesis

14

noun

Meaning 14

a record or narrative description of past events

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a history of France
  • he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president
  • the story of exposure to lead

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: account, chronicle, story

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: record

Narrower terms: ancient history, etymology, case history, historical document, historical paper, historical record, annals, chronological record, biography, life, life story, life history, recital

15

noun

Meaning 15

the aggregate of past events

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a critical time in the school's history

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: past, past times, yesteryear

16

noun

Meaning 16

the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • all of human history

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: continuum

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Indo-European *wéydtōr Proto-Hellenic *wístōr Ancient Greek ἵστωρ (hístōr) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek ῐ̔στορέω (hĭstoréō) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía)bor. Latin historiader. Old French estoire Old French estorie Old French historiebor. Middle English historie English history From Middle English historie, from Old French estoire, estorie (“chronicle, history, story”) (French histoire), from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορίᾱ (historíā, “learning through research”), from ἱστορέω (historéō, “to research, inquire (and) record”), from ἵστωρ (hístōr, “the knowing, wise one”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”). Doublet of story and storey. Attested in Middle English in 1393 by John Gower, Confessio Amantis, which was aimed at an educated audience familiar with French and Latin.

Across languages

Translations

541 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: аҭаурых (atawrəx) — aggregate of past events
  • Afrikaans: geskiedenis — aggregate of past events
  • Albanian: histori — aggregate of past events
  • Southern Altai: тӱӱки (tüüki) — aggregate of past events
  • Southern Altai: история (istoriya) — aggregate of past events
  • Amharic: ታሪክ (tarik) — aggregate of past events
  • Antillean Creole: istwa — aggregate of past events
  • Arabic: تَارِيخ (tārīḵ) — aggregate of past events
  • Arabic: تاريخ (tarīḵ) — aggregate of past events
  • Aragonese: istoria — aggregate of past events
  • Aramaic: ܬܫܥܝܬܐ (tašʿīṯā) — aggregate of past events
  • Armenian: պատմություն (patmutʻyun) — aggregate of past events
  • Assamese: ইতিহাস (itihax) — aggregate of past events
  • Asturian: historia — aggregate of past events
  • Asturian: hestoria — aggregate of past events
  • Atong (India): itihas — aggregate of past events
  • Avar: тарих (tarix) — aggregate of past events
  • Azerbaijani: tarix — aggregate of past events
  • Azerbaijani: تاریخ — aggregate of past events
  • Bashkir: тарих (tarix) — aggregate of past events
  • Basque: historia — aggregate of past events
  • Belarusian: гісто́рыя (históryja) — aggregate of past events
  • Bengali: ইতিহাস (itihaś) — aggregate of past events
  • Central Bikol: uusipon — aggregate of past events
  • Breton: istor — aggregate of past events
  • Bulgarian: исто́рия (istórija) — aggregate of past events
  • Burmese: သမိုင်း (sa.muing:) — aggregate of past events
  • Buryat: түүхэ (tüüxe) — aggregate of past events
  • Carpathian Rusyn: істо́рія (istórija) — aggregate of past events
  • Catalan: història — aggregate of past events
  • Cebuano: kasaysayan — aggregate of past events
  • Chechen: истори (istori) — aggregate of past events
  • Cherokee: ᎧᏃᎮᏍᎩ (kanohesgi) — aggregate of past events
  • Chinese Cantonese: 歷史 /历史 (lik6 si2) — aggregate of past events
  • Chinese: лисы (lisɨ) — aggregate of past events
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 歷史 /历史 (lĭk-sṳ̄) — aggregate of past events
  • Gan Chinese: 歷史 /历史 — aggregate of past events
  • Hakka Chinese: 歷史 /历史 (li̍t-sṳ́) — aggregate of past events
  • Chinese: 歷史 /历史 (le̍k-sú) — aggregate of past events
  • Chinese Mandarin: 歷史 /历史 (lìshǐ) — aggregate of past events
  • Northern Min Chinese: 歷史 /历史 (lĭ-sǔ) — aggregate of past events
  • Wu Chinese: 歷史 /历史 — aggregate of past events
  • Chuvash: истори (istori) — aggregate of past events
  • West Circassian: тарихъ (tariꭓ) — aggregate of past events
  • Corsican: storia — aggregate of past events
  • Crimean Tatar: tarih — aggregate of past events
  • Czech: dějiny — aggregate of past events
  • Czech: historie — aggregate of past events
  • Danish: historie — aggregate of past events
  • Dutch: geschiedenis — aggregate of past events
  • Dutch: historie — aggregate of past events
  • Esperanto: historio — aggregate of past events
  • Estonian: ajalugu — aggregate of past events
  • Faroese: søga — aggregate of past events
  • Finnish: historia — aggregate of past events
  • French: histoire — aggregate of past events
  • West-Frisian: skiednis — aggregate of past events
  • Friulian: istorie — aggregate of past events
  • Friulian: storie — aggregate of past events
  • Gagauz: istoriya — aggregate of past events
  • Galician: historia — aggregate of past events
  • Georgian: ისტორია (isṭoria) — aggregate of past events
  • German: Geschichte — aggregate of past events
  • German: Historie — aggregate of past events
  • Greek: ιστορία (istoría) — aggregate of past events
  • Ancient Greek: ἱστορία (historía) — aggregate of past events
  • Gujarati: ઇતિહાસ (itihās) — aggregate of past events
  • Haitian Creole: istwa — aggregate of past events
  • Hebrew: הִסְטוֹרְיָה — aggregate of past events
  • Hebrew: היסטוריה (história) — aggregate of past events
  • Higaonon: lasaysayan — aggregate of past events
  • Hiligaynon: kasaysayan — aggregate of past events
  • Hiligaynon: historya — aggregate of past events
  • Hindi: इतिहास (itihās) — aggregate of past events
  • Hindi: तारीख़ (tārīx) — aggregate of past events
  • Hungarian: történelem — aggregate of past events
  • Hungarian: múlt — aggregate of past events
  • Icelandic: saga — aggregate of past events
  • Ido: historio — aggregate of past events
  • Ilocano: pakasaritaan — aggregate of past events
  • Indonesian: sejarah — aggregate of past events
  • Indonesian: histori — aggregate of past events
  • Ingrian: istoria — aggregate of past events
  • Interlingua: historia — aggregate of past events
  • Irish: stair — aggregate of past events
  • Istriot: stuoria — aggregate of past events
  • Italian: storia — aggregate of past events
  • Japanese: 歴史 (rekishi) — aggregate of past events
  • Japanese: 沿革 (enkaku) — aggregate of past events
  • Kalmyk: тууҗ (tuuj) — aggregate of past events
  • Kannada: ಇತಿಹಾಸ (itihāsa) — aggregate of past events
  • Kapampangan: amlat — aggregate of past events
  • Kashmiri: تَوٲریٖخ (tavạ̄rīkh) — aggregate of past events
  • Kashmiri: اِتِہاس — aggregate of past events
  • Kazakh: тарих (tarix) — aggregate of past events
  • Khmer: ប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រ (prɑvŏəttesaah) — aggregate of past events
  • Khmer: ប្រវត្តិ (prɑɑvŏət) — aggregate of past events
  • Korean: 역사 (yeoksa) — aggregate of past events
  • Korean: 력사 (ryeoksa) — aggregate of past events
  • Kumyk: тарих (tarix) — aggregate of past events
  • Central Kurdish: مێژوو (mêjû) — aggregate of past events
  • Northern Kurdish: dîrok — aggregate of past events
  • Northern Kurdish: tarîx — aggregate of past events
  • Northern Kurdish: mêjû — aggregate of past events
  • Kyrgyz: тарых (tarıh) — aggregate of past events
  • Lao: ປະຫວັດສາດ (pa huat sāt) — aggregate of past events
  • Lao: ປະຫວັດ (pa huat) — aggregate of past events
  • Latin: historia — aggregate of past events
  • Latvian: vēsture — aggregate of past events
  • Lezgi: тарих (tariꭓ) — aggregate of past events
  • Ligurian: stöia — aggregate of past events
  • Lithuanian: istorija — aggregate of past events
  • Luganda: ebyafaayo — aggregate of past events
  • Macedonian: историја (istorija) — aggregate of past events
  • Malay: sejarah — aggregate of past events
  • Malayalam: ചരിത്രം (caritraṁ) — aggregate of past events
  • Maltese: storja — aggregate of past events
  • Manchu: ᠰᡠᡩᡠᡵᡳ (suduri) — aggregate of past events
  • Marathi: इतिहास (itihās) — aggregate of past events
  • Mongolian: түүх (tüüx) — aggregate of past events
  • Mongolian: ᠲᠡᠦᠬᠡ (teüke) — aggregate of past events
  • Nauruan: ekadaedaenigawae — aggregate of past events
  • Nepali: इतिहास (itihās) — aggregate of past events
  • Norwegian Bokmål: historie — aggregate of past events
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: historie — aggregate of past events
  • Occitan: istòria — aggregate of past events
  • Odia: ଇତିହାସ (itihāsa) — aggregate of past events
  • Old English: stǣr — aggregate of past events
  • Old Prussian: istōrija — aggregate of past events
  • Oromo: seenaa — aggregate of past events
  • Ossetian: истори (istori) — aggregate of past events
  • Paiwan: likisi — aggregate of past events
  • Pashto: تاريخ (tārix) — aggregate of past events
  • Persian: تَارِیخ (tārīx) — aggregate of past events
  • Persian: تَأْرِیخ (ta'rīx) — aggregate of past events
  • Dari: تَارِیخ (tārīx) — aggregate of past events
  • Iranian Persian: تاریخ (târix) — aggregate of past events
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: histrei — aggregate of past events
  • Polish: historia — aggregate of past events
  • Polish: dzieje — aggregate of past events
  • Portuguese: história — aggregate of past events
  • Portuguese: histórico — aggregate of past events
  • Punjabi: ਇਤਿਹਾਸ (itihās) — aggregate of past events
  • Romanian: istorie — aggregate of past events
  • Romansh: istorgia — aggregate of past events
  • Russian: исто́рия (istórija) — aggregate of past events
  • Samogitian: istuorėjė — aggregate of past events
  • Sanskrit: इतिहास (itihāsa) — aggregate of past events
  • Scottish Gaelic: eachdraidh — aggregate of past events
  • Serbo-Croatian: хѝсто̄рија — aggregate of past events
  • Serbo-Croatian: ѝсто̄рија — aggregate of past events
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̏вије̄ст — aggregate of past events
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̏ве̄ст — aggregate of past events
  • Serbo-Croatian: hìstōrija — aggregate of past events
  • Serbo-Croatian: ìstōrija — aggregate of past events
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȍvijēst — aggregate of past events
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȍvēst — aggregate of past events
  • Shan: ပိုၼ်း (púen) — aggregate of past events
  • Sicilian: storia — aggregate of past events
  • Silesian: gyszichta — aggregate of past events
  • Sinhalese: ඉතිහාසය (itihāsaya) — aggregate of past events
  • Sinhalese: පුරාවෘත්තය (purāwr̥ttaya) — aggregate of past events
  • Slovak: dejiny — aggregate of past events
  • Slovak: história — aggregate of past events
  • Slovene: zgodovina — aggregate of past events
  • Slovene: preteklost — aggregate of past events
  • Somali: taariikh — aggregate of past events
  • Lower Sorbian: stawizny — aggregate of past events
  • Spanish: historia — aggregate of past events
  • Swahili: historia — aggregate of past events
  • Swedish: historia — aggregate of past events
  • Tabasaran: тарих (tariꭓ) — aggregate of past events
  • Tagalog: kasaysayan — aggregate of past events
  • Tajik: таърих (ta'rix) — aggregate of past events
  • Tamil: வரலாறு (varalāṟu) — aggregate of past events
  • Tamil: சரித்திரம் (carittiram) — aggregate of past events
  • Tatar: тарих (tarix) — aggregate of past events
  • Telugu: చరిత్ర (caritra) — aggregate of past events
  • Telugu: చరితం (caritaṁ) — aggregate of past events
  • Telugu: చరిత (carita) — aggregate of past events
  • Thai: ประวัติศาสตร์ (bprà-wàt-dtì-sàat) — aggregate of past events
  • Thai: ประวัติ (bprà-wàt) — aggregate of past events
  • Tibetan: ལོ་རྒྱུས (lo rgyus) — aggregate of past events
  • Tigrinya: ታሪኽ (tarix) — aggregate of past events
  • Tok Pisin: histori — aggregate of past events
  • Turkish: tarih — aggregate of past events
  • Turkish: ötük — aggregate of past events
  • Ottoman Turkish: تاریخ (tarih) — aggregate of past events
  • Turkmen: taryh — aggregate of past events
  • Tuvan: төөгү (töögü) — aggregate of past events
  • Ukrainian: істо́рія (istórija) — aggregate of past events
  • Urdu: تارِیخ (tārīx) — aggregate of past events
  • Urdu: اِتِہاس (itihās) — aggregate of past events
  • Uyghur: تارىخ (tarix) — aggregate of past events
  • Uzbek: tarix — aggregate of past events
  • Venetan: istoria — aggregate of past events
  • Venetan: storia — aggregate of past events
  • Vietnamese: lịch sử — aggregate of past events
  • Vilamovian: gyśicht — aggregate of past events
  • Waray-Waray: kasaysayan — aggregate of past events
  • Welsh: hanes — aggregate of past events
  • Wolof: taariix — aggregate of past events
  • Yakut: история (istoriya) — aggregate of past events
  • Yakut: остуоруйа (ostuoruya) — aggregate of past events
  • Yiddish: געשיכטע (geshikhte) — aggregate of past events
  • Yiddish: היסטאָריע (historye) — aggregate of past events
  • Zazaki: veri — aggregate of past events
  • Zhuang: lizsij — aggregate of past events
  • Afrikaans: geskiedenis — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Antillean Creole: istwa — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Arabic: تَارِيخ (tārīḵ) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Arabic: تاريخ (tarīḵ) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Armenian: պատմագիտություն (patmagitutʻyun) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Belarusian: гісто́рыя (históryja) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Central Bikol: uusipon — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Bulgarian: исто́рия (istórija) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Catalan: història — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Chechen: истори (istori) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Chinese Cantonese: 歷史學 /历史学 (lik6 si2 hok6) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Chinese: истори (istori) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Chinese: 歷史學 /历史学 (le̍k-sú-ha̍k) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Chinese Mandarin: 歷史學 /历史学 (lìshǐxué) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Chuvash: истори (istori) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Czech: dějepis — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Danish: historie — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Dutch: geschiedenis — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Esperanto: historio — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Estonian: ajalugu — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Faroese: søga — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Finnish: historia — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Finnish: historiantutkimus — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • French: histoire — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Gagauz: istoriya — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Georgian: ისტორია (isṭoria) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • German: Geschichtswissenschaft — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Greek: ιστορία (istoría) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Ancient Greek: ἱστορία (historía) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Haitian Creole: istwa — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Hebrew: הִסְטוֹרְיָה — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Hebrew: היסטוריה (história) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Hiligaynon: kasaysayan — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Hindi: इतिहास (itihās) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Hindi: तारीख़ (tārīx) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Hungarian: történelem — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Hungarian: történettudomány — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Hungarian: történelemtudomány — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Icelandic: sagnfræði — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Ido: historio — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Indonesian: sejarah — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Ingrian: istoria — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Interlingua: historia — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Irish: stair — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Italian: storia — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Japanese: 歴史 (rekishi) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Javanese: sajarah — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Khmer: ប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រ (prɑvŏəttesaah) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Khmer: ប្រវត្តិវិទ្យា (prɑɑvŏət vityiə) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Korean: 사학 (sahak) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Central Kurdish: مێژوو (mêjû) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Latin: historia — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Latvian: vēsture — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Lithuanian: istorija — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Malay: sejarah — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Malay: tawarikh — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Malayalam: ചരിത്രം (caritraṁ) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Maltese: storja — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Māori: hītori — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Marathi: इतिहास (itihās) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Mauritian Creole: istwar — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Middle English: historie — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Middle English: storie — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Mongolian: түүх (tüüx) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Mongolian: ᠲᠡᠦᠬᠡ (teüke) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Norwegian Bokmål: historie — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: historie — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Occitan: istòria — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Odia: ଇତିହାସ (itihāsa) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Old English: stǣr — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Pashto: تاريخ (tārix) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Persian: تَارِیخ (tārīx) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Iranian Persian: تاریخ (târix) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Polish: historia — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Portuguese: história — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Romanian: istorie — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Romansh: istorgia — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Russian: исто́рия (istórija) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Samogitian: istuorėjė — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Scottish Gaelic: eachdraidh — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Serbo-Croatian: хѝсто̄рија — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Serbo-Croatian: ѝсто̄рија — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̏вије̄ст — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̏ве̄ст — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Serbo-Croatian: hìstōrija — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Serbo-Croatian: ìstōrija — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȍvijēst — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȍvēst — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Slovak: dejepis — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Slovene: zgodovina — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Slovene: zgodovinopisje — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Lower Sorbian: stawizny — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Spanish: historia — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Swahili: historia — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Swedish: historia — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Tagalog: kasaysayan — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Tajik: таърих (ta'rix) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Telugu: చరిత్ర (caritra) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Thai: ประวัติศาสตร์ (bprà-wàt-dtì-sàat) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Tok Pisin: histori — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Turkish: tarih — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Ukrainian: істо́рія (istórija) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Urdu: اِتِہاس (itihās) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Urdu: تارِیخ (tārīx) — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Vietnamese: lịch sử — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Volapük: jenav — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Welsh: astudiaeth — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Zhuang: lizsij — branch of knowledge that studies the past
  • Afrikaans: geskiedenis — set of events involving an entity
  • Arabic: تَارِيخ (tārīḵ) — set of events involving an entity
  • Aramaic: ܬܫܥܝܬܐ (tašʿīṯā) — set of events involving an entity
  • Aramaic: ܬܘܢܝܐ (tūnnāyā) — set of events involving an entity
  • Bulgarian: исто́рия (istórija) — set of events involving an entity
  • Finnish: historia — set of events involving an entity
  • Bavarian German: Gschicht — set of events involving an entity
  • Hungarian: -történet — set of events involving an entity
  • Icelandic: saga — set of events involving an entity
  • Marathi: इतिहास (itihās) — set of events involving an entity
  • Norwegian Bokmål: historikk — set of events involving an entity
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: historikk — set of events involving an entity
  • Iranian Persian: سابِقِه (sâbeġe) — set of events involving an entity
  • Iranian Persian: پیشینِه (pišine) — set of events involving an entity
  • Portuguese: histórico — set of events involving an entity
  • Afrikaans: geskiedenis — record or narrative description of past events
  • Arabic: تَارِيخ (tārīḵ) — record or narrative description of past events
  • Aramaic: ܬܫܥܝܬܐ (tašʿīṯā) — record or narrative description of past events
  • Aramaic: ܬܘܢܝܐ (tūnnāyā) — record or narrative description of past events
  • Armenian: պատմություն (patmutʻyun) — record or narrative description of past events
  • Bulgarian: летопи́с (letopís) — record or narrative description of past events
  • Catalan: història — record or narrative description of past events
  • Chinese Mandarin: 歷史 /历史 (lìshǐ) — record or narrative description of past events
  • Corsican: storia — record or narrative description of past events
  • Czech: dějiny — record or narrative description of past events
  • Danish: historie — record or narrative description of past events
  • Danish: beretning — record or narrative description of past events
  • Estonian: ajalugu — record or narrative description of past events
  • Finnish: historia — record or narrative description of past events
  • French: histoire — record or narrative description of past events
  • French: passé — record or narrative description of past events
  • Georgian: ისტორია (isṭoria) — record or narrative description of past events
  • German: Geschichte — record or narrative description of past events
  • German: Erzählung — record or narrative description of past events
  • Greek: ιστορικό (istorikó) — record or narrative description of past events
  • Hebrew: הִסְטוֹרְיָה — record or narrative description of past events
  • Hebrew: היסטוריה (história) — record or narrative description of past events
  • Hiligaynon: kasaysayan — record or narrative description of past events
  • Hindi: इतिवृत्त (itivŕtt) — record or narrative description of past events
  • Hungarian: történet — record or narrative description of past events
  • Hungarian: história — record or narrative description of past events
  • Icelandic: saga — record or narrative description of past events
  • Ido: historio — record or narrative description of past events
  • Ingrian: istoria — record or narrative description of past events
  • Interlingua: historia — record or narrative description of past events
  • Italian: storia — record or narrative description of past events
  • Japanese: 履歴 (rireki) — record or narrative description of past events
  • Japanese: 経歴 (keireki) — record or narrative description of past events
  • Japanese: 経過 (keika) — record or narrative description of past events
  • Korean: 역사 (yeoksa) — record or narrative description of past events
  • Korean: 력사 (ryeoksa) — record or narrative description of past events
  • Central Kurdish: مێژوو (mêjû) — record or narrative description of past events
  • Northern Kurdish: çîrok — record or narrative description of past events
  • Latvian: vēsture — record or narrative description of past events
  • Lithuanian: istorija — record or narrative description of past events
  • Malayalam: ചരിത്രം (caritraṁ) — record or narrative description of past events
  • Maltese: storja — record or narrative description of past events
  • Maltese: arkivji — record or narrative description of past events
  • Marathi: इतिहास (itihās) — record or narrative description of past events
  • Middle English: historie — record or narrative description of past events
  • Middle English: storie — record or narrative description of past events
  • Mongolian: түүх (tüüx) — record or narrative description of past events
  • Mongolian: ᠲᠡᠦᠬᠡ (teüke) — record or narrative description of past events
  • Nauruan: ekadaedaenigawae — record or narrative description of past events
  • Nepali: इतिहास (itihās) — record or narrative description of past events
  • Norwegian Bokmål: historie — record or narrative description of past events
  • Norwegian Bokmål: historikk — record or narrative description of past events
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: historie — record or narrative description of past events
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: historikk — record or narrative description of past events
  • Occitan: istòria — record or narrative description of past events
  • Old English: stǣr — record or narrative description of past events
  • Persian: تَارِیخ (tārīx) — record or narrative description of past events
  • Iranian Persian: تاریخ (târix) — record or narrative description of past events
  • Polish: historia — record or narrative description of past events
  • Portuguese: documentário — record or narrative description of past events
  • Romanian: istorie — record or narrative description of past events
  • Romanian: povestire — record or narrative description of past events
  • Russian: исто́рия (istórija) — record or narrative description of past events
  • Russian: ле́топись (létopisʹ) — record or narrative description of past events
  • Samogitian: istuorėjė — record or narrative description of past events
  • Scottish Gaelic: eachdraidh — record or narrative description of past events
  • Serbo-Croatian: хѝсто̄рија — record or narrative description of past events
  • Serbo-Croatian: ѝсто̄рија — record or narrative description of past events
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̏вије̄ст — record or narrative description of past events
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̏ве̄ст — record or narrative description of past events
  • Serbo-Croatian: hìstōrija — record or narrative description of past events
  • Serbo-Croatian: ìstōrija — record or narrative description of past events
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȍvijēst — record or narrative description of past events
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȍvēst — record or narrative description of past events
  • Slovak: história — record or narrative description of past events
  • Slovene: zgodovina — record or narrative description of past events
  • Spanish: historia — record or narrative description of past events
  • Swahili: historia — record or narrative description of past events
  • Swedish: berättelse — record or narrative description of past events
  • Swedish: historia — record or narrative description of past events
  • Tagalog: kasaysayan — record or narrative description of past events
  • Telugu: చరితం (caritaṁ) — record or narrative description of past events
  • Telugu: చరిత (carita) — record or narrative description of past events
  • Tokelauan: tala fakaholopito — record or narrative description of past events
  • Turkish: tarihçe — record or narrative description of past events
  • Vietnamese: lịch sử — record or narrative description of past events
  • Welsh: hanes — record or narrative description of past events
  • Yiddish: היסטאָריע (historye) — record or narrative description of past events
  • Afrikaans: mediese geskiedenis — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Armenian: պատմություն (patmutʻyun) — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Catalan: historial — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 病史 (bìngshǐ) — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 病歷 /病历 (bìnglì) — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Czech: zdravotní karta — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Danish: historik — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Dutch: geschiedenis — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Estonian: haiguslugu — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Finnish: historia — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Finnish: potilashistoria — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • French: historique — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • French: anamnèse — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • German: Anamnese — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Greek: ιστορικό (istorikó) — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Hebrew: הִסְטוֹרְיָה — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Hebrew: היסטוריה (história) — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Hungarian: kórtörténet — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Icelandic: saga — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Indonesian: riwayat — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Italian: precedenti — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Italian: anamnesi — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Japanese: 病歴 (byōreki) — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Japanese: 既往歴 (kiōreki) — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Japanese: 診療録 (shinryōroku) — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Japanese: カルテ (karute) — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Korean: 병력 (byeongnyeok) — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Latvian: slimības vēsture — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Lithuanian: ligos istorija — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Iranian Persian: سابِقِه (sâbeġe) — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Iranian Persian: پیشینِه (pišine) — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Polish: historia choroby — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Portuguese: histórico médico — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Portuguese: anamnese — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Russian: исто́рия (istórija) — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Russian: исто́рия боле́зни (istórija bolézni) — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Serbo-Croatian: хѝсто̄рија — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Serbo-Croatian: ѝсто̄рија — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̏вије̄ст — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̏ве̄ст — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Serbo-Croatian: hìstōrija — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Serbo-Croatian: ìstōrija — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȍvijēst — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȍvēst — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȍvijēst bȍlēsti — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Serbo-Croatian: anamnéza — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Slovene: zgodovina (bolezni) — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Spanish: antecedentes — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Spanish: historia clínica — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Spanish: historial — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Swahili: historia — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Swedish: historik — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Turkish: ilaç geçmişi — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Vietnamese: lịch sử — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Welsh: hanes (meddygol) — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Zazaki: vêrde — medicine: list of past and continuing medical conditions — see also anamnesis
  • Afrikaans: geskiedenis — computing: record of previous user events
  • Arabic: مَحْفُوظَات (maḥfūẓāt) — computing: record of previous user events
  • Armenian: պատմություն (patmutʻyun) — computing: record of previous user events
  • Balinese: babad — computing: record of previous user events
  • Betawi: riwayat — computing: record of previous user events
  • Bulgarian: исто́рия (istórija) — computing: record of previous user events
  • Catalan: històric — computing: record of previous user events
  • Chinese Mandarin: 歷史 /历史 (lìshǐ) — computing: record of previous user events
  • Chinese Mandarin: 歷史記錄 /历史记录 (lìshǐ jìlù) — computing: record of previous user events
  • Czech: historie — computing: record of previous user events
  • Danish: historik — computing: record of previous user events
  • Esperanto: historio — computing: record of previous user events
  • Estonian: ajalugu — computing: record of previous user events
  • Finnish: historia — computing: record of previous user events
  • Finnish: käyttäjähistoria — computing: record of previous user events
  • French: historique — computing: record of previous user events
  • Georgian: ისტორია (isṭoria) — computing: record of previous user events
  • German: Verlauf — computing: record of previous user events
  • Greek: ιστορικό (istorikó) — computing: record of previous user events
  • Hebrew: הִסְטוֹרְיָה — computing: record of previous user events
  • Hebrew: היסטוריה (história) — computing: record of previous user events
  • Hungarian: előzmények — computing: record of previous user events
  • Indonesian: riwayat — computing: record of previous user events
  • Interlingua: historia — computing: record of previous user events
  • Italian: cronologia — computing: record of previous user events
  • Japanese: 履歴 (rireki) — computing: record of previous user events
  • Javanese: sajarah — computing: record of previous user events
  • Khmer: ប្រវត្តិ (prɑɑvŏət) — computing: record of previous user events
  • Marathi: हिस्टरी (hisṭarī) — computing: record of previous user events
  • Norwegian Bokmål: historikk — computing: record of previous user events
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: historikk — computing: record of previous user events
  • Iranian Persian: تاریخْچِه (târixče) — computing: record of previous user events
  • Polish: historia — computing: record of previous user events
  • Portuguese: histórico — computing: record of previous user events
  • Russian: исто́рия (istórija) — computing: record of previous user events
  • Serbo-Croatian: хѝсто̄рија — computing: record of previous user events
  • Serbo-Croatian: ѝсто̄рија — computing: record of previous user events
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̏вије̄ст — computing: record of previous user events
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̏ве̄ст — computing: record of previous user events
  • Serbo-Croatian: hìstōrija — computing: record of previous user events
  • Serbo-Croatian: ìstōrija — computing: record of previous user events
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȍvijēst — computing: record of previous user events
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȍvēst — computing: record of previous user events
  • Spanish: historia — computing: record of previous user events
  • Spanish: historial — computing: record of previous user events
  • Spanish: registro — computing: record of previous user events
  • Sundanese: jujutan — computing: record of previous user events
  • Swahili: historia — computing: record of previous user events
  • Swedish: historik — computing: record of previous user events
  • Turkish: tarih düşmek — computing: record of previous user events
  • Turkish: kaydetmek — computing: record of previous user events
  • Turkish: kaydetmek — computing: record of previous user events
  • Vietnamese: lịch sử — computing: record of previous user events
  • Welsh: hanes (cyfrifiadurol) — computing: record of previous user events
  • Zazaki: vêrd — computing: record of previous user events
  • Belarusian: міну́лае (minúlaje) — something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant
  • Bulgarian: ми́нало (mínalo) — something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant
  • Finnish: mennyt — something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant
  • Finnish: menneisyys — something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant
  • Icelandic: úr sögunni — something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant
  • Icelandic: liðin tíð — something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant
  • Malayalam: ചരിത്രം (caritraṁ) — something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant
  • Russian: про́шлое (próšloje) — something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant
  • Turkish: tarih olmuş — something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant
  • Ukrainian: мину́ле (mynúle) — something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant
  • Zazaki: vêrdi — something that no longer exists or is no longer relevant
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