nonfiction

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h1óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *dheyǵh- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *dhinéǵhti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fictiōder. Old French ficcionbor. Middle English ficcioun English fiction English nonfiction From non- + fiction.

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 非虛構文學 /非虚构文学 (fēi-xūgòu wénxué) — written works intended to give facts
• Czech: literatura faktu — written works intended to give facts
• Danish: faglitteratur — written works intended to give facts
• Dutch: non-fictie — written works intended to give facts
• Esperanto: nefikcio — written works intended to give facts
• Finnish: tietokirjallisuus — written works intended to give facts
• French: non-fiction — written works intended to give facts
• Georgian: დოკუმენტური ლიტერატურა (doḳumenṭuri liṭeraṭura) — written works intended to give facts
• Georgian: სამეცნიერო ლიტერატურა (samecniero liṭeraṭura) — written works intended to give facts
• Georgian: არამხატვრული ლიტერატურა (aramxaṭvruli liṭeraṭura) — written works intended to give facts
• Georgian: აკადემიური ლიტერატურა (aḳademiuri liṭeraṭura) — written works intended to give facts
• German: Sachliteratur — written works intended to give facts
• Hungarian: ismeretterjesztő — written works intended to give facts
• Italian: saggistico — written works intended to give facts
• Italian: saggistica — written works intended to give facts
• Japanese: ノンフィクション (nonfikushon) — written works intended to give facts
• Macedonian: стручна литерату́ра (stručna literatúra) — written works intended to give facts
• Macedonian: на́учно-документа́рна литерату́ра (náučno-dokumentárna literatúra) — written works intended to give facts
• Norwegian: faglitteratur — written works intended to give facts
• Old English: sōþspell — written works intended to give facts
• Persian: غیرداستان (ġeyr-e-dâstân) — written works intended to give facts
• Polish: literatura faktu — written works intended to give facts
• Russian: документа́льная литерату́ра (dokumentálʹnaja literatúra) — written works intended to give facts
• Spanish: no ficción — written works intended to give facts
• Swahili: sibunilizi — written works intended to give facts
• Swedish: facklitteratur — written works intended to give facts
• Thai: สารคดี (sǎa-rá-ká-dii) — written works intended to give facts
• Vietnamese: phi hư cấu — written works intended to give facts
• Vietnamese: không hư cấu — written works intended to give facts