história

Borrowed from Latin historia (“history”), from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía, “learning through research, narration of what is learned”),^[1] from ἱστορέω (historéō, “to learn through research, to inquire”), from ἵστωρ (hístōr, “the one who knows, the expert, the judge”). First attested in c. 1416.

• IPA^(key): [ˈhiʃtoːrijɒ]
• Hyphenation: his‧tó‧ria
• Rhymes: -jɒ

história (plural históriák)

1. (archaic) story, tale

   Synonym: történet

2. (archaic) history

   Synonyms: történelem, történet

• história in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

• historia (pre-reform spelling)

Learned borrowing from Latin historia (“history”), from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía, “learning through research, narration of what is learned”), from ἱστορέω (historéō, “to learn through research, to inquire”), from ἵστωρ (hístōr, “the one who knows, the expert, the judge”). Doublet of estória.

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• Homophone: estória
• Hyphenation: his‧tó‧ri‧a

história f (plural histórias)

1. history
2. story

   Synonyms: estória, narrativa, conto

• Kabuverdianu: stória

• “história”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “história”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦistoːri̯a]

história f (relational adjective historický)

1. history

• “história”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025