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chronicle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɹɑnɪkl̩/ (General-American)
  • /ˈkɹɒnɪkəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

  1. A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.
    • Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy—[…]—distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its flavor. 1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter I (Anarchy), page 373, column 2:
    • Also a choice cachinatory chronicle, entitled "How to Laugh, and what to Laugh at." 1841, Punch, or The London Charivari:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
chronicles Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Chronicler · chronicular · unchronicled

Relateds

chronological · chronology · chronist · chronistic · chronistically · Chronist · Chronistic · Chronicles · chronicler

Synonyms

prehistory (account of events and when they happened) · record (account of events and when they happened) · diary (account of events and when they happened) · version (account of events and when they happened) · chronicon (account of events and when they happened) · report (account of events and when they happened) · history (account of events and when they happened) · narration (account of events and when they happened) · archives (account of events and when they happened) · recital (account of events and when they happened) · register (account of events and when they happened) · recountal (account of events and when they happened) · annals (account of events and when they happened) · journal (account of events and when they happened) · story (account of events and when they happened)

Translations (83)

pl dziejopismo (a written account) · uk літо́пис (a written account) · nds-de Chrönk (a written account) · la annales (a written account) · nn krønike (a written account) · ar تَارِيخ (a written account) · tr kronik (a written account) · hi इतिवृत्त (a written account) · tr vakayiname (a written account) · km កាលប្រវត្តិ (a written account) · el χρονικό (a written account) · be хро́ніка (a written account) · sl kronika (a written account) · ja 記録 (a written account) · ru ле́топись (a written account) · ru хро́ника (a written account) · ang cranic (a written account) · de Chronik (a written account) · hu krónika (a written account) · sq kronikë (a written account) · sh ле̏топӣс (a written account) · ro cronică (a written account) · cmn 編年史 /编年史 (a written account) · id babad (a written account) · uk хро́ніка (a written account) · kk жылнама (a written account) · ms riwayat (a written account) · lv hronika (a written account) · ka მატიანე (a written account) · pl kronika (a written account) · it notizia (a written account) · mk хроника (a written account) · pt crônica (a written account) · af kroniek (a written account) · nds-de Chröönk (a written account) · la annales (a written account) · ga leabhar oiris (a written account) · ko 연대기 (a written account) · tl kronika (a written account) · id kronik (a written account) · pt crónica (a written account) · hi कारनामा (a written account) · mi tuhinga taki (a written account) · nl kroniek (a written account) · fi aikakirja (a written account) · sv krönika (a written account) · sh krònika (a written account) · es crónica (a written account) · it cronaca (a written account) · ky жылнама (a written account) · io kroniko (a written account) · ko 년대기 (a written account) · my ရာဇဝင် (a written account) · cmn 記事 /记事 (a written account) · hy ժամանակագրություն (a written account) · sh кро̀ника (a written account) · nb krønike (a written account) · fi kronikka (a written account) · ca crònica (a written account) · nrf chronique (a written account) · fr chronique (a written account) · pl dziejopis (a written account) · bg летопи́с (a written account) · et ajaraamat (a written account) · frr krönk (a written account) · bg хро́ника (a written account) · sh ljȅtopīs (a written account) · ba йылъяҙма (a written account) · ga croinic (a written account) · be ле́тапіс (a written account) · la chronica (a written account) · lt kronika (a written account) · et kroonika (a written account) · mk летопис (a written account) · ja 年代記 (a written account) · cs kronika (a written account) · id tarikh (a written account) · sk kronika (a written account) · sh lȅtopīs (a written account) · sh ље̏топӣс (a written account) · ky жылбаян (a written account) · ms babad (a written account) · da krønike (a written account)

chronicle en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɹɑnɪkl̩/ (General-American)
  • /ˈkɹɒnɪkəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To record in or as in a chronicle.
    • The stars also worked on a Disney+ docuseries chronicling the purchase and stewardship of the club, who currently play in the National League, which was being filmed when the King and Queen Consort visited. 2022 December 9, “Wrexham: King and Queen Consort meet Hollywood royalty”, in BBC News:
    • As the board’s director, Ms. Jankowicz, 33, bore the brunt of the attacks, a subject she knows well. Her most recent book, called “How to Be a Woman Online,” chronicles abuses she and other women face from trolls and other malign actors on the internet. 2022 May 18, Steven Lee Myers, “A Panel to Combat Disinformation Becomes a Victim of It”, in The New York Times:
    • The posterists of Austin chronicled the changing social landscape and graphically redefined Texas for the rest of the country and the world […] 2015, Alan Schaefer, Joe Nick Patoski, Nels Jacobson, Homegrown: Austin Music Posters 1967 to 1982, page 17:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
chronicles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
chronicled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
chronicled Tense=Past lexicographic
chronicling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

record (record in a chronicle)

Translations (1)

es cronificar (Translations)