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
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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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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)