histoire

Meaning

  1. story
  2. history
  3. (informal) lie, fantasy, invention
  4. misadventure

Concepts

history

story

tale

account

fairy tale

legend

narrative

chronicle

origin

report

narration

yarn

risqué story

love story

English history

fish story

wordless cartoon

development

omen

historical fact

tradition

novel

derivation

destiny

reason

source

chat

conversation

speech

talk

historical aspects

genealogy

battle

brawl

conflict

news report

write up

fib

taradiddle

tarradiddle

incident

plot

storyline

past

historical development

iconography

lie

prevarication

hank

description

recital

recounting

fairytale

Frequency

A1
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/is.twaʁ/
Etymology

From Middle French histoire, from Old French istorie (ca. 1100), borrowed from Latin historia, itself from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía).

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