storie
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɔː.ɹi/
- Rhymes: -ɔːɹi
Afrikaans
Friulian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορίᾱ (historíā).
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French estorie, estoire, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía). Doublet of historie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɔriː(ə)/, /ˈstɔːriː(ə)/
Noun
storie (plural stories or (rare, Early ME) storien)
- The spoken or textual recounting of historic events or happenings as a story.
- The visual portrayal of historic events or happenings as a story.
- The spoken or textual recounting of mythic or fictional events taken as real as a story.
- A work used as a basis or to source (often another work etc.)
- History; the discipline of studying the past or the knowledge produced by it.
- (rare) Past happenings or occurrences (including mythic or purported events)
- (rare) A situation or scenario; a series of factors.
- (rare) A funny or laugh-inducing quip.
- (rare) The signification (especially literal) of something.
References
- “stōrī(e, n.(1).” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-05.
Etymology 2
From storie (noun).
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