transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhis-t(ə-)rē ]
noun
( plural -ries )
Etymology: Middle English histoire, historie, from Anglo-French estoire, histoire, from Latin historia, from Greek, inquiry, history, from histōr, istōr knowing, learned; akin to Greek eidenai to know — more at wit
Date: 14th century
1. : tale , story
2.
a. : a chronological record of significant events (as affecting a nation or institution) often including an explanation of their causes
b. : a treatise presenting systematically related natural phenomena
c. : an account of a patient's medical background
d. : an established record
a prisoner with a history of violence
3. : a branch of knowledge that records and explains past events
medieval history
4.
a. : events that form the subject matter of a history
b. : events of the past
c. : one that is finished or done for
the winning streak was history
you're history
d. : previous treatment, handling, or experience (as of a metal)