histoire/is.twaʁ/
noun · A2 · Frequency 315
nounfeminine
Meanings
story
Refers to a narrated event or fictional content
history
Refers to the record of past real events
lie, invention
Informal use referring to fabricated or untrue content
misadventure
Refers to an accident or unfortunate event
Examples
Le professeur raconte une histoire amusante aux enfants.
The teacher tells the children a funny story.
L'histoire de cette ville commence au Moyen Âge.
The history of this city begins in the Middle Ages.
Je ne crois pas à son histoire de téléphone perdu.
I do not believe his story about losing his phone.
Après une histoire avec son voisin, il a déménagé.
After an unpleasant incident with his neighbor, he moved away.
Collocations
- raconter une histoireto tell a story
- étudier l'histoireto study history
- inventer une histoireto invent a story
Common mistakes
Cette histoir est fascinante.
Cette histoire est fascinante.
The final silent e must not be omitted; for the sense “story,” the correct spelling of histoire is histoire.
Related words
synonymrécitaccount, narrative, tale
nounfeminine
Meanings
story
Refers to a narrated event or fictional content
history
Refers to the record of past real events
lie, invention
Informal use referring to fabricated or untrue content
misadventure
Refers to an accident or unfortunate event
Examples
Les histoires que ma grand-mère racontait avant de dormir me fascinaient.
The stories my grandmother told before bedtime fascinated me.
Les histoires de ces deux villes sont étroitement liées.
The histories of these two cities are closely connected.
Ne me raconte pas des histoires, je sais exactement ce qui s'est passé.
Do not tell me lies; I know exactly what happened.
Après leurs histoires avec la police, ils ont quitté le quartier.
After their troubles with the police, they left the neighborhood.