English Online Dictionary. What means chronicle? What does chronicle mean?
English
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”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɒnɪkəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɑnɪkl̩/
- Hyphenation: chron‧i‧cle
Noun
chronicle (plural chronicles)
- A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.
Usage notes
- Often used in the title of a newspaper, as in Pennsylvania Chronicle.
Synonyms
- (account of events and when they happened): annals, archives, chronicon, diary, history, journal, narration, prehistory, recital, record, recountal, register, report, story, version
Derived terms
Related terms
- chronicler
- Chronicles
- chronist; Chronist; chronistically
- chronistic; Chronistic
- chronology; chronological
Translations
Verb
chronicle (third-person singular simple present chronicles, present participle chronicling, simple past and past participle chronicled)
- (transitive) To record in or as in a chronicle.
Synonyms
- (record in a chronicle): record