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(hĭ-stôr'ĭ-kəl, -stŏr'-) pronunciation
adj.
    1. Of or relating to the character of history.
    2. Based on or concerned with events in history.
    3. Used in the past: historical costumes; historical weapons.
  1. Important or famous in history. See Usage Note at historic.
  2. Diachronic.
historically his·tor'i·cal·ly adv.
historicalness his·tor'i·cal·ness n.

historical

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adj

Definition: actually having happened
Antonyms: contemporary, fictional

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Relating to real events of the past.

pronunciation Despite it being fiction, the novel was historically based and quite accurate.

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Historical

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - historisk, historie-

idioms:

  • historical fiction    historisk fiktion

Nederlands (Dutch)
historisch, geschiedkundig, waar gebeurd, naar waarheid verteld

Français (French)
adj. - historique

idioms:

  • historical fiction    fiction historique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - historisch, geschichtlich

idioms:

  • historical fiction    Roman auf Basis geschichtlicher Ereignisse

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ιστορικός, (μτφ.) μνημειώδης

idioms:

  • historical fiction    ιστορικό μυθιστόρημα

Italiano (Italian)
storico

idioms:

  • historical fiction    romanzo storico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - histórico

idioms:

  • historical fiction    romance (m) histórico

Русский (Russian)
исторический, исторически достоверный

idioms:

  • historical fiction    историческое предназначение

Español (Spanish)
adj. - histórico, memorable

idioms:

  • historical fiction    ficción histórica

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - historisk

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
历史的, 历史上的, 史实的

idioms:

  • historical fiction    历史小说

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 歷史的, 歷史上的, 史實的

idioms:

  • historical fiction    歷史小說

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 역사상의, 역사적인, 역사에 바탕을 둔

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 歴史の, 歴史上の, 史実に基づく, 歴史的な

idioms:

  • historical fiction    歴史的フィクション

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) تاريخي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮היסטורי‬


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