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story
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?st??.?i/
- Rhymes: -???i
Etymology 1
From Middle English storie, storye, from Anglo-Norman estorie, from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ??????? (historí?, “learning through research”), from ??????? (historé?, “to research, inquire (and) record”), from ????? (híst?r, “the knowing, wise one”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”). Doublet of history and storey.
Alternative forms
- storie (obsolete)
Noun
story (plural stories)
- A sequence of real or fictional events; or, an account of such a sequence.
- Synonym: tome
- 1673, William Temple, An Essay upon the Advancement of Trade in Ireland
- it must be exploded for fabulous, with other relics of ancient story.
- June 1861, Edinburgh Review, The Kingdom of Italy
- Venice, with its unique city and its impressive story
- A lie, fiction.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lie
- (US, colloquial, usually pluralized) A soap opera.
- Synonym: serial
- 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things
- He stood on the doorstep for a minute, listening for sounds inside the house — a radio, a TV tuned to one of the stories […]
- (obsolete) History.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:
- […] who is so unread or so uncatechis'd in story, that hath not heard of many sects refusing books as a hindrance, and preserving their doctrine unmixt for many ages, only by unwritt'n traditions.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:
- A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account.
- Synonym: narrative
- (social media) A chronological collection of pictures or short videos published by a user on an application or website that is typically only available for a short period.
Usage notes
- (soap opera): Popularized in the 1950s, when soap operas were often billed as "continuing stories", the term "story" to describe a soap opera fell into disuse by the 21st century and is now used chiefly among older people and in rural areas. Other English-speaking countries used the term at its zenith as a "loaned" word from the United States.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Welsh: stori
Translations
Verb
story (third-person singular simple present stories, present participle storying, simple past and past participle storied)
- To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about.
- 1648, John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick
- It is storied of the brazen colossus in Rhodes, that it was seventy cubits high.
- 1648, John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick
Etymology 2
Probably as etymology 1, since historia already had this meaning in medieval Anglo-Latin. An alternative suggestion derives it from Old French *estoree (“a thing built, a building”), from estoree (“built”), feminine past participle of estorer (“to build”), from Latin instauro (“to construct, build, erect”).
Alternative forms
- storey (UK)
Noun
story (plural stories)
- (obsolete) A building or edifice.
- (chiefly US) A floor or level of a building; a storey.
- Synonyms: floor, level
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, chapter I:
- The lower story of the market-house was open on all four of its sides to the public square.
- (typography) Alternative form of storey
Translations
Usage notes
See storey.
References
Anagrams
- ryots, stroy, tyros
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French estoree, past participle of estorer. Alternatively, the same word as storie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?st?ri?(?)/, /?st??ri?(?)/
Noun
story (plural storyes) (rare)
- A level of a building.
- A line of paddles on a ship.
Descendants
- English: story, storey
References
- “st?r?(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-05.
Etymology 2
From Old French estorie, estoire.
Verb
story
- Alternative form of storie
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rumour
English
Etymology
From Old French rumeur, from Latin r?mor (“common talk”).
Pronunciation
- * (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??u?m?(?)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??u?m?/
Noun
rumour (countable and uncountable, plural rumours)
- Britain, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Ireland spelling of rumor
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 26:
- Dame Rumour outstrides me yet again.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 26:
- (obsolete) A prolonged, indistinct noise.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, JC II. iv. 18:
- Prithee, listen well; / I heard a bustling rumour like a fray, / And the wind brings it from the Capitol.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, JC II. iv. 18:
Verb
rumour (third-person singular simple present rumours, present participle rumouring, simple past and past participle rumoured)
- Commonwealth of Nations standard spelling of rumor.
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