chronicle
pronunciation
How to pronounce chronicle in British English:
UK [ˈkrɒnɪkl]
How to pronounce chronicle in American English:
US [ˈkrɑːnɪkl]
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- Noun:
- a record or narrative description of past events
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- Verb:
- record in chronological order; make a historical record
Word Origin
- chronicle
- chronicle: [14] English has a number of words derived from Greek khrónos ‘time’, among them chronology [16], chronometer ‘timepiece’ [18], and crony. And from its adjective kronikós ‘of time’ comes English chronic [15], by way of Latin chronicus, which in medieval times picked up the medical connotations which characterize the word today.Greek bíblia khroniká meant ‘books about time’; hence khroniká came to be used on its own for ‘historical records’, passing via Latin chronica and Old French chronique to Anglo-Norman, where it acquired a new ending, cronicle. English took it over, and restored the Latin ch- spelling in the 16th century.=> anachronism, chronic, chronology
- chronicle (n.)
- c. 1300, cronicle, from Anglo-French cronicle, from Old French cronique "chronicle" (Modern French chronique), from Latin chronica (neuter plural mistaken for fem. singular), from Greek ta khronika (biblia) "the (books of) annals, chronology," neuter plural of khronikos "of time, concerning time," from khronos "time" (see chrono-). Ending modified in Anglo-French, perhaps by influence of article. Old English had cranic "chronicle," cranicwritere "chronicler." The classical -h- was restored in English from 16c.
- chronicle (v.)
- c. 1400, croniclen, from chronicle (n.). Related: Chronicled; chronicling.
Example
- 1. At the san francisco chronicle it fell by 26 % .
- 2. The arab leans over , flicks the edge of the punk rock musician 's opened chronicle .
- 3. Thesan francisco chronicle , founded in 1865 , is trimming its already pared-down staff in an attempt to avoid closure .
- 4. They watch idly as the other passenger installs a black instrument case , slaps a san francisco chronicle on her table and sets down a fast-food bag .
- 5. And just weeks ago , former first lady barbara bush wrote an opinion piece in the houston chronicle opposing education budget cuts on the grounds that texas students ranked in the bottom 10 percent in math and literacy nationally .