chronicle

== 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 Rhymes: -ɒnɪkəl === 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 ==== Translations ====