English dictionary, thesaurus, translations & etymology
FreeDict.com

historique — meaning in English

French → English · translate English → French instead

English meaning

  • background noun The part of a scene or image that lies behind the main subject.
  • historic adj Important or significant enough to be remembered in history.
  • historical adj Relating to history or the past, especially as recorded and studied, as opposed to legend or fiction.
  • history noun The study of past events, or the events themselves considered together.
  • journal noun A personal diary where someone regularly records thoughts or events.

Senses

historique is used for these senses in English:

  • background Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
  • historic Very important; noteworthy: having importance or significance in history.
  • historical (uncommon) Synonym of historic: important or likely to be important to history and historians.
  • history (countable, medicine) A list of past and continuing medical conditions of an individual or family.
  • history (countable, computing) A record of previous user events, especially of visited web pages in a browser.
  • journal (accounting) A chronological record of payments or receipts.
  • journal (computing) A chronological record of changes made to a database or other system; along with a backup or image copy that allows recovery after a failure or reinstatement to a previous time; a log.

background — full definition

  1. noun The part of a scene or image that lies behind the main subject.
  2. noun A person's history, education, or experience.
  3. adj Less prominent or noticeable; running behind the main action.
  4. verb To gather relevant background information on a person or subject.

Related French words