See backstory in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "prefix"
},
"expansion": "prefix",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "back",
"3": "story",
"pos1": "prefix meaning ‘in, into, or towards the past’"
},
"expansion": "back- (prefix meaning ‘in, into, or towards the past’) + story",
"name": "prefix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From back- (prefix meaning ‘in, into, or towards the past’) + story.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "backstories",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "backstory (plural backstories)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"back‧story"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Film",
"orig": "en:Film",
"parents": [
"Entertainment",
"Mass media",
"Culture",
"Media",
"Society",
"Communication",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Narratology",
"orig": "en:Narratology",
"parents": [
"Drama",
"Literature",
"Theater",
"Culture",
"Entertainment",
"Writing",
"Art",
"Society",
"Human behaviour",
"Language",
"All topics",
"Human",
"Communication",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Television",
"orig": "en:Television",
"parents": [
"Broadcasting",
"Mass media",
"Media",
"Telecommunications",
"Culture",
"Communication",
"Technology",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "What’s the backstory of our new colleague?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2004 January 15, Kelly Kleiman, “Her side of the story [review of Ophelia by Bryony Lavery, performed by the Camenae Ensemble Theatre Company]”, in Chicago Reader, Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Reader, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-05-26:",
"text": "These backstories cast the characters' behavior in a new light: of course Gertrude would promptly marry the man who saved her from abuse; of course Ophelia would be desperate and indiscreet in seeking Hamlet's love.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2005 July 15, A[nthony] O[liver] Scott, “Looking for the candy, finding a back story [review of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-10-08:",
"text": "Inexplicably, and at great risk to the integrity of the movie, the filmmakers have burdened him with a psychological back story pulled out of a folder in some studio filing cabinet. Why does [Willy] Wonka spend his days confecting sweets?",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2013 March 1, Kaz [i.e., Kazimieras Gediminas Prapuolenis], Kim Roberson, Aliki Theofilopoulos Grafft, John Mathot, “Sidetracked”, in Phineas and Ferb, season 4, episode 7, spoken by Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz (Dan Povenmire):",
"text": "Agent Lyla: Enough back story! / Dr. Doofenshmirtz: Actually, that's not, uh … that's not really a back story, it's just expositional flashback. It doesn't, uh, have any childhood trauma, it's doesn't really inform who he is, it's not … it's just flashback. There's a difference. It's subtle, but there's a difference.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2017 December 27, “Editorial: The Guardian view on Prince Harry: the monarchy’s best insurance policy”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-29:",
"text": "Prince Harry may yet turn out to be the crown’s best insurance policy. By marrying Meghan Markle, he is linking royalty with a 21st-century celebrity who has a backstory that many people in Britain can identify with.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The previous experiences and life of a person, specifically (narratology, especially in film, television) a character in a dramatic work."
],
"id": "en-backstory-en-noun-uzHDBaIJ",
"links": [
[
"previous",
"previous#Adjective"
],
[
"experiences",
"experience#Noun"
],
[
"life",
"life#Noun"
],
[
"narratology",
"narratology"
],
[
"film",
"film#Noun"
],
[
"television",
"television"
],
[
"character",
"character#Noun"
],
[
"dramatic",
"dramatic#Adjective"
],
[
"work",
"work#Noun"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "background story"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "agtergrond"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "agtergrondinligting"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "agtergrondverhaal"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "خلفية درامية"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "pichoner golpo",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "পিছনের গল্প"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "bui³ ging² gu² zai²",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "背景故仔"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bèijǐng gùshì",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "背景故事"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "taustatarina"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "toile de fond"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Backstory"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hintergrundgeschichte"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Vorgeschichte"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "előtörténet"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "háttértörténet"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"alt": "はいけい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "haikei",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "背景"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"alt": "うらばなし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "urabanashi",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "裏話"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "bakkusutōrī",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "バックストーリー"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dwisiyagi",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "뒷이야기"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "predistórija",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "предисто́рија"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "latar tempat"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "پیشینه داستان"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "historia"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "przedakcja"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "realia"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "história de fundo"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "piṭṭha-kahāṇī",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "ਪਿੱਠ-ਕਹਾਣੀ"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predystórija",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "предысто́рия"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "historia de fondo"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bakgrundsberättelse"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bakgrundshistoria"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 17 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "peredistórija",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "передісто́рія"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Espionage",
"orig": "en:Espionage",
"parents": [
"Deception",
"Secrecy",
"Security",
"Ethics",
"Human behaviour",
"Society",
"Philosophy",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Law enforcement",
"orig": "en:Law enforcement",
"parents": [
"Crime prevention",
"Emergency services",
"Law",
"Crime",
"Public safety",
"Justice",
"Criminal law",
"Society",
"Public administration",
"Security",
"All topics",
"Government",
"Fundamental",
"Politics"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "13 80 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "35 46 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with back-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 79 10",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "7 85 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "5 90 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "28 67 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Afrikaans translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "11 80 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Arabic translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 67 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Bengali translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 81 10",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Cantonese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 79 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "9 83 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 81 10",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "28 67 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "7 86 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 79 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Korean translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "28 67 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Macedonian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "28 67 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Malay translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 77 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "28 67 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Persian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 76 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Polish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 68 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 79 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Punjabi translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "7 86 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "5 85 10",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "11 80 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 79 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A fictitious account of a person's history designed to conceal their actual history and motives."
],
"id": "en-backstory-en-noun-EMmFW6Ud",
"links": [
[
"espionage",
"espionage"
],
[
"law enforcement",
"law enforcement"
],
[
"fictitious",
"fictitious"
],
[
"account",
"account#Noun"
],
[
"person",
"person#Noun"
],
[
"history",
"history#Noun"
],
[
"designed",
"design#Verb"
],
[
"conceal",
"conceal"
],
[
"actual",
"actual#Adjective"
],
[
"motives",
"motive#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly espionage, law enforcement) A fictitious account of a person's history designed to conceal their actual history and motives."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cover story"
}
],
"topics": [
"espionage",
"government",
"law-enforcement",
"military",
"politics",
"war"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "7 93 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fictitious account of a person's history designed to conceal their actual history and motives",
"word": "peitetarina"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 93 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fictitious account of a person's history designed to conceal their actual history and motives",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "couverture"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 93 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "legénda",
"sense": "fictitious account of a person's history designed to conceal their actual history and motives",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "леге́нда"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Film",
"orig": "en:Film",
"parents": [
"Entertainment",
"Mass media",
"Culture",
"Media",
"Society",
"Communication",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Television",
"orig": "en:Television",
"parents": [
"Broadcasting",
"Mass media",
"Media",
"Telecommunications",
"Culture",
"Communication",
"Technology",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A prequel."
],
"id": "en-backstory-en-noun-wpxDQcXQ",
"links": [
[
"film",
"film#Noun"
],
[
"television",
"television"
],
[
"prequel",
"prequel"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(film, television) A prequel."
],
"topics": [
"broadcasting",
"film",
"media",
"television"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbækˌstɔːɹi/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-backstory.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-backstory.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-backstory.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-backstory.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-backstory.wav.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbækˌstɔɹi/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "back-story"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "back story"
}
],
"word": "backstory"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms prefixed with back-",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Requests for gender in Arabic entries",
"Terms with Afrikaans translations",
"Terms with Arabic translations",
"Terms with Bengali translations",
"Terms with Cantonese translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Korean translations",
"Terms with Macedonian translations",
"Terms with Malay translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Persian translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Punjabi translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"Terms with Ukrainian translations"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "prefix"
},
"expansion": "prefix",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "back",
"3": "story",
"pos1": "prefix meaning ‘in, into, or towards the past’"
},
"expansion": "back- (prefix meaning ‘in, into, or towards the past’) + story",
"name": "prefix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From back- (prefix meaning ‘in, into, or towards the past’) + story.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "backstories",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "backstory (plural backstories)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"back‧story"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"en:Film",
"en:Narratology",
"en:Television"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "What’s the backstory of our new colleague?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2004 January 15, Kelly Kleiman, “Her side of the story [review of Ophelia by Bryony Lavery, performed by the Camenae Ensemble Theatre Company]”, in Chicago Reader, Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Reader, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-05-26:",
"text": "These backstories cast the characters' behavior in a new light: of course Gertrude would promptly marry the man who saved her from abuse; of course Ophelia would be desperate and indiscreet in seeking Hamlet's love.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2005 July 15, A[nthony] O[liver] Scott, “Looking for the candy, finding a back story [review of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-10-08:",
"text": "Inexplicably, and at great risk to the integrity of the movie, the filmmakers have burdened him with a psychological back story pulled out of a folder in some studio filing cabinet. Why does [Willy] Wonka spend his days confecting sweets?",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2013 March 1, Kaz [i.e., Kazimieras Gediminas Prapuolenis], Kim Roberson, Aliki Theofilopoulos Grafft, John Mathot, “Sidetracked”, in Phineas and Ferb, season 4, episode 7, spoken by Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz (Dan Povenmire):",
"text": "Agent Lyla: Enough back story! / Dr. Doofenshmirtz: Actually, that's not, uh … that's not really a back story, it's just expositional flashback. It doesn't, uh, have any childhood trauma, it's doesn't really inform who he is, it's not … it's just flashback. There's a difference. It's subtle, but there's a difference.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2017 December 27, “Editorial: The Guardian view on Prince Harry: the monarchy’s best insurance policy”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-29:",
"text": "Prince Harry may yet turn out to be the crown’s best insurance policy. By marrying Meghan Markle, he is linking royalty with a 21st-century celebrity who has a backstory that many people in Britain can identify with.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The previous experiences and life of a person, specifically (narratology, especially in film, television) a character in a dramatic work."
],
"links": [
[
"previous",
"previous#Adjective"
],
[
"experiences",
"experience#Noun"
],
[
"life",
"life#Noun"
],
[
"narratology",
"narratology"
],
[
"film",
"film#Noun"
],
[
"television",
"television"
],
[
"character",
"character#Noun"
],
[
"dramatic",
"dramatic#Adjective"
],
[
"work",
"work#Noun"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "background story"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Espionage",
"en:Law enforcement"
],
"glosses": [
"A fictitious account of a person's history designed to conceal their actual history and motives."
],
"links": [
[
"espionage",
"espionage"
],
[
"law enforcement",
"law enforcement"
],
[
"fictitious",
"fictitious"
],
[
"account",
"account#Noun"
],
[
"person",
"person#Noun"
],
[
"history",
"history#Noun"
],
[
"designed",
"design#Verb"
],
[
"conceal",
"conceal"
],
[
"actual",
"actual#Adjective"
],
[
"motives",
"motive#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly espionage, law enforcement) A fictitious account of a person's history designed to conceal their actual history and motives."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cover story"
}
],
"topics": [
"espionage",
"government",
"law-enforcement",
"military",
"politics",
"war"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Film",
"en:Television"
],
"glosses": [
"A prequel."
],
"links": [
[
"film",
"film#Noun"
],
[
"television",
"television"
],
[
"prequel",
"prequel"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(film, television) A prequel."
],
"topics": [
"broadcasting",
"film",
"media",
"television"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbækˌstɔːɹi/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-backstory.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-backstory.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-backstory.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-backstory.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-backstory.wav.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbækˌstɔɹi/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "back-story"
},
{
"word": "back story"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "agtergrond"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "agtergrondinligting"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "agtergrondverhaal"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "خلفية درامية"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "pichoner golpo",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "পিছনের গল্প"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "bui³ ging² gu² zai²",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "背景故仔"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bèijǐng gùshì",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "背景故事"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "taustatarina"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "toile de fond"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Backstory"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hintergrundgeschichte"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Vorgeschichte"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "előtörténet"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "háttértörténet"
},
{
"alt": "はいけい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "haikei",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "背景"
},
{
"alt": "うらばなし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "urabanashi",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "裏話"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "bakkusutōrī",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "バックストーリー"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dwisiyagi",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "뒷이야기"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "predistórija",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "предисто́рија"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "latar tempat"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "پیشینه داستان"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "historia"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "przedakcja"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "realia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "história de fundo"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "piṭṭha-kahāṇī",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"word": "ਪਿੱਠ-ਕਹਾਣੀ"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predystórija",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "предысто́рия"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "historia de fondo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bakgrundsberättelse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bakgrundshistoria"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "peredistórija",
"sense": "previous experiences and life of a person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "передісто́рія"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fictitious account of a person's history designed to conceal their actual history and motives",
"word": "peitetarina"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fictitious account of a person's history designed to conceal their actual history and motives",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "couverture"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "legénda",
"sense": "fictitious account of a person's history designed to conceal their actual history and motives",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "леге́нда"
}
],
"word": "backstory"
}
Download raw JSONL data for backstory meaning in English (10.8kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.