"prehistory" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: prehistories [plural]
Etymology: From pre- (“before”) + history, first attested in the Foreign Quarterly Review in 1836, after the model of prehistoric, from French préhistorique. Etymology templates: {{af|en|pre-|history|t1=before}} pre- (“before”) + history Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} prehistory (countable and uncountable, plural prehistories)
  1. The time before written records in any area of the world; the events and conditions of those times. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Time Synonyms: prehistoric age Translations (study of events and conditions before written records): նախապատմություն (naxapatmutʻyun) (Armenian), prehistoria [feminine] (Asturian), prehistòria [feminine] (Catalan), 史前史 (shǐqiánshǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), pravěk [masculine] (Czech), forhistorie (Danish), prehistorie [feminine] (Dutch), prahistorio (Esperanto), esihistoria (Finnish), préhistoire [feminine] (French), prehistoria [feminine] (Galician), პრეისტორია (ṗreisṭoria) (Georgian), წინარეისტორია (c̣inareisṭoria) (Georgian), Vorgeschichte [feminine] (German), Urgeschichte [feminine] (German), preistoria [feminine] (Italian), 先史学 (senshigaku) (alt: せんしがく) (Japanese), 선사학 (seonsahak) (alt: 先史學) (Korean), праисторија (praistorija) [feminine] (Macedonian), prasejarah (Malay), ڤراسجاره [Jawi] (Malay), préhistouaithe [feminine] (Norman), pêşdîrok [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), forhistorie [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), forhistorie [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), prehistoria [feminine] (Polish), pré-história [feminine] (Portuguese), праисто́рия (praistórija) [feminine] (Russian), преисто́рия (preistórija) [feminine] (Russian), доисто́рия (doistórija) [feminine] (Russian), prethistorija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), prahistorija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pretpovijest [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), prapovijest [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), prehistorija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pravek [masculine] (Slovak), prazgodovina [feminine] (Slovene), prehistoria [feminine] (Spanish), förhistoria [common-gender] (Swedish), prehistorya (Turkish), tarih öncesi (Turkish), передісто́рія (peredistórija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), thời tiền sử (Vietnamese), rujenav (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-prehistory-en-noun-ltEWvwNu Disambiguation of Time: 43 11 46 0 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with pre- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 26 10 31 33 Disambiguation of 'study of events and conditions before written records': 48 5 33 14
  2. The study of those times. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-prehistory-en-noun-MSzEMke4 Disambiguation of Time: 43 11 46 0 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with pre- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 26 10 31 33
  3. (humorous, hyperbolic) Any past time (even recent) treated as such a distant, unknowable era. Tags: countable, excessive, humorous, uncountable Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-prehistory-en-noun-hc-aSfRg Disambiguation of Time: 43 11 46 0 Categories (other): English hyperboles, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Burmese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Volapük translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 1 57 20 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 26 10 31 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 3 53 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 2 54 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 1 57 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 22 3 53 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 23 3 53 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 22 3 53 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 22 3 53 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 22 3 53 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 22 3 53 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 22 3 53 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Burmese translations: 21 4 52 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 22 3 53 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 22 4 51 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 21 2 57 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 23 5 49 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 23 3 51 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 3 53 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 23 4 49 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 22 3 53 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 26 4 49 21 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 3 53 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 22 3 53 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 21 4 52 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 22 3 53 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 23 3 52 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 23 3 52 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 22 3 53 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 22 3 53 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 22 3 53 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 21 4 52 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 22 3 53 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 22 1 58 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 22 4 52 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 22 1 58 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 22 4 51 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 21 3 50 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 22 3 53 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 23 3 52 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 22 3 53 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 22 3 53 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 22 3 53 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 22 3 53 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 22 3 53 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 22 3 53 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 22 3 53 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 22 3 53 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 23 3 51 23
  4. (often as pre-history) The history leading up to some event, condition, etc. Tags: countable, often, uncountable Categories (topical): Historiography Translations (history of events leaving up to something): նախապատմություն (naxapatmutʻyun) (Armenian), перадгісто́рыя (pjeradhistóryja) [feminine] (Belarusian), 發展背景 (Chinese Mandarin), 发展背景 (fāzhǎn bèijǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), forhistorie (Danish), historia (Finnish), préhistoire [feminine] (French), Vorgeschichte [feminine] (German), 前史 (zenshi) (alt: ぜんし) (Japanese), 전사 (jeonsa) (alt: 前史) (Korean), forhistorie [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), forhistorie [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), prehistoria [feminine] (Polish), предысто́рия (predystórija) [feminine] (Russian), передісто́рія (peredistórija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-prehistory-en-noun-09OLke-1 Disambiguation of Historiography: 11 9 9 70 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with pre- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 26 10 31 33 Disambiguation of 'history of events leaving up to something': 17 2 34 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pre-history Related terms: prehistorian, prehistoric Translations (era before written records): parahistori [feminine] (Albanian), عَصْر مَا قَبْلَ التَّارِيخ (ʕaṣr mā qabla t-tārīḵ) (Arabic), прагісто́рыя (prahistóryja) [feminine] (Belarusian), প্রাগিতিহাস (pragitihaś) (Bengali), праисто́рия (praistórija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), သမိုင်းမတိုင်မီခေတ် (sa.muing:ma.tuingmihket) (Burmese), 史前 (shǐqián) (Chinese Mandarin), 史前時代 (Chinese Mandarin), 史前时代 (shǐqián shídài) (Chinese Mandarin), pravěk [masculine] (Czech), esihistoriallinen aika (Finnish), préhistoire [feminine] (French), პრეისტორია (ṗreisṭoria) (Georgian), წინარეისტორია (c̣inareisṭoria) (Georgian), Vorzeit [feminine] (German), Urgeschichte [feminine] (German), פרהיסטוריה (Hebrew), प्रागितिहास (prāgitihās) [masculine] (Hindi), prasejarah (Indonesian), preistoria [feminine] (Italian), 先史時代 (senshi jidai) (alt: せんしじだい) (Japanese), 선사 시대 (seonsa sidae) (alt: 先史時代) (Korean), праисторија (praistorija) [feminine] (Macedonian), prehistoria [feminine] (Polish), preistorie [feminine] (Romanian), доистори́ческий пери́од (doistoríčeskij períod) [masculine] (Russian), праисто́рия (praistórija) [feminine] (Russian), преисто́рия (preistórija) [feminine] (Russian), доисто́рия (doistórija) [feminine] (Russian), pravek [masculine] (Slovak), prazgodovina [feminine] (Slovene), prehistorya (Turkish), tarih öncesi (Turkish), преісто́рія (preistórija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), доісто́рія (doistórija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), tiền sử (alt: 先史) (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'era before written records': 45 2 41 12

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "study of events and conditions before written records",
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          "word": "prazgodovina"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "study of events and conditions before written records",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "sense": "study of events and conditions before written records",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "study of events and conditions before written records",
          "word": "tarih öncesi"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "peredistórija",
          "sense": "study of events and conditions before written records",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "передісто́рія"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 5 33 14",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "study of events and conditions before written records",
          "word": "thời tiền sử"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 5 33 14",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "study of events and conditions before written records",
          "word": "rujenav"
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      "_dis1": "45 2 41 12",
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      "_dis1": "45 2 41 12",
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      "word": "史前"
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      "word": "პრეისტორია"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "pt",
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      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prahistorija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "study of events and conditions before written records",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pretpovijest"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "study of events and conditions before written records",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prapovijest"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "study of events and conditions before written records",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prehistorija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "study of events and conditions before written records",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pravek"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "study of events and conditions before written records",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prazgodovina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "study of events and conditions before written records",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prehistoria"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "study of events and conditions before written records",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "förhistoria"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "study of events and conditions before written records",
      "word": "prehistorya"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "study of events and conditions before written records",
      "word": "tarih öncesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "peredistórija",
      "sense": "study of events and conditions before written records",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "передісто́рія"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "study of events and conditions before written records",
      "word": "thời tiền sử"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "study of events and conditions before written records",
      "word": "rujenav"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "naxapatmutʻyun",
      "sense": "history of events leaving up to something",
      "word": "նախապատմություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pjeradhistóryja",
      "sense": "history of events leaving up to something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "перадгісто́рыя"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "history of events leaving up to something",
      "word": "發展背景"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fāzhǎn bèijǐng",
      "sense": "history of events leaving up to something",
      "word": "发展背景"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "history of events leaving up to something",
      "word": "forhistorie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "history of events leaving up to something",
      "word": "historia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "history of events leaving up to something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "préhistoire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "history of events leaving up to something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorgeschichte"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぜんし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zenshi",
      "sense": "history of events leaving up to something",
      "word": "前史"
    },
    {
      "alt": "前史",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jeonsa",
      "sense": "history of events leaving up to something",
      "word": "전사"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "history of events leaving up to something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "forhistorie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "history of events leaving up to something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "forhistorie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "history of events leaving up to something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prehistoria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predystórija",
      "sense": "history of events leaving up to something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "предысто́рия"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "peredistórija",
      "sense": "history of events leaving up to something",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "передісто́рія"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prehistory"
}

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