French vocabulary:
History.
History - Histoire.
Below is a list of history vocabulary.
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Last updated: 25.8.2026
- ancêtre (l’, m) (pl: les ancêtres) [EN: ancestor] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- antiquité (l’, f) (pl: les antiquités) [EN: antiquity] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R]
- archéologie (l’, f) (pl: les archéologies) [EN: archaeology] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R]
- bataille (la) (pl: les batailles) [EN: battle] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- colonisation (la) (pl: les colonisations) [EN: colonization] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R]
- coloniser [EN: to colonize] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R] #verb
- civilisation (la) (pl: les civilisations) [EN: civilization] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- conquête (la) (pl: les conquêtes) [EN: conquest] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R]
- conquérir [EN: to conquer] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R] #verb
- contemporain (adj., m) (f: contemporaine, pl: contemporains/contemporaines) [EN: contemporary] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R]
- culture (la) (pl: les cultures) [EN: culture] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- démocratie (la) (pl: les démocraties) [EN: democracy] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- dynastie (la) (pl: les dynasties) [EN: dynasty] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R]
- empire (l’, m) (pl: les empires) [EN: empire] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- époque (l’, f) (pl: les époques) [EN: era / period] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- événement (l’, m) (pl: les événements) [EN: event] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- évolution (l’, f) (pl: les évolutions) [EN: evolution / development] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R]
- frontière (la) (pl: les frontières) [EN: border / frontier] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- guerre (la) (pl: les guerres) [EN: war] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- héritage (l’, m) (pl: les héritages) [EN: heritage / legacy] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R]
- histoire (l’, f) (pl: les histoires) [EN: history / story] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- historique (adj.) (pl: historiques) [EN: historical] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- indépendance (l’, f) (pl: les indépendances) [EN: independence] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- invasion (l’, f) (pl: les invasions) [EN: invasion] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R]
- monarchie (la) (pl: les monarchies) [EN: monarchy] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R]
- monument (le) (pl: les monuments) [EN: monument] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- naissance (la) (pl: les naissances) [EN: birth] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- nation (la) (pl: les nations) [EN: nation] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- occupation (l’, f) (pl: les occupations) [EN: occupation] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R]
- patrimoine (le) (pl: les patrimoines) [EN: heritage] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R]
- période (la) (pl: les périodes) [EN: period] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- peuple (le) (pl: les peuples) [EN: people / nation] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- préhistoire (la) (pl: les préhistoires) [EN: prehistory] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R]
- révolution (la) (pl: les révolutions) [EN: revolution] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- roi (le) (pl: les rois) [EN: king] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- royaume (le) (pl: les royaumes) [EN: kingdom] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- règne (le) (pl: les règnes) [EN: reign] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R]
- société (la) (pl: les sociétés) [EN: society] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- souverain (le) (pl: les souverains) [EN: sovereign / monarch] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R]
- territoire (le) (pl: les territoires) [EN: territory] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- tradition (la) (pl: les traditions) [EN: tradition] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- traité (le) (pl: les traités) [EN: treaty] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R]
- tyrannie (la) (pl: les tyrannies) [EN: tyranny] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R]
- victoire (la) (pl: les victoires) [EN: victory] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R]
- vaincre [EN: to defeat / conquer] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R] #verb
- envahir [EN: to invade] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R] #verb
- gouverner [EN: to govern / rule] [A1-A2] [25.8.2026, R] #verb
- régner [EN: to reign] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R] #verb
- résister [EN: to resist] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R] #verb
- se révolter [EN: to revolt / rebel] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R] #verb
- succéder [EN: to succeed / follow] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R] #verb
- témoigner [EN: to testify / bear witness] [B1-B2] [25.8.2026, R] #verb