microhistoire
French, noun/mi.kʁɔ.is.twaʁ/
microhistoire is spelled M-I-C-R-O-H-I-S-T-O-I-R-E (13 letters). Microhistoire is a French feminine noun meaning “microhistory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Courant historiographique né en Italie au milieu des années 1970 portant sur l’histoire sociale et l’histoire…”.
What does microhistoire mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemicrohistory
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Courant historiographique né en Italie au milieu des années 1970 portant sur l’histoire sociale et l’histoire culturelle.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of microhistoire
- microhistoires plural
- micro-histoire
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce microhistoire?
- /mi.kʁɔ.is.twaʁ/
- \mi.kʁo.is.twaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.