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Translation for 'story' from English to French

NOUN	a story \| stories
SYNO	account \| chronicle \| fib \| ...

	récit `{m}` `[narration]`	story 9
	histoire `{f}`	story 5
	témoignage `{m}`	story
	arch.constr. étage `{m}`	story `[Am.]`
	arch.constr. niveau `{m}` `[étage]`	story `[Am.]`
2 Words: Others
	Compte là-dessus et bois de l'eau fraîche ! `[loc.]`	A likely story! `[ironic]` `[idiom]`
2 Words: Nouns
	littérat. récit `{m}` d'aventures	adventure story
	arch.immo. étage `{m}` mansardé	attic story `[Am.]`
	paillardise `{f}` `[histoire]`	bawdy story
	relig. conte `{m}` de Noël	Christmas story
	relig. histoire `{f}` de Noël	Christmas story
	dr.littérat. roman `{m}` policier	detective story
	littérat. récit `{m}` encadré	embedded story
	boniment `{m}` `[mensonges]`	fabricated story
	conte `{m}` de fées de bonnes femmes	fairy story `[pej.]`
	journ. canular `{m}`	false story
	littérat. histoire `{f}` d'amour	love story
	relig. conte `{m}` de Noël	nativity story
	relig. récit `{m}` de Noël	nativity story
	relig. histoire `{f}` de Noël	nativity story
	littérat. conte `{m}`	short story
	littérat. nouvelle `{f}`	short story
	galéjade `{f}`	tall story
	salade `{f}` `[fam.]` `[mensonge]`	tall story `[Br.]` `[coll.]`
	fable `{f}` `[mensonge]`	tall story `[coll.]`
	histoire `{f}` vécue	true story
3 Words: Nouns
	arch.immo. tour `{f}` d'habitation	multi-story building `[Am.]`
	littérat.occup. conteur `{m}`	short-story writer
	littérat.occup. novéliste `{m}`	short-story writer
	littérat.occup. novelliste `{m}`	short-story writer
	littérat.occup. nouvelliste `{m}`	short-story writer
	littérat.occup. conteuse `{f}`	short-story writer `[female]`
	littérat.occup. novéliste `{f}`	short-story writer `[female]`
	littérat.occup. novelliste `{f}`	short-story writer `[female]`
	littérat.occup. nouvelliste `{f}`	short-story writer `[female]`
	arch.immo. plain-pied `{m}`	single-story accommodation `[Am.]`
	immo. maison `{f}` sans étage	single-story house `[Am.]`
	immo. tour `{f}` de vingt étages	twenty-story tower `[Am.]`
	arch.constr. bâtiment `{m}` sur deux niveaux	two-story building `[Am.]`
	littérat. récit `{m}` bien étoffé	well-developed story
4 Words: Others
	À mesure que l'histoire se déroule ...	As the story develops ...
	C'est la sardine qui a bouché le port de Marseille. `[loc.]`	That's a tall story. `[idiom]`
4 Words: Verbs
	s'emmêler dans un récit	to muddle up a story
	dévider une histoire `[fam.]`	to reel off a story `[coll.]`
4 Words: Nouns
	boniment `{m}` `[mensonges]`	cock and bull story
	histoire `{f}` sans queue ni tête	cock and bull story `[coll.]`
	conte `{m}` à dormir debout `[fig.]`	cock-and-bull story `[coll.]`
	conte `{m}` de fées de bonnes femmes	cock-and-bull story `[coll.]`
	histoire `{f}` à dormir debout `[fig.]`	cock-and-bull story `[coll.]`
	littérat. cadre `{m}` d'un récit	framework of a story
	littérat. récit `{m}` encadré	story-within-the-story
5+ Words: Others
	Je n'y crois pas.	I don't buy that (story). `[fig.]`
	C'est toujours la même musique ! `[fam.]`	It's always the same old story! `[coll.]`
	C'est toujours la même rengaine.	It's always the same old story.
	C'est toujours la même histoire.	It's always the same old story.
	C'est toujours le même refrain.	It's always the same old story. `[idiom]`
	C'est toujours la même chanson. `[loc.]`	It's always the same old story. `[idiom]`
	C'est toujours la même ritournelle. `[loc.]`	It's always the same old story. `[idiom]`
	Pour en finir ...	To make a long story short ... `[idiom]` `[in the end]`
	bref `{adv}`	to cut a long story short
5+ Words: Verbs
	raconter toute sa vie	to narrate one's complete life story
	faire le récit de qc. à qn.	to tell the story of sth. to sb.
Fiction (Literature and Film)
	littérat.F Mémoire de fille `[auteure : Annie Ernaux (2016)]`	A Girl's Story
	littérat.F Une Page d'amour `[Émile Zola]`	A Love Story
	littérat.F Une femme `[auteure : Annie Ernaux (1987)]`	A Woman's Story
	filmlittérat.F Le Parfum, Histoire d'un meurtrier	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer `[author: Patrick Süskind (1985)]` `[film: Tom Tykwer (2006)]`
	littérat.F Rose Royal `[Nicolas Mathieu (2019)]`	Rose Royal: A Love Story
	littérat.F Histoire de ma vie `[George Sand (nom de plume d'Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin de Francueil) (1855)]`	Story of my life
	filmF Romance inachevée	The Glenn Miller Story `[Anthony Mann]`
	littérat.F L'Histoire sans fin `[Michael Ende]`	The Neverending Story
	filmF Au risque de se perdre	The Nun's Story `[Fred Zinnemann]`
	filmF Indiscrétions	The Philadelphia Story `[George Cukor]`
	littérat.F Lucy	The Story of Lucy Gault `[William Trevor]`

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Translation for 'story' from English to French

story: récit {m} [narration]

histoire {f}

témoignage {m}
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story [Am.]: étage {m}arch.constr.

niveau {m} [étage]arch.constr.
A likely story! [ironic] [idiom]: Compte là-dessus et bois de l'eau fraîche ! [loc.]
adventure story: récit {m} d'aventureslittérat.
attic story [Am.]: étage {m} mansardéarch.immo.
bawdy story: paillardise {f} [histoire]
Christmas story: conte {m} de Noëlrelig.

histoire {f} de Noëlrelig.
detective story: roman {m} policierdr.littérat.
embedded story: récit {m} encadrélittérat.
fabricated story: boniment {m} [mensonges]
fairy story [pej.]: conte {m} de fées de bonnes femmes
false story: canular {m}journ.
love story: histoire {f} d'amourlittérat.
nativity story: conte {m} de Noëlrelig.

récit {m} de Noëlrelig.

histoire {f} de Noëlrelig.
short story: conte {m}littérat.

nouvelle {f}littérat.
tall story: galéjade {f}
tall story [Br.] [coll.]: salade {f} [fam.] [mensonge]
tall story [coll.]: fable {f} [mensonge]
true story: histoire {f} vécue
multi-story building [Am.]: tour {f} d'habitationarch.immo.
short-story writer: conteur {m}littérat.occup.

novéliste {m}littérat.occup.

novelliste {m}littérat.occup.

nouvelliste {m}littérat.occup.
short-story writer [female]: conteuse {f}littérat.occup.

novéliste {f}littérat.occup.

novelliste {f}littérat.occup.

nouvelliste {f}littérat.occup.
single-story accommodation [Am.]: plain-pied {m}arch.immo.
single-story house [Am.]: maison {f} sans étageimmo.
twenty-story tower [Am.]: tour {f} de vingt étagesimmo.
two-story building [Am.]: bâtiment {m} sur deux niveauxarch.constr.
well-developed story: récit {m} bien étoffélittérat.
As the story develops ...: À mesure que l'histoire se déroule ...
That's a tall story. [idiom]: C'est la sardine qui a bouché le port de Marseille. [loc.]
to muddle up a story: s'emmêler dans un récit
to reel off a story [coll.]: dévider une histoire [fam.]
cock and bull story: boniment {m} [mensonges]
cock and bull story [coll.]: histoire {f} sans queue ni tête
cock-and-bull story [coll.]: conte {m} à dormir debout [fig.]

conte {m} de fées de bonnes femmes

histoire {f} à dormir debout [fig.]
framework of a story: cadre {m} d'un récitlittérat.
story-within-the-story: récit {m} encadrélittérat.
I don't buy that (story). [fig.]: Je n'y crois pas.
It's always the same old story! [coll.]: C'est toujours la même musique ! [fam.]
It's always the same old story.: C'est toujours la même rengaine.

C'est toujours la même histoire.
It's always the same old story. [idiom]: C'est toujours le même refrain.

C'est toujours la même chanson. [loc.]

C'est toujours la même ritournelle. [loc.]
To make a long story short ... [idiom] [in the end]: Pour en finir ...
to cut a long story short: bref {adv}
to narrate one's complete life story: raconter toute sa vie
to tell the story of sth. to sb.: faire le récit de qc. à qn.
A Girl's Story: Mémoire de fille [auteure : Annie Ernaux (2016)]littérat.F
A Love Story: Une Page d'amour [Émile Zola]littérat.F
A Woman's Story: Une femme [auteure : Annie Ernaux (1987)]littérat.F
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer [author: Patrick Süskind (1985)] [film: Tom Tykwer (2006)]: Le Parfum, Histoire d'un meurtrierfilmlittérat.F
Rose Royal: A Love Story: Rose Royal [Nicolas Mathieu (2019)]littérat.F
Story of my life: Histoire de ma vie [George Sand (nom de plume d'Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin de Francueil) (1855)]littérat.F
The Glenn Miller Story [Anthony Mann]: Romance inachevéefilmF
The Neverending Story: L'Histoire sans fin [Michael Ende]littérat.F
The Nun's Story [Fred Zinnemann]: Au risque de se perdrefilmF
The Philadelphia Story [George Cukor]: IndiscrétionsfilmF
The Story of Lucy Gault [William Trevor]: Lucylittérat.F

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