| Principales traductions |
story,
plural: stories n | (fictional tale) | histoire nf |
| | That author writes wonderful stories. |
| | Cet auteur écrit des histoires merveilleuses. |
story,
plural: stories n | (narrative account) | histoire nf |
| | Granny, tell us the story of how you met Grandpa. |
| | Mamie, raconte-nous l'histoire de ta rencontre avec papy. |
story,
plural: stories n | (version of events) | version, histoire nf |
| | Her story is different from mine. |
| | Sa version (or: son histoire) est différente de la mienne. |
| story n | (plot) | intrigue nf |
| | This book has a great story. |
| | L'intrigue de ce livre est géniale. |
story,
plural: stories n | informal (lie) (familier) | histoires nfpl |
| | The mischievous children told their parents a story. |
| | ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. John est un baratineur, il raconte toujours des histoires ! |
story,
plural: stories (US),
storey,
plural: storeys (UK) n | (floor, level of a building) | étage nm |
| | | niveau nm |
| Note: Attention : en anglais "This building has five stories." = 1 rez-de-chaussée + 4 étages seulement en français. |
| | This building has five stories. |
| | Ce bâtiment a quatre étages (or: cinq niveaux). |
story,
plural: stories (US),
storey,
plural: storeys (UK) n | (layer, tier) | étage nm |
| | Their wedding cake had five stories. |
| | Leur gâteau de mariage avait cinq étages. |
| story n | (journalism: article) (Journalisme) | article, papier nm |
| | Jillian is hoping for a big story. |
| | Jillian espère faire un bel article. |
-story (US),
-storey (UK) n as adj | (storied: with a given number of floors) | de x étages loc adj |
| Note: Used in combination with a number. |
| Note: Attention au décalage : en anglais "a 20-storey building" = "immeuble de 19 étages (1 rez-de-chaussée + 19 étages). |
| | Locals objected to the proposed construction of a 20-storey building in the city centre. |
| | Les habitants se sont opposés au projet de construction d'un immeuble de 19 étages dans le centre-ville. |
Formes composées
story | storey |
| adventure story n | (fiction with exciting plot) | récit d'aventures nm |
| | When I was a child I wanted to be a pirate like the ones I read about in adventure stories. |
| as the story goes expr | (as has been said) | à ce qu'on raconte adv |
| | As the story goes, Hector was out of town when the bank was robbed. |
| | À ce qu'on raconte, Hector n'était pas en ville quand la banque a été cambriolée. |
| | | d'après la rumeur adv |
backstory,
back story n | (fiction: character's background) | profil du personnage nm |
| | | passé nm |
| | The movie does not reveal the hero's tragic backstory until the final scene. |
| bedtime story n | (story read to a child before sleep) (avant d'aller se coucher) | histoire, histoire du soir nf |
| | The children begged their father to read them a bedtime story. |
| | Les enfants ont supplié leur père de leur lire une histoire avant d'aller au lit. |
cock-and-bull story,
cock and bull story n | figurative, informal (far-fetched account) | histoire à dormir debout nf |
| | | histoire sans queue ni tête nf |
| coming-of-age story n | (novel, film: child becomes adult) | récit initiatique nm |
| | | roman d'apprentissage nm |
| | | histoire sur passage à l'âge adulte nf |
| cover story n | (magazine: story on front page) (Journalisme) | article en première page, article qui fait la première page nm |
| | | histoire en première page, histoire qui fait la première page nf |
| cover story n | (fiction concealing true purpose) (Espionnage) | couverture nf |
| detective story n | (story about crime investigation) | roman policier, policier nm |
fairy tale,
fairy story n | (fantasy story) | conte de fées nm |
| | The movie is a modern adaptation of a classic fairy tale. |
| | Le film est une adaptation moderne d'un conte de fées classique. |
| familiar story n | (common situation) | histoire ordinaire nf |
| | It's a familiar story; she came to New York to be a star on Broadway and ended up on the streets. |
| feature story n | (article in magazine, newspaper) | article, article de fond nm |
| | (long) | reportage nm |
| fish story n | figurative, informal (far-fetched account) | histoire à dormir debout nf |
| | (familier, Sud de la France) | galéjade nf |
| funny story n | (amusing anecdote, joke) (blague) | histoire drôle nf |
| | He told us a funny story about his holiday in Thailand. |
| | (anecdote) | histoire amusante, anecdote amusante nf |
| ghost story n | (tale of the supernatural) | histoire de fantômes nf |
| | They sat around the fire and told ghost stories to each other. |
| | | histoire à faire peur nf |
| good story n | (entertaining account, anecdote) | anecdote savoureuse nf |
| | It wasn't much fun when it happened, but it makes a good story now. |
| good story n | (good piece of fiction) | bon roman nm |
| | I read a good story by Carol Shields last week. |
| hard-luck story n | (account of [sb]'s misfortune) | déboires nmpl |
| | (péjoratif) | histoire larmoyante nf |
| | (plus général, plus fort) | histoire tragique nf |
| | The man told us a hard-luck story, before asking us for money. |
| horror story n | (scary story, film, etc.) | histoire d'horreur, histoire qui fait peur nf |
| human interest story n | (news item about people's lives) | histoire vécue nf |
| | | fait divers nm |
| | It's a human interest story about a boy who successfully battled against cancer. |
| | C'est l'histoire vécue d'un garçon qui se bat avec succès contre le cancer. |
| | C'est un fait divers sur un garçon qui se bat avec succès contre le cancer. |
| life story n | ([sb]'s past experiences and history) | histoire nf |
| | | récit de sa vie nm |
| a likely story n | informal, ironic (dubious account) (familier, un peu vieilli) | à d'autres ! interj |
| | Are you telling me you never heard the phone? That's a likely story! |
| | Tu me dis que tu n'as pas entendu le téléphone ? À d'autres ! |
| | (familier) | c'est ça ! interj |
| | Tu me dis que tu n'as pas entendu le téléphone ? C'est ça ! |
| | (familier) | Tu parles ! interj |
| love story n | (story about a romantic relationship) | histoire d'amour nf |
| | Oh non, pas encore une de ces sempiternelles histoires d'amour ! |
| moral of the story n | (ethical lesson in a fable or story) | morale de l'histoire nf |
| | In the tale of the tortoise and the hare, the slow tortoise wins the race - the moral of the story is that steady persistence wins in the end. |
| moral of the story n | figurative (lesson to be learned from [sth]) | morale nf |
| | The engine blew up after a week so the moral of the story is not to buy a really cheap second-hand car. |
| | | leçon nf |
| | | leçon de morale nf |
multi-story (US),
multi-storey (UK) n as adj | (building: with levels) | à étages, à plusieurs étages adj |
| news story | (news report) (Journalisme) | article nm |
| | | information nf |
| photo story n | (photography) | photoreportage nm |
| shaggy dog story n | figurative, informal (long wordy anecdote) | histoire sans queue ni tête nf |
| short story n | (written fiction shorter than a novella) | nouvelle nf |
| | He wrote short stories about people living in rural areas. |
| | Il a écrit des nouvelles sur des gens habitant en zones rurales. |
short story writer,
short-story writer n | (author of short fiction) | nouvelliste nmf |
| | | auteur de nouvelles, auteure de nouvelles nm, nf |
| | Edgar Allan Poe was a famous 19th-century American short story writer. |
single-story (US),
single-storey (UK) adj | (building: having one level, floor) | de plain-pied loc adj |
| sob story n | informal (tale or account meant to evoke pity) | histoire à faire pleurer dans les chaumières nf |
| | | histoire larmoyante nf |
| | Just get on with your job – I don't want to hear any more of your sob stories. |
| | Reprends ton travail ; je ne veux plus entendre tes histoires larmoyantes. |
| story writer n | (author of prose fiction) | écrivain, écrivaine nm, nf |
| | | auteur de fiction, auteure de fiction nm, nf |
| | (Cinéma, Bandes dessinées) | scénariste nmf |
| | I want to be a story writer when I grow up. |
storyline,
story line,
story-line n | (fiction: plot, story) | histoire, intrigue nf |
| | | scénario nm |
| | I found the storyline of “War and Peace” really difficult to follow. |
| | J'ai trouvé l'intrigue de "Guerre et Paix" vraiment difficile à suivre. |
| success story n | figurative (real-life example of [sb] succeeding) (anglicisme) | success story nf |
| | | belle réussite nf |
| tall story n | figurative, informal (far-fetched account) | histoire à dormir debout nf |
| | (familier, régionalisme) | galéjade nf |
| | (familier) | histoire tirée par les cheveux nf |
tall tale,
tall story n | figurative, informal (far-fetched story) | histoire à dormir debout, histoire invraisemblable nf |
| | I don't want to hear any of your tall tales about being abducted by aliens on your way to school. |
| tell a story v expr | (recite a narrative) | raconter une histoire loc v |
| | The children asked their grandfather to tell them a story. |
| | Les enfants ont demandé à leur grand-père de leur raconter une histoire. |
| tell a story v expr | figurative (reflect events) (figuré) | raconter une histoire loc v |
| | | en dire long (sur [qch]) loc v |
| | Every picture tells a story. |
| | Chaque image raconte une histoire. |
| | Chaque image en dit long. |
| that's a different story interj | informal (quite the contrary) (familier) | c'est une autre histoire interj |
| | Singing pop is pretty easy, but singing opera – well, that's a different story! |
| | Chanter de la pop est plutôt facile, mais chanter de l'opéra, c'est une autre histoire ! |
| | (familier) | c'est une autre paire de manches interj |
| | Chanter de la pop est plutôt facile, mais chanter de l'opéra, c'est une autre paire de manches ! |
| the whole story n | (the full truth) | toute la vérité nf |
| | We'll never know the whole story about what she did that night. |
| | Nous ne connaîtrons jamais toute la vérité sur ce qu'elle a fait ce soir-là. |
| | | le fin mot de l'histoire nm |
| | Nous ne saurons jamais le fin mot de l'histoire sur ce qu'elle a fait ce soir-là. |
think piece,
dope story n | (article: opinion and analysis) (Journalisme) | tribune, tribune libre nf |
three-story apartment (US),
three-storey apartment (UK) n | (flat with three floors) | triplex, appartement en triplex nm |
| top story n | (headline news item) | gros titres nmpl |
| | | à la une |
| | À la une aujourd'hui : l'enlèvement du petit Jérémie. |
| true story n | (account of a real-life experience) | histoire vraie nf |
two-story (US),
two-storey (UK) n as adj | (building: having two floors) | à un étage loc adj |
| | | sur deux niveaux loc adj |
upper story,
plural: upper stories (US),
upper storey,
plural: upper storeys (UK) n | (building: higher floor) | dernier étage nm |
| war story n | (story about war experience) | récit de guerre nm |
| war story n | figurative (story about difficult situation) (figuré) | récit de guerre nm |