Històriques

Històriques is the feminine plural form of the Catalan adjective històric, used to describe things that belong to or relate to history. It appears in contexts where the noun it modifies is feminine and plural.

In Catalan grammar, adjectives must agree in gender and number with their nouns. Històriques thus accompanies feminine plural nouns, as in ciutats històriques (historical cities), dones històriques (historical women), fonts històriques (historical sources).

The term is common in education, historiography, museums and tourism, where sites, artifacts or accounts are described as històriques to emphasize their historical significance. It can describe artifacts, architecture, stories and records, among others.

Històriques derives from història, meaning history; the masculine form històric complements the adjective as well as the noun històric meaning "historic" in a broader sense. The noun/history terms are related but used differently in Catalan.

Notes: While històriques is widely used in Catalan, the choice of històric versus històriques depends on the noun’s gender and number. See also història; històric; llenguatge català.