historiques

Historiques is the plural form of the French adjective historique, and it is used to indicate that something relates to history. The plural form historiques applies to both masculine and feminine nouns, while the singular forms are historique (masculine or feminine). It is commonly found in labels and descriptions such as objets historiques (historical objects), périodes historiques (historical periods), or œuvres historiques (historical works). The term is frequently used in museums, libraries, and scholarly writing to denote artifacts, events, or time periods associated with history.

As a noun, l'historique refers to history or a historical record of something. In this sense, les historiques can mean historical records or the history files kept by an organization. In business or data contexts, you might encounter phrases like l'historique des achats (purchase history) or l'historique des transactions (transaction history).

In general usage, historiques helps distinguish past, historically significant, or documented items from contemporary or fictional ones. It is a common part of the vocabulary of historians, curators, archivists, and academics, and its meaning is closely tied to the noun it modifies.

Etymology derives from Old French historique, from Latin historicus, related to historia. In English-language texts, historiques is sometimes encountered when quoting French terms or in discussions of French-language sources; its direct English equivalents are historical or historical records, depending on context.