historic

his·tor·ic  (h-stôrk, -str-)

adj.

1. Having importance in or influence on history.

2. Historical.

Usage Note: Historic and historical have different usages, though their senses overlap. Historic refers to what is important in history: the historic first voyage to the moon. It is also used of what is famous or interesting because of its association with persons or events in history: a historic house. Historical refers to whatever existed in the past, whether regarded as important or not: a minor historical character. Historical also refers to anything concerned with history or the study of the past: a historical novel; historical discoveries. While these distinctions are useful, these words are often used interchangeably, as in historic times or historical times.

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historic [hɪˈstɒrɪk]

adj

1. famous or likely to become famous in history; significant

2. (Historical Terms) a less common word for historical [1-5]

3. (Linguistics) Also secondary Linguistics (of Latin, Greek, or Sanskrit verb tenses) referring to past time

Usage: A distinction is usually made between historic (important, significant) and historical (pertaining to history): a historic decision; a historical perspective

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	historic - belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past; "historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historical character" historical past - earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"
	2.	historic - important in history; "the historic first voyage to outer space" important, of import - of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day"

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historic

adjective significant, notable, momentous, famous, celebrated, extraordinary, outstanding, remarkable, ground-breaking, consequential, red-letter, epoch-making the historic changes in Eastern Europe
ordinary, unknown, unimportant, uncelebrated

Usage: Although historic and historical are similarly spelt they are very different in meaning and should not be used interchangeably. A distinction is usually made between historic, which means `important' or `significant', and historical, which means `pertaining to history': a historic decision; a historical perspective.

Translations

historic [hɪsˈtɒrɪk] ADJ → histórico

historic [hɪˈstɒrɪk] adj

(= momentous) [agreement, decision] → historique; [victory] → historique; [opportunity] → historique
an historic opportunity to redraw the political map of the Middle East → une occasion historique de redessiner la carte politique du Moyen-Orient
an historic moment → un moment historique

= historical

historic

adj (also Gram) → historisch

historic [hɪsˈtɒrɪk] adj → storico/a