narrative

English

Etymology

Latin narrātiō.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈnarətɪv/
• (US) IPA: /ˈnɛrətɪv/

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• Hyphenation: nar‧ra‧tive

Adjective

narrative (comparative more narrative, superlative most narrative)

1. Telling a story.
2. Overly talkative; garrulous.
   • Alexander Pope

     But wise through time, and narrative with age.

3. Of or relating to narration.

   the narrative thrust of a film

Translations

telling a story

• Catalan: narratiu (ca)
• Czech: narativní (cs), vyprávěcí (cs)
• Danish: fortællende (da), berettende (da)
• Dutch: verhalend (nl)
• Finnish: kertova (fi)

• French: narratif (fr)
• German: erzählend (de), erzählerisch (de), in erzählender Form darlegend (de)
• Russian: повествовательный (ru) (povestvovátelʹnyj)
• Spanish: narrativo (es)

overly talkative

• Dutch: breedsprakig (nl), spraakzaam (nl)
• Finnish: vuolassanainen (fi)

• Russian: разговорчивый (ru) (razgovórčivyj), болтливый (ru) (boltlívyj)

Noun

narrative (plural narratives)

1. The systematic recitation of an event or series of events.
2. That which is narrated.

Derived terms

• antenarrative
• antinarrative
• metanarrative

Related terms

• narrate
• narration
• narrator

Translations

systematic recitation of an event

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 記敘文 (cmn), 记叙文 (cmn) (jìxùwén)

• Czech: vyprávění (cs) n, narace (cs) f
• Dutch: verhaal (nl) n, vertelling (nl) f, verslag (nl) n
• Estonian: jutustus (et)
• Finnish: kertomus (fi), selostus (fi)
• French: récit (fr) m
• German: Darstellung (de) f

• Greek: αφήγημα (el) (afíyima) n
• Hungarian: narratíva (hu)
• Italian: descrizione (it) f
• Japanese: 物語 (ja) (ものがたり, monogatari)
• Khmer: រឿងតំណាល (km) (rɨəŋ tɑmnaal), និទានកថា (km) (ni’tien ka’tʰaa)
• Korean: 설화 (ko) (seolhwa)
• Portuguese: narrativa (pt) f
• Russian: повествование (ru) (povestvovánije) n, рассказ (ru) (rasskáz) m
• Spanish: narrativa (es) f

which is narrated

• Catalan: narració (ca) f, narrativa (ca) f
• Dutch: verhaal (nl) n, vertelde (nl) n
• Hungarian: narratíva (hu)

• Russian: история (ru) (istórija) f
• Spanish: narrativa (es) f, narración (es) f

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [nar.raˈt̪iː.ve], /narraˈtive/, X-SAMPA: /nar.ra"ti.ve/

Adjective

narrative

1. feminine plural of narrativo

Anagrams

• antiverrà
• arrivante
• interrava
• rientrava