narrator

See also narrátor

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Noun

narrator (plural narrators)

1. One who narrates or tells stories.
2. (narratology) The person or the "voice" whose viewpoint is used in telling a story.
3. (film and television) The person providing the voice-over in a documentary.

Synonyms

• storyteller

Related terms

• narrate
• narration
• narrative
• unreliable narrator

Translations

in story

• Czech: vypravěč (cs) m
• Danish: fortæller (da) c
• Dutch: verteller m, vertelster f
• Finnish: kertoja (fi)
• French: narrateur (fr) m, narratrice (fr) f
• German: Erzähler (de) m, Erzählerin (de) f

• Hungarian: elbeszélő (hu), mesemondó (hu)
• Malay: pengisah (ms), narator (ms), pengarang (ms), pencerita (ms)
• Northern Sami: muitaleaddji
• Russian: рассказчик (ru) (rasskázčik) m, рассказчица (ru) (rasskázčica) f
• Serbo-Croatian: pripovjèdāč (sh) m, pripovjedàčica (sh) f
• Spanish: narrador (es) m

in film and television

• Danish: fortæller (da) c
• Dutch: verteller m, vertelster f
• French: narrateur (fr) m, narratrice (fr) f
• Hungarian: narrátor (hu)

• Malay: pencerita (ms), pengarang (ms), pengisah (ms), narator (ms)
• Northern Sami: muitaleaddji
• Norwegian: forteller (no) m, stemme (no) m
• Russian: диктор (ru) (díktor) m, дикторша (ru) (díktorša) f

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Latin

Verb

nārrātor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of nārrō
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of nārrō