raconteur

English

WOTD – 4 February 2009    

Etymology

From French, agentive of raconter (“to relate, to recount”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌɹæk.ɒnˈtəː/, /ˌɹæk.ɔ̃nˈtəː/, X-SAMPA: /%r{k.Qn"t@/
• (US) IPA: /ˌɹæk.ɑnˈtɝ/, /ˌɹæk.ɔ̃nˈtɝ/

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Noun

raconteur (plural raconteurs)

1. A storyteller, especially a person noted for telling stories with skill and wit.

Translations

storyteller

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 善讲故事的人 (cmn), 健谈者 (cmn)

• Czech: vypravěč (cs) m
• Finnish: tarinankertoja (fi)
• French: raconteur (fr) m

• German: Geschichtenerzähler (de) m Anekdotenerzähler (de) m
• Hungarian: anekdotázó (hu), mesélő (hu)
• Polish: gawędziarz (pl) m
• Russian: рассказчик (ru) (rasskázčik) m , рассказчица (ru) (rasskázčica) f 
• Spanish: narrador (es)

Verb

raconteur (third-person singular simple present raconteurs, present participle raconteuring, simple past and past participle raconteured)

1. To make witty remarks or stories.
   • 2003, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White^[1], ISBN 0156028778, page 155:

     The two of them turn to each other and raise an eyebrow each, their signal to slip into alternating raconteuring.

Translations

To make witty remarks or stories

• Finnish: tarinoida (fi)

• Russian: рассказывать истории (ru) (rasskázyvatʹ istórii) 

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French

Etymology

From raconter +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʁa.kɔ̃.tœʁ/

Noun

raconteur m (plural raconteurs; feminine raconteuse, plural raconteuses)

1. storyteller, narrator

Anagrams

• recourant