raconteur

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

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

raconteur (plural raconteurs)

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

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[edit] Verb

to 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.

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From raconter.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʁakɔ̃tœʁ/

[edit] Noun

raconteur m. (plural raconteurs)

1. storyteller, narrator

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: acenorrtu
• recourant