narrate

English

Etymology

In English (recorded only since 1656, but until the 19th century stigmatized as 'Scottish') apparently from narration.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /nəˈɹeɪt/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnæɹeɪt/, /ˈnɛɹ.eɪt/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /nəˈɹæɪt/
• Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

narrate (third-person singular simple present narrates, present participle narrating, simple past and past participle narrated)

1. (transitive) To relate (a story or series of events) in speech or writing.

   Synonym: tell

   narrate a story

   narrate a tale

   narrate one's life

   narrate the play

2. To give an account.

   Synonym: report

   narrate the meeting

Derived terms

• aforenarrated

Related terms

• antenarratology
• narrater
• narration
• narrative
• narratology
• narrator
• narratory

 

Translations

to relate a story

• Albanian: rrëfej (sq)
• Arabic: حَكَى (ḥakā), رَوَى (rawā), قَصَّ (qaṣṣa), سَرَدَ (sarada)

  Egyptian Arabic: يحكي (yeḥki)

• Armenian: պատմել (hy) (patmel)
• Azerbaijani: nəql etmək
• Bashkir: һөйләү (höyləw)
• Basque: kontatu
• Belarusian: раска́зваць impf (raskázvacʹ), расказа́ць pf (raskazácʹ), распавяда́ць impf (raspavjadácʹ), распавесці́ pf (raspavjescí)
• Bengali: বর্ণনা করা (bôrnôna kôra)
• Bulgarian: разка́звам (bg) impf (razkázvam), разка́жа pf (razkáža)
• Burmese: ပြော (my) (prau:), ပြန်ပြော (my) (pranprau:)
• Catalan: narrar (ca), explicar (ca)
• Cebuano: saysay
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 訴說／诉说 (zh) (sùshuō), 敘說／叙说 (zh) (xùshuō), 講／讲 (zh) (jiǎng), 講述／讲述 (zh) (jiǎngshù)

• Czech: vyprávět (cs) pf, vypravovat impf
• Danish: fortælle, berette
• Dutch: verhalen (nl), vertellen (nl)
• Esperanto: rakonti
• Estonian: jutustama
• Finnish: kertoa (fi)
• French: raconter (fr), conter (fr), narrer (fr)
• Georgian: თხრობა (txroba)
• German: erzählen (de)

  Alemannic German: verzele

• Gothic: 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐍉𐌽 (spillōn)
• Greek: διηγούμαι (el) (diigoúmai)

  Ancient: διηγέομαι (diēgéomai)

• Hebrew: יפר \ סִפֵּר (he) (sipér)
• Hindi: सुनाना (hi) (sunānā), बयान करना (bayān karnā), वर्णन करना (varṇan karnā)
• Hungarian: elbeszél (hu), elmond (hu)
• Indonesian: menceritakan (id)
• Ingrian: läätä
• Interlingua: contar, narrar
• Irish: inis
• Italian: raccontare (it), narrare (it)
• Japanese: 物語る (ja) (ものがたる, monogataru), (tell a story) 話をする (はなしをする, hanashi o suru), 教える (ja) (おしえる, oshieru)
• Kazakh: айту (kk) (aitu), әңгімелеу (äñgımeleu), баяндау (baändau), хикаялау (xikaälau)
• Khmer: តំណាល (km) (tɑmnaal), រៀបរាប់ (km) (riəp rŏəp)
• Korean: 이야기하다 (ko) (iyagihada), 말하다 (ko) (malhada), 들려주다 (ko) (deullyeojuda), 이야기를 하다 (iyagireul hada)
• Kyrgyz: баяндоо (ky) (bayandoo)
• Lao: ເລົ່າ (lao), ເລົ່າເຣື່ອງ (lao rư̄ang), ເລົ່າເລື່ອງ (lao lư̄ang), ບັນຍາຍ (ban nyāi)
• Latin: narrō
• Latvian: stāstīt
• Lithuanian: pasakoti
• Macedonian: раскажува impf (raskažuva), раскаже pf (raskaže)
• Malay: menceritakan
• Maore Comorian: utoa, utolea
• Maori: whakataki
• Mongolian: хүүрнэх (mn) (xüürnex), хэлэх (mn) (xelex), өгүүлэх (mn) (ögüülex)
• Neapolitan: cuntà
• Norman: raconter
• Northern Sami: muitalit, máinnastit
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fortelle (no)

• Occitan: narrar (oc)
• Odia: କହିବା (or) (kôhiba)
• Persian: تعریف کردن (ta'rif kardan), نقل کردن (naql kardan)
• Polish: opowiadać (pl) impf, opowiedzieć (pl) pf
• Portuguese: narrar (pt), contar (pt)
• Rapa Nui: hā'aki
• Romanian: povesti (ro), relata (ro), nara (ro)
• Russian: расска́зывать (ru) impf (rasskázyvatʹ), рассказа́ть (ru) pf (rasskazátʹ), пове́дывать (ru) impf (povédyvatʹ) (dated or bookish), пове́дать (ru) pf (povédatʹ) (dated or bookish), повествова́ть (ru) impf (povestvovátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: при́чати impf, испри́чати pf

  Roman: príčati (sh) impf, ispríčati (sh) pf

• Slovak: rozprávať impf, porozprávať pf
• Slovene: povedati (sl) pf
• Spanish: narrar (es), contar (es)
• Swahili: kueleza (sw)
• Swedish: berätta (sv), förtälja (sv)
• Tajik: ҳикоя кардан (hikoya kardan), нақл кардан (naql kardan)
• Thai: บรรยาย (th) (ban-yaai), พากย์ (th) (pâak), เล่าเรื่อง (lâo-rʉ̂ʉang), เล่าขาน (lâo-kǎan), เล่า (th) (lâo)
• Turkish: anlatmak (tr)
• Ukrainian: розповіда́ти (uk) impf (rozpovidáty), розповісти́ (uk) pf (rozpovistý), розка́зувати impf (rozkázuvaty), розказа́ти pf (rozkazáty)
• Urdu: بیان کرنا (bayān karnā), نقل کرنا (naql karnā)
• Uyghur: بايان قىلماق (bayan qilmaq)
• Uzbek: hikoya qilmoq
• Vietnamese: kể lại (vi), thuật lại
• Welsh: adrodd (cy)
• Yiddish: דערציילן (dertseyln)

to give an account

• Bulgarian: описвам (bg) (opisvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: verhalen (nl), verslaan (nl), rapporteren (nl)
• Finnish: kertoa (fi)
• French: rapporter (fr), relater (fr)
• German: berichten (de)
• Hungarian: beszámol (hu)
• Latin: narrō
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: เล่า (th) (lâo)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} narrare (it)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} anlatmak (tr)

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

narrate

1. inflection of narrare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

narrate f pl

1. feminine plural of narrato

Anagrams

• ranatre

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /naːrˈraː.te/, [näːrˈräːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /narˈra.te/, [närˈräːt̪e]

Verb

nārrāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of nārrō

Participle

nārrāte

1. vocative masculine singular of nārrātus

Spanish

Verb

narrate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of narrar combined with te