English
Etymology
In English (recorded only since 1656, but until the 19th century stigmatized as 'Scottish') apparently from narration
Pronunciation
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Verb
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( transitive ) relate (a story or series of events) in speech or writing .
Synonym: tell To give an account . (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Synonym: report
Derived terms
Translations
to relate a story
Arabic: حَكَى ( ḥakā ) , رَوَى ( rawā ) , قَصَّ ( qaṣṣa ) , سَرَدَ ( sarada )
Egyptian Arabic: يحكي ( yeḥki )
Armenian: պատմել (hy) ( patmel )
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: раска́зваць impf ( raskázvacʹ ) , расказа́ць pf ( raskazácʹ ) , распавяда́ць impf ( raspavjadácʹ ) , распавесці́ pf ( raspavjescí )
Bulgarian: разка́звам (bg) impf ( razkázvam )
Catalan: narrar (ca) , explicar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 訴說 ／ 诉说 (zh) ( sùshuō ) , 诉说 (zh) ( sùshuō ) , 敘說 ／ 叙说 (zh) ( xùshuō ) , 叙说 (zh) ( xùshuō ) , 講 ／ 讲 (zh) ( jiǎng ) , 讲 (zh) ( jiǎng ) , 講述 ／ 讲述 (zh) ( jiǎngshù ) , 讲述 (zh) ( jiǎngshù )
Czech: vyprávět (cs) pf
Danish: fortælle berette
Dutch: verhalen (nl) , vertellen (nl)
Esperanto: rakonti
Finnish: kertoa (fi)
French: raconter (fr) , conter (fr) , narrer (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
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 )
Hungarian: elbeszél (hu) , elmond (hu)
Interlingua: contar narrar
Irish: inis
Italian: raccontare (it) , narrare (it)
Japanese: 物語る ( 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 )
Khmer: តំណាល (km) ( tɑmnaal ) , រៀបរាប់ (km) ( riəp rŏəp )
Korean: 이야기하다 (ko) ( iyagihada ) , 말하다 (ko) ( malhada )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Latin: narrō
Macedonian: раскажува impf ( raskažuva ) , раскаже pf ( raskaže )
Maore Comorian: utoa utolea
Maori: whakataki
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Neapolitan: cuntà
Norman: raconter
Northern Sami: muitalit máinnastit
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fortelle (no)
Persian: تعریف کردن ( ta'rif kardan )
Polish: opowiadać (pl) impf opowiedzieć (pl) pf
Portuguese: narrar (pt) , contar (pt)
Rapa Nui: ha'aki
Romanian: povesti (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)
Thai: บรรยาย (th) ( ban-yaai )
Turkish: anlatmak (tr)
Ukrainian: розповіда́ти (uk) impf ( rozpovidáty ) , розповісти́ (uk) pf ( rozpovistý ) , розка́зувати impf ( rozkázuvaty ) , розказа́ти pf ( rozkazáty )
Vietnamese: kể lại (vi) , thuật lại
Welsh: adrodd (cy)
Translations to be checked
Italian
Verb 1
narrate
second-person plural present indicative of narrare second-person plural imperative of narrare
Verb 2
narrate
feminine plural of the past participle of narrare
Latin
Pronunciation
Verb
(deprecated template usage ) nārrāte
second-person plural present active imperative of nārrō
Participle
(deprecated template usage ) nārrāte
vocative masculine singular of nārrātus