narrate

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪt

Etymology

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

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 by speech or writing.
2. To give an account.

Related terms

• narrater
• narration
• narrative
• narrator
• narratory

Synonyms

• (relate): tell
• (give an account): report

Translations

to relate a story

• Arabic: حكى (ar) (ḥákā), روى (ar) (ráwā), قص (ar) (qáṣṣa)
• Armenian: պատմել (hy) (patmel)
• Catalan: narrar (ca), explicar (ca)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: vyprávět (cs)
• Danish: fortælle (da)
• Dutch: verhalen (nl), vertellen (nl)
• Finnish: kertoa (fi)
• French: raconter (fr), conter (fr), narrer (fr)
• German: erzählen (de)
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐍉𐌽 (spillon)
• Greek: διηγούμαι (el) (diigoúmai)
• Hebrew: סיפר (he) (sipér)
• Hindi: सुनाना (hi) (sunānā)
• Hungarian: elbeszél (hu), elmond (hu)

• Interlingua: contar (ia), narrar (ia)
• Irish: inis (ga)
• Japanese: 物語る (ja) (ものがたる, monogataru), (tell a story) 話をする (ja) (hanashi-o surú), 教える (ja) (おしえる, oshieru)
• Jèrriais: raconter
• Korean: 이야기하다 (ko) (iyagi-hada)
• Neapolitan: cuntà
• Northern Sami: muitalit, máinnastit
• Persian: تعریف کردن (fa) (ta'rif kardan)
• Polish: opowiadać (pl), opowiedzieć (pl)
• Portuguese: narrar (pt), contar (pt)
• Rapa Nui: ha'aki
• Russian: (imperfective) рассказывать (ru) (rasskázyvat’), (perfective) рассказать (ru) (rasskazát’)
• Spanish: narrar (es), contar (es)
• Swedish: berätta (sv)
• Turkish: anlatmak (tr)
• Vietnamese: kể lại (vi), thuật lại (vi)

to give an account

• Dutch: verhalen (nl), verslaan (nl), rapporteren (nl)
• Finnish: kertoa (fi)

• French: rapporter (fr), relater (fr)

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: narrare

• Korean: 말하다 (malhada)
• Turkish: anlatmak

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Italian

Verb

narrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of narrare
2. second-person plural imperative of narrare
3. Feminine plural of narrato

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Latin

Verb

nārrāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of nārrō

Participle

nārrāte

1. vocative masculine singular of nārrātus