narrative

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Middle French narratif.

PronunciationEdit

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnæɹətɪv/
• (US, Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA^(key): /ˈnæɹətɪv/
• (US, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛɹətɪv/

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: nar‧ra‧tive

AdjectiveEdit

narrative (comparative more narrative, superlative most narrative)

1. Telling a story.
2. Overly talkative; garrulous.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Alexander Pope

     But wise through time, and narrative with age.

3. Of or relating to narration.

   the narrative thrust of a film

TranslationsEdit

telling a story

• Catalan: narratiu
• Czech: narativní, vyprávěcí
• Danish: fortællende, berettende
• Dutch: verhalend (nl), vertellend (nl), narratief
• Finnish: kertova (fi)
• French: narratif (fr)
• German: erzählend (de), erzählerisch, in erzählender Form darlegend

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fortellende

• Occitan: narratiu
• Russian: повествова́тельный (ru) (povestvovátelʹnyj), наррати́вный (ru) (narratívnyj)
• Spanish: narrativo
• Thai: การเล่าเรื่อง

overly talkative

• Dutch: breedsprakig (nl), spraakzaam (nl)
• Finnish: vuolassanainen (fi)

• Russian: разгово́рчивый (ru) (razgovórčivyj), болтли́вый (ru) (boltlívyj)
• Thai: ช่างพูดมาก

of or relating to narration

• Spanish: narrativo

• Thai: เกี่ยวกับเรื่องเล่า

NounEdit

narrative (countable and uncountable, plural narratives)

1. The systematic recitation of an event or series of events.
2. That which is narrated.
3. A representation of an event or story.
   • 2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities: Bladerunner's punishment for killing Reeva Steenkamp is but a frippery when set against the burden that her bereft parents, June and Barry, must carry [print version: No room for sentimentality in this tragedy, 13 September 2014, p. S22]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport)‎^[1]:

     Yes, there were instances of grandstanding and obsessive behaviour, but many were concealed at the time to help protect an aggressively peddled narrative of [Oscar] Pistorius the paragon, the emblem, the trailblazer.

(Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived termsEdit

• antenarrative
• antinarrative
• metanarrative
• narrative hook

Related termsEdit

• narrate
• narration
• narrator

TranslationsEdit

systematic recitation of an event

• Bashkir: хикәйә (xikäyä)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 記敘文 (zh), 记叙文 (zh) (jìxùwén)

• Czech: vyprávění (cs) n, narace (cs) f
• Dutch: verhaal (nl) n, vertelling (nl) f, verslag (nl) n
• Estonian: jutustus
• Finnish: kertomus (fi), selostus (fi)
• French: récit (fr) m
• Georgian: ამბავი (ambavi), ისტორია (ka) (isṭoria)
• German: Darstellung (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ἱστορία f (historía)

• Greek: αφήγημα (el) n (afígima)
• Hungarian: narratíva
• Italian: descrizione (it) f
• Japanese: 物語 (ja) (ものがたり, monogatari)
• Khmer: រឿងតំណាល (rɨəŋ tɑmnaal), និទានកថា (ni’tien ka’tʰaa)
• Korean: 설화 (ko) (seolhwa)
• Latvian: stāstījums m, stāstīšana f
• Portuguese: narrativa (pt) f
• Russian: повествова́ние (ru) n (povestvovánije), расска́з (ru) m (rasskáz), наррати́в (ru) m (narratív)
• Spanish: narrativa (es) f

which is narrated

• Bashkir: хикәйә (xikäyä)
• Catalan: narració (ca) f, narrativa f
• Dutch: verhaal (nl) n, vertelde (nl) n
• Hungarian: narratíva

• Latvian: stāstījums m, stāsts (lv) m
• Russian: исто́рия (ru) f (istórija), расска́з (ru) m (rasskáz)
• Spanish: narración (es) f
• Swedish: berättelse (sv) c

a representation of an event or story

AnagramsEdit

• veratrina

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FrenchEdit

AdjectiveEdit

narrative

1. feminine singular of narratif

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ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [nar.raˈt̪iː.ve], /narraˈtive/

AdjectiveEdit

narrative f pl

1. Feminine plural of adjective narrativo.

NounEdit

narrative f pl

1. plural of narrativa

AnagramsEdit

• antiverrà, arrivante, interrava, rientrava