narrate

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• Received-Pronunciation: /nəˈɹeɪt/
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• General-American: /ˈnæɹeɪt/
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• General-American: /ˈnɛɹ.eɪt/
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• Australian: /nəˈɹæɪt/
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• rhymes with -eɪt
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• CMU ARPABET: N EH1 R EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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In English (recorded only since 1656, but until the 19th century stigmatized as 'Scottish') apparently from narration.

164 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: rrëfej — to relate a story
• Arabic: حَكَى (ḥakā) — to relate a story
• Arabic: رَوَى (rawā) — to relate a story
• Arabic: قَصَّ (qaṣṣa) — to relate a story
• Arabic: سَرَدَ (sarada) — to relate a story
• Arabic: يحكي (yeḥki) — to relate a story
• Armenian: պատմել (patmel) — to relate a story
• Azerbaijani: nəql etmək — to relate a story
• Bashkir: һөйләү (höyləw) — to relate a story
• Basque: kontatu — to relate a story
• Belarusian: раска́зваць (raskázvacʹ) — to relate a story
• Belarusian: расказа́ць (raskazácʹ) — to relate a story
• Belarusian: распавяда́ць (raspavjadácʹ) — to relate a story
• Belarusian: распавесці́ (raspavjescí) — to relate a story
• Bengali: বর্ণনা করা (bôrnôna kôra) — to relate a story
• Bulgarian: разка́звам (razkázvam) — to relate a story
• Bulgarian: разка́жа (razkáža) — to relate a story
• Burmese: ပြော (prau:) — to relate a story
• Burmese: ပြန်ပြော (pranprau:) — to relate a story
• Catalan: narrar — to relate a story
• Catalan: explicar — to relate a story
• Cebuano: saysay — to relate a story
• Chinese Mandarin: 訴說 /诉说 (sùshuō) — to relate a story
• Chinese Mandarin: 敘說 /叙说 (xùshuō) — to relate a story
• Chinese Mandarin: 講 /讲 (jiǎng) — to relate a story
• Chinese Mandarin: 講述 /讲述 (jiǎngshù) — to relate a story
• Maore Comorian: utoa — to relate a story
• Maore Comorian: utolea — to relate a story
• Czech: vyprávět — to relate a story
• Czech: vypravovat — to relate a story
• Danish: fortælle — to relate a story
• Danish: berette — to relate a story
• Dutch: verhalen — to relate a story
• Dutch: vertellen — to relate a story
• Esperanto: rakonti — to relate a story
• Estonian: jutustama — to relate a story
• Finnish: kertoa — to relate a story
• French: raconter — to relate a story
• French: conter — to relate a story
• French: narrer — to relate a story
• Georgian: თხრობა (txroba) — to relate a story
• German: erzählen — to relate a story
• German: verzele — to relate a story
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐍉𐌽 (spillōn) — to relate a story
• Greek: διηγούμαι (diigoúmai) — to relate a story
• Ancient Greek: διηγέομαι (diēgéomai) — to relate a story
• Hebrew: יפר \ סִפֵּר (sipér) — to relate a story
• Hindi: सुनाना (sunānā) — to relate a story
• Hindi: बयान करना (bayān karnā) — to relate a story
• Hindi: वर्णन करना (varṇan karnā) — to relate a story
• Hungarian: elbeszél — to relate a story
• Hungarian: elmond — to relate a story
• Indonesian: menceritakan — to relate a story
• Ingrian: läätä — to relate a story
• Interlingua: contar — to relate a story
• Interlingua: narrar — to relate a story
• Irish: inis — to relate a story
• Italian: raccontare — to relate a story
• Italian: narrare — to relate a story
• Japanese: 物語る (monogataru) — to relate a story
• Japanese: 話をする (hanashi o suru) — to relate a story
• Japanese: 教える (oshieru) — to relate a story
• Kaitag: бурса́ра (bursára) — to relate a story
• Kazakh: айту (aitu) — to relate a story
• Kazakh: әңгімелеу (äñgımeleu) — to relate a story
• Kazakh: баяндау (baändau) — to relate a story
• Kazakh: хикаялау (xikaälau) — to relate a story
• Khmer: តំណាល (tɑmnaal) — to relate a story
• Khmer: រៀបរាប់ (riəp rŏəp) — to relate a story
• Korean: 이야기하다 (iyagihada) — to relate a story
• Korean: 말하다 (malhada) — to relate a story
• Korean: 들려주다 (deullyeojuda) — to relate a story
• Korean: 이야기를 하다 (iyagireul hada) — to relate a story
• Kyrgyz: баяндоо (bayandoo) — to relate a story
• Lao: ເລົ່າ (lao) — to relate a story
• Lao: ເລົ່າເຣື່ອງ (lao rư̄ang) — to relate a story
• Lao: ເລົ່າເລື່ອງ (lao lư̄ang) — to relate a story
• Lao: ບັນຍາຍ (ban nyāi) — to relate a story
• Latin: narrō — to relate a story
• Latvian: stāstīt — to relate a story
• Lithuanian: pasakoti — to relate a story
• Macedonian: раскажува (raskažuva) — to relate a story
• Macedonian: раскаже (raskaže) — to relate a story
• Malay: menceritakan — to relate a story
• Malay: meroyat — to relate a story
• Malay: mengisahkan — to relate a story
• Māori: whakataki — to relate a story
• Mongolian: хүүрнэх (xüürnex) — to relate a story
• Mongolian: хэлэх (xelex) — to relate a story
• Mongolian: өгүүлэх (ögüülex) — to relate a story
• Neapolitan: cuntà — to relate a story
• Norman: raconter — to relate a story
• Norwegian Bokmål: fortelle — to relate a story
• Occitan: narrar — to relate a story
• Odia: କହିବା (kahibā) — to relate a story
• Persian: تعریف کردن (ta'rif kardan) — to relate a story
• Persian: نقل کردن (naql kardan) — to relate a story
• Polish: opowiadać — to relate a story
• Polish: opowiedzieć — to relate a story
• Portuguese: narrar — to relate a story
• Portuguese: contar — to relate a story
• Rapa Nui: hā'aki — to relate a story
• Romanian: povesti — to relate a story
• Romanian: relata — to relate a story
• Romanian: nara — to relate a story
• Russian: расска́зывать (rasskázyvatʹ) — to relate a story
• Russian: рассказа́ть (rasskazátʹ) — to relate a story
• Russian: пове́дывать (povédyvatʹ) — to relate a story
• Russian: пове́дать (povédatʹ) — to relate a story
• Russian: повествова́ть (povestvovátʹ) — to relate a story
• Northern Sami: muitalit — to relate a story
• Northern Sami: máinnastit — to relate a story
• Serbo-Croatian: при́чати — to relate a story
• Serbo-Croatian: испри́чати — to relate a story
• Serbo-Croatian: príčati — to relate a story
• Serbo-Croatian: ispríčati — to relate a story
• Slovak: rozprávať — to relate a story
• Slovak: porozprávať — to relate a story
• Slovene: povedati — to relate a story
• Spanish: narrar — to relate a story
• Spanish: contar — to relate a story
• Spanish: relatar — to relate a story
• Spanish: historiar — to relate a story
• Spanish: recontar — to relate a story
• Swahili: kueleza — to relate a story
• Swedish: berätta — to relate a story
• Swedish: förtälja — to relate a story
• Tajik: ҳикоя кардан (hikoya kardan) — to relate a story
• Tajik: нақл кардан (naql kardan) — to relate a story
• Thai: บรรยาย (ban-yaai) — to relate a story
• Thai: พากย์ (pâak) — to relate a story
• Thai: เล่าขาน (lâo-kǎan) — to relate a story
• Thai: เล่า (lâo) — to relate a story
• Turkish: anlatmak — to relate a story
• Ukrainian: розповіда́ти (rozpovidáty) — to relate a story
• Ukrainian: розповісти́ (rozpovistý) — to relate a story
• Ukrainian: розка́зувати (rozkázuvaty) — to relate a story
• Ukrainian: розказа́ти (rozkazáty) — to relate a story
• Urdu: بیان کرنا (bayān karnā) — to relate a story
• Urdu: نقل کرنا (naql karnā) — to relate a story
• Uyghur: بايان قىلماق (bayan qilmaq) — to relate a story
• Uzbek: hikoya qilmoq — to relate a story
• Vietnamese: kể lại — to relate a story
• Vietnamese: thuật lại — to relate a story
• Welsh: adrodd — to relate a story
• Yiddish: דערציילן (dertseyln) — to relate a story
• Bulgarian: описвам (opisvam) — to give an account
• Dutch: verhalen — to give an account
• Dutch: verslaan — to give an account
• Dutch: rapporteren — to give an account
• Finnish: kertoa — to give an account
• French: rapporter — to give an account
• French: relater — to give an account
• German: berichten — to give an account
• Hungarian: beszámol — to give an account
• Latin: narrō — to give an account
• Polish: opowiadać — to give an account
• Polish: opowiedzieć — to give an account
• Spanish: narrar — to give an account
• Spanish: recontar — to give an account
• Spanish: relatar — to give an account
• Spanish: contar — to give an account
• Spanish: historiar — to give an account
• Thai: เล่า (lâo) — to give an account