narrative

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnæɹ.ə.tɪv/
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• /ˈnɛɹ.ə.tɪv/ Mary–marry–merry merger
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• [ˈnɛɹəɾɪv] Mary–marry–merry merger
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• /ˈnæɹ.ə.tɪv/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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• [ˈnæɹəɾɪv] without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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• India: /nəˈreː.ʈɪʋ/
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• CMU ARPABET: N AE1 R AH0 T IH0 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: N EH1 R AH0 T IH0 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Middle Scots narrative, nerrative, from Middle French narratif, from Latin narrātīvus, from narrō (“to narrate”). By surface analysis, Latin narr- + -ate + -ive.

173 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: سَرْدِي (sardī) — telling a story
• Bulgarian: повествователен (povestvovatelen) — telling a story
• Catalan: narratiu — telling a story
• Czech: narativní — telling a story
• Czech: vyprávěcí — telling a story
• Danish: fortællende — telling a story
• Danish: berettende — telling a story
• Dutch: verhalend — telling a story
• Dutch: vertellend — telling a story
• Dutch: narratief — telling a story
• Finnish: kertova — telling a story
• French: narratif — telling a story
• German: erzählend — telling a story
• German: erzählerisch — telling a story
• German: in erzählender Form darlegend — telling a story
• Icelandic: frásögn — telling a story
• Icelandic: frásaga — telling a story
• Indonesian: naratif — telling a story
• Norwegian Bokmål: fortellende — telling a story
• Occitan: narratiu — telling a story
• Polish: narratywny — telling a story
• Russian: повествова́тельный (povestvovátelʹnyj) — telling a story
• Russian: наррати́вный (narratívnyj) — telling a story
• Spanish: narrativo — telling a story
• Thai: การเล่าเรื่อง — telling a story
• Bulgarian: бъбрив (bǎbriv) — overly talkative
• Dutch: breedsprakig — overly talkative
• Dutch: spraakzaam — overly talkative
• Finnish: vuolassanainen — overly talkative
• German: ausschweifend — overly talkative
• German: geschwätzig — overly talkative
• Polish: gadatliwy — overly talkative
• Russian: разгово́рчивый (razgovórčivyj) — overly talkative
• Russian: болтли́вый (boltlívyj) — overly talkative
• Thai: ช่างพูดมาก — overly talkative
• Bulgarian: разказвателен (razkazvatelen) — of or relating to narration
• Dutch: vertellend — of or relating to narration
• Dutch: narratief — of or relating to narration
• Finnish: kerronta- — of or relating to narration
• Finnish: kerrontaan liittyvä — of or relating to narration
• Finnish: tarinankerronnallinen — of or relating to narration
• Finnish: kerronnallinen — of or relating to narration
• German: erzählerisch — of or relating to narration
• German: narrativ — of or relating to narration
• Polish: narracyjny — of or relating to narration
• Spanish: narrativo — of or relating to narration
• Thai: เกี่ยวกับเรื่องเล่า — of or relating to narration
• Arabic: قِصَّة (qiṣṣa) — systematic recitation of an event
• Arabic: حِكَايَة (ḥikāya) — systematic recitation of an event
• Bashkir: хикәйә (xikəyə) — systematic recitation of an event
• Belarusian: апавяда́нне (apavjadánnje) — systematic recitation of an event
• Belarusian: апавяда́ньне (apavjadánʹnje) — systematic recitation of an event
• Belarusian: апо́весць (apóvjescʹ) — systematic recitation of an event
• Belarusian: апо́весьць (apóvjesʹcʹ) — systematic recitation of an event
• Belarusian: по́весць (póvjescʹ) — systematic recitation of an event
• Belarusian: по́весьць (póvjesʹcʹ) — systematic recitation of an event
• Belarusian: нараты́ў (naratýw) — systematic recitation of an event
• Bengali: রেওয়ায়ৎ (reōẇaẏot) — systematic recitation of an event
• Bulgarian: ра́зказ (rázkaz) — systematic recitation of an event
• Bulgarian: описа́ние (opisánie) — systematic recitation of an event
• Bulgarian: повествова́ние (povestvovánie) — systematic recitation of an event
• Bulgarian: нарати́в (naratív) — systematic recitation of an event
• Chinese Mandarin: 記敘文 /记叙文 (jìxùwén) — systematic recitation of an event
• Czech: vyprávění — systematic recitation of an event
• Czech: narace — systematic recitation of an event
• Czech: příběh — systematic recitation of an event
• Dutch: verhaal — systematic recitation of an event
• Dutch: vertelling — systematic recitation of an event
• Dutch: verslag — systematic recitation of an event
• Estonian: jutustus — systematic recitation of an event
• Finnish: kertomus — systematic recitation of an event
• Finnish: selostus — systematic recitation of an event
• French: récit — systematic recitation of an event
• French: narration — systematic recitation of an event
• Georgian: ამბავი (ambavi) — systematic recitation of an event
• Georgian: ისტორია (isṭoria) — systematic recitation of an event
• German: Erzählung — systematic recitation of an event
• German: Geschichte — systematic recitation of an event
• German: Bericht — systematic recitation of an event
• German: Schilderung — systematic recitation of an event
• German: Darstellung eines Ereignisablaufes — systematic recitation of an event
• German: erzählerische Geschehenswiedergabe — systematic recitation of an event
• German: Narrativ — systematic recitation of an event
• German: Wiedergabe — systematic recitation of an event
• German: Darstellung — systematic recitation of an event
• German: Erzählen — systematic recitation of an event
• Gothic: 𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (insahts) — systematic recitation of an event
• Greek: αφήγηση (afígisi) — systematic recitation of an event
• Greek: αφήγημα (afígima) — systematic recitation of an event
• Ancient Greek: διήγησις (diḗgēsis) — systematic recitation of an event
• Ancient Greek: ἱστορία (historía) — systematic recitation of an event
• Hebrew: נרטיב — systematic recitation of an event
• Hungarian: narratíva — systematic recitation of an event
• Italian: descrizione — systematic recitation of an event
• Japanese: 物語 (monogatari) — systematic recitation of an event
• Khmer: រឿងតំណាល (rɨəng tɑmnaal) — systematic recitation of an event
• Khmer: និទានកថា (nitiən kaʼthaa) — systematic recitation of an event
• Korean: 설화 (seolhwa) — systematic recitation of an event
• Korean: 이야기 (iyagi) — systematic recitation of an event
• Kyrgyz: баян (bayan) — systematic recitation of an event
• Latvian: stāstījums — systematic recitation of an event
• Latvian: stāstīšana — systematic recitation of an event
• Old English: ġereċednes — systematic recitation of an event
• Iranian Persian: رِوایَت (revâyat) — systematic recitation of an event
• Polish: narracja — systematic recitation of an event
• Portuguese: narrativa — systematic recitation of an event
• Romanian: narațiune — systematic recitation of an event
• Russian: повествова́ние (povestvovánije) — systematic recitation of an event
• Russian: расска́з (rasskáz) — systematic recitation of an event
• Russian: наррати́в (narratív) — systematic recitation of an event
• Slovak: rozprávanie — systematic recitation of an event
• Slovak: naratív — systematic recitation of an event
• Slovak: príbeh — systematic recitation of an event
• Spanish: narrativa — systematic recitation of an event
• Tajik: ривоят (rivoyat) — systematic recitation of an event
• Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎒𐎔𐎗 (mspr) — systematic recitation of an event
• Ukrainian: оповіда́ння (opovidánnja) — systematic recitation of an event
• Ukrainian: розповіда́ння (rozpovidánnja) — systematic recitation of an event
• Ukrainian: о́повідь (ópovidʹ) — systematic recitation of an event
• Ukrainian: ро́зповідь (rózpovidʹ) — systematic recitation of an event
• Ukrainian: нарати́в (naratýv) — systematic recitation of an event
• Urdu: رِوایَت (rivāyat) — systematic recitation of an event
• Uzbek: hikoya — systematic recitation of an event
• Vietnamese: kể chuyện — systematic recitation of an event
• Vietnamese: tường thuật — systematic recitation of an event
• Bashkir: хикәйә (xikəyə) — which is narrated
• Bengali: রেওয়ায়ৎ (reōẇaẏot) — which is narrated
• Catalan: narració — which is narrated
• Catalan: narrativa — which is narrated
• Dutch: verhaal — which is narrated
• Dutch: vertelde — which is narrated
• Finnish: selostus — which is narrated
• Finnish: kertomus — which is narrated
• German: Erzählung — which is narrated
• German: Schilderung — which is narrated
• German: Bericht — which is narrated
• German: Darstellung — which is narrated
• Hungarian: narratíva — which is narrated
• Latvian: stāstījums — which is narrated
• Latvian: stāsts — which is narrated
• Polish: historia — which is narrated
• Russian: исто́рия (istórija) — which is narrated
• Russian: расска́з (rasskáz) — which is narrated
• Spanish: narración — which is narrated
• Swedish: berättelse — which is narrated
• Arabic: سَرْدِيَّة (sardiyya) — a representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view
• Arabic: رِوَايَة (riwāya) — a representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view
• Armenian: պատում (patum) — a representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view
• Bulgarian: повествова́ние (povestvovánie) — a representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view
• Dutch: verhaal — a representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view
• Finnish: tarina — a representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view
• Finnish: kertomus — a representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view
• Finnish: narratiivi — a representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view
• German: Narrativ — a representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view
• German: einseitige Darstellung der Ereignisse — a representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view
• German: unausgewogene Darstellungsweise — a representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view
• German: persönliche Sichtweise — a representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view
• German: einseitige Sicht der Dinge — a representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view
• Japanese: 解釈 (kaishaku) — a representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view
• Japanese: 姿勢 (shisei) — a representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view
• Iranian Persian: روایت (revâyat) — a representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view
• Polish: relacja — a representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view
• Russian: изложе́ние фактов (izložénije faktov) — a representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view
• Russian: наррати́в (narratív) — a representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view
• Spanish: relato — a representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view
• Spanish: marco — a representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view
• Dutch: vertelling — a way of storytelling
• Dutch: verteltrant — a way of storytelling
• Finnish: kerronta — a way of storytelling
• German: Erzählweise — a way of storytelling
• Japanese: 物語り方 (monogatarikata) — a way of storytelling
• Polish: narracja — a way of storytelling
• Russian: повествова́ние (povestvovánije) — a way of storytelling