noun
Meaning 1
One who narrates or tells stories.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: storyteller
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
narrator
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /nəˈɹeɪ.tə/
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General-American: /ˈnæˌɹeɪ.təɹ/
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General-American: /ˈnæɹ.ə.təɹ/
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General-American: /ˈnɛ-/ Mary–marry–merry merger
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General-American: /nəˈɹeɪ.təɹ/
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General-American: [-ɾɚ]
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General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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India: /nəˈreː.ʈə(r)/
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rhymes with -eɪtə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: N EH1 R EY0 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The person or the "voice" whose viewpoint is used in telling a story.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, narratology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The person providing the voice-over in a documentary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
Examples
- Morgan Freeman was the narrator of March of the Penguins.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
someone who tells a story
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: storyteller, teller
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser
Narrower terms: anecdotist, raconteur, fabulist, griot
History
Etymology
From narrate + -or, from Latin narrātor. By surface analysis, Latin narr- + -ate + -or.
Across languages
Translations
184 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: tregimtar — in story
- Amharic: ተራኪ (täraki) — in story
- Arabic: رَاوٍ (rāwin) — in story
- Arabic: رَاوِيَة (rāwiya) — in story
- Arabic: حَاكٍ (ḥākin) — in story
- Arabic: حَكَّاء (ḥakkāʔ) — in story
- Arabic: قَصَّاص (qaṣṣāṣ) — in story
- Arabic: قَصَّاصَة (qaṣṣāṣa) — in story
- Armenian: պատմող (patmoġ) — in story
- Azerbaijani: rəvayətçi — in story
- Azerbaijani: hekayətçi — in story
- Belarusian: апавяда́ч (apavjadáč) — in story
- Belarusian: апавяда́чка (apavjadáčka) — in story
- Belarusian: апавяда́льнік (apavjadálʹnik) — in story
- Belarusian: апавяда́льніца (apavjadálʹnica) — in story
- Belarusian: раска́зчык (raskázčyk) — in story
- Belarusian: раска́зчыца (raskázčyca) — in story
- Belarusian: раска́знік (raskáznik) — in story
- Belarusian: раска́зніца (raskáznica) — in story
- Bulgarian: разказва́ч (razkazváč) — in story
- Bulgarian: разказва́чка (razkazváčka) — in story
- Catalan: narrador — in story
- Chinese Mandarin: 敘述者 /叙述者 (xùshùzhě) — in story
- Chinese Mandarin: 講述者 /讲述者 (jiǎngshùzhě) — in story
- Czech: vypravěč — in story
- Czech: vypravěčka — in story
- Danish: fortæller — in story
- Dutch: verteller — in story
- Dutch: vertelster — in story
- Esperanto: rakontanto — in story
- Estonian: jutustaja — in story
- Estonian: jutuvestja — in story
- Faroese: frásøgufólk — in story
- Finnish: kertoja — in story
- French: narrateur — in story
- French: narratrice — in story
- Galician: narrador — in story
- Georgian: მთხრობელი (mtxrobeli) — in story
- German: Erzähler — in story
- German: Erzählerin — in story
- Greek: αφηγητής (afigitís) — in story
- Greek: αφηγήτρια (afigítria) — in story
- Ancient Greek: ἀφηγητής (aphēgētḗs) — in story
- Hindi: कथावाचक (kathāvācak) — in story
- Hindi: रावी (rāvī) — in story
- Hungarian: elbeszélő — in story
- Hungarian: mesemondó — in story
- Hungarian: mesélő — in story
- Icelandic: sögumaður — in story
- Italian: narratore — in story
- Italian: narratrice — in story
- Japanese: 語り手 (katarite) — in story
- Japanese: ナレーター (narētā) — in story
- Japanese: 語り部 (kataribe) — in story
- Japanese: 解説者 (kaisetsusha) — in story
- Kazakh: айтушы (aituşy) — in story
- Kazakh: әңгімеші (äñgımeşı) — in story
- Korean: 이야기꾼 (iyagikkun) — in story
- Korean: 내레이터 (naereiteo) — in story
- Korean: 이야기하는 사람 (iyagihaneun saram) — in story
- Korean: 해설자 (haeseolja) — in story
- Kyrgyz: аңгемечи (aŋgemeci) — in story
- Kyrgyz: жомокчу (jomokcu) — in story
- Kyrgyz: баяндоочу (bayandoocu) — in story
- Latvian: stāstītājs — in story
- Latvian: stāstītāja — in story
- Latvian: stāstnieks — in story
- Latvian: stāstniece — in story
- Macedonian: раскажувач (raskažuvač) — in story
- Macedonian: раскажувачка (raskažuvačka) — in story
- Macedonian: нара́тор (narátor) — in story
- Macedonian: нара́торка (narátorka) — in story
- Malay: pengisah — in story
- Malay: narator — in story
- Malay: pengarang — in story
- Malay: pencerita — in story
- Māori: kaitaki kōrero — in story
- Māori: wahataki — in story
- Navajo: halneʼé — in story
- Norwegian Bokmål: forteller — in story
- Norwegian Nynorsk: forteljar — in story
- Iranian Persian: راوی (râvi) — in story
- Iranian Persian: داسْتانسَرا (dâstân-sarâ) — in story
- Polish: narrator — in story
- Polish: narratorka — in story
- Polish: baj — in story
- Portuguese: narrador — in story
- Romanian: narator — in story
- Romanian: naratoare — in story
- Russian: расска́зчик (rasskázčik) — in story
- Russian: расска́зчица (rasskázčica) — in story
- Russian: повествова́тель (povestvovátelʹ) — in story
- Russian: повествова́тельница (povestvovátelʹnica) — in story
- Russian: нарра́тор (narrátor) — in story
- Northern Sami: muitaleaddji — in story
- Serbo-Croatian: приповѐда̄ч — in story
- Serbo-Croatian: приповјѐда̄ч — in story
- Serbo-Croatian: приповеда̀чица — in story
- Serbo-Croatian: приповједа̀чица — in story
- Serbo-Croatian: pripovèdāč — in story
- Serbo-Croatian: pripovjèdāč — in story
- Serbo-Croatian: pripovedàčica — in story
- Serbo-Croatian: pripovjedàčica — in story
- Slovak: rozprávač — in story
- Slovak: rozprávačka — in story
- Slovene: pripovedovalec — in story
- Slovene: pripovedovalka — in story
- Spanish: narrador — in story
- Swedish: berättare — in story
- Tajik: ровӣ (rovi) — in story
- Thai: ผู้บรรยาย (pûu-ban-yaai) — in story
- Thai: ผู้เล่าเรื่อง (pûu-lâo-rʉ̂ʉang) — in story
- Turkish: anlatıcı — in story
- Turkmen: kyssaçy — in story
- Ukrainian: оповіда́ч (opovidáč) — in story
- Ukrainian: опові́дач (opovídač) — in story
- Ukrainian: оповіда́чка (opovidáčka) — in story
- Ukrainian: опові́дачка (opovídačka) — in story
- Ukrainian: розповіда́ч (rozpovidáč) — in story
- Ukrainian: розпові́дач (rozpovídač) — in story
- Ukrainian: розповіда́чка (rozpovidáčka) — in story
- Ukrainian: розпові́дачка (rozpovídačka) — in story
- Urdu: راوی (rāvī) — in story
- Urdu: داسْتان گو (dāstān go) — in story
- Urdu: قِصَّہ گو (qissa go) — in story
- Uzbek: hikoyachi — in story
- Vietnamese: người dẫn chuyện — in story
- Yiddish: דערציילער (dertseyler) — in story
- Arabic: رَاوٍ (rāwin) — in film and television
- Arabic: رَاوِيَة (rāwiya) — in film and television
- Arabic: مُذِيع (muḏīʕ) — in film and television
- Arabic: مُذِيعَة (muḏīʕa) — in film and television
- Belarusian: ды́ктар (dýktar) — in film and television
- Belarusian: ды́ктарка (dýktarka) — in film and television
- Bulgarian: говори́тел (govorítel) — in film and television
- Bulgarian: говори́телка (govorítelka) — in film and television
- Catalan: narrador — in film and television
- Chinese Mandarin: 解說員 /解说员 (jiěshuōyuán) — in film and television
- Chinese Mandarin: 主持人 (zhǔchírén) — in film and television
- Chinese Mandarin: 播音員 /播音员 (bōyīnyuán) — in film and television
- Chinese Mandarin: 主播 (zhǔbō) — in film and television
- Danish: fortæller — in film and television
- Dutch: verteller — in film and television
- Dutch: vertelster — in film and television
- Esperanto: rakontanto — in film and television
- Faroese: frásøgufólk — in film and television
- Finnish: kertoja — in film and television
- French: narrateur — in film and television
- French: narratrice — in film and television
- Galician: narrador — in film and television
- Greek: αφηγητής (afigitís) — in film and television
- Greek: αφηγήτρια (afigítria) — in film and television
- Hebrew: קַרְיָן (karyán) — in film and television
- Hindi: अनाउन्सार (anāunsār) — in film and television
- Hungarian: narrátor — in film and television
- Icelandic: sögumaður — in film and television
- Italian: narratore — in film and television
- Italian: narratrice — in film and television
- Japanese: ナレーター (narētā) — in film and television
- Korean: 내레이터 (naereiteo) — in film and television
- Korean: 이야기하는 사람 (iyagihaneun saram) — in film and television
- Malay: pencerita — in film and television
- Malay: pengarang — in film and television
- Malay: pengisah — in film and television
- Malay: narator — in film and television
- Māori: wahataki — in film and television
- Norwegian Bokmål: forteller — in film and television
- Norwegian Bokmål: stemme — in film and television
- Norwegian Nynorsk: forteljar — in film and television
- Iranian Persian: گویَنْدِه (guyande) — in film and television
- Polish: lektor — in film and television
- Polish: lektorka — in film and television
- Portuguese: narrador — in film and television
- Romanian: narator — in film and television
- Russian: ди́ктор (díktor) — in film and television
- Russian: ди́кторша (díktorša) — in film and television
- Northern Sami: muitaleaddji — in film and television
- Spanish: narrador — in film and television
- Tajik: гӯянда (güyanda) — in film and television
- Tajik: диктор (diktor) — in film and television
- Thai: ผู้ประกาศ (pûu-bprà-gàat) — in film and television
- Turkish: anlatıcı — in film and television
- Ukrainian: ди́ктор (dýktor) — in film and television
- Ukrainian: ди́кторка (dýktorka) — in film and television
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