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raconteur

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌɹæk.ɒnˈtəː/
  • UK: /ˌɹæk.ɔ̃(n)ˈtəː/
  • US: /ˌɹæk.ɑnˈtɝ/
  • US: /ˌɹæk.ɔ̃(n)ˈtɝ/
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  • CMU ARPABET: R AE2 K AA0 N T UW1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A storyteller, especially a person noted for telling stories with skill and wit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To make witty remarks or stories.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a person skilled in telling anecdotes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: anecdotist

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: narrator, storyteller, teller

Narrower terms: Munchhausen, Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Munchhausen, Munchausen, Baron Munchausen

History

Etymology

Etymology tree French raconter French -eur French raconteurbor. English raconteur Borrowed from French raconteur.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 善讲故事的人 — storyteller
  • Chinese Mandarin: 健谈者 — storyteller
  • Czech: vypravěč — storyteller
  • Danish: historiefortæller — storyteller
  • Finnish: tarinankertoja — storyteller
  • French: raconteur — storyteller
  • German: Geschichtenerzähler m Anekdotenerzähler — storyteller
  • Greek: ανεκδοτολόγος (anekdotológos) — storyteller
  • Hungarian: anekdotázó — storyteller
  • Hungarian: mesélő — storyteller
  • Macedonian: раска́жувач (raskážuvač) — storyteller
  • Macedonian: раскажу́вачка (raskažúvačka) — storyteller
  • Polish: gawędziarz — storyteller
  • Polish: gawędziarka — storyteller
  • Portuguese: contador (de casos/histórias/contos) — storyteller
  • Russian: расска́зчик (rasskázčik) — storyteller
  • Russian: расска́зчица (rasskázčica) — storyteller
  • Spanish: narrador — storyteller
  • Finnish: tarinoida — To make witty remarks or stories
  • Russian: расска́зывать исто́рии (rasskázyvatʹ istórii) — To make witty remarks or stories