narrate

English

Etymology

In English (recorded only since 1656, but until the 19th century stigmatized as 'Scottish') apparently from narration.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /nəˈɹeɪt/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnæɹeɪt/, /ˈnɛɹ.eɪt/
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /nəˈɹæɪt/
Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

narrate (third-person singular simple present narrates, present participle narrating, simple past and past participle narrated)

(transitive) To relate (a story or series of events) in speech or writing.
Synonym: tell

narrate a story

narrate a tale

narrate one's life

narrate the play
To give an account.
Synonym: report

narrate the meeting

Derived terms

aforenarrated

Related terms

Translations

to relate a story

Albanian: rrëfej (sq)
Arabic: حَكَى (ḥakā), رَوَى (rawā), قَصَّ (qaṣṣa), سَرَدَ (sarada)
Egyptian Arabic: يحكي (yeḥki)
Armenian: պատմել (hy) (patmel)
Azerbaijani: nəql etmək
Bashkir: һөйләү (höyləw)
Basque: kontatu
Belarusian: раска́зваць impf (raskázvacʹ), расказа́ць pf (raskazácʹ), распавяда́ць impf (raspavjadácʹ), распавесці́ pf (raspavjescí)
Bengali: বর্ণনা করা (bôrnôna kôra)
Bulgarian: разка́звам (bg) impf (razkázvam), разка́жа pf (razkáža)
Burmese: ပြော (my) (prau:), ပြန်ပြော (my) (pranprau:)
Catalan: narrar (ca), explicar (ca)
Cebuano: saysay
Chinese:
Mandarin: 訴說／诉说 (zh) (sùshuō), 敘說／叙说 (zh) (xùshuō), 講／讲 (zh) (jiǎng), 講述／讲述 (zh) (jiǎngshù)
Czech: vyprávět (cs) pf, vypravovat impf
Danish: fortælle, berette
Dutch: verhalen (nl), vertellen (nl)
Esperanto: rakonti
Estonian: jutustama
Finnish: kertoa (fi)
French: raconter (fr), conter (fr), narrer (fr)
Georgian: თხრობა (txroba)
German: erzählen (de)
Alemannic German: verzele
Gothic: 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐍉𐌽 (spillōn)
Greek: διηγούμαι (el) (diigoúmai)
Ancient: διηγέομαι (diēgéomai)
Hebrew: יפר \ סִפֵּר (he) (sipér)
Hindi: सुनाना (hi) (sunānā), बयान करना (bayān karnā), वर्णन करना (varṇan karnā)
Hungarian: elbeszél (hu), elmond (hu)
Indonesian: menceritakan (id)
Ingrian: läätä
Interlingua: contar, narrar
Irish: inis
Italian: raccontare (it), narrare (it)
Japanese: 物語る (ja) (ものがたる, monogataru), (tell a story) 話をする (はなしをする, hanashi o suru), 教える (ja) (おしえる, oshieru)
Kazakh: айту (kk) (aitu), әңгімелеу (äñgımeleu), баяндау (baändau), хикаялау (xikaälau)
Khmer: តំណាល (km) (tɑmnaal), រៀបរាប់ (km) (riəp rŏəp)
Korean: 이야기하다 (ko) (iyagihada), 말하다 (ko) (malhada), 들려주다 (ko) (deullyeojuda), 이야기를 하다 (iyagireul hada)
Kyrgyz: баяндоо (ky) (bayandoo)
Lao: ເລົ່າ (lao), ເລົ່າເຣື່ອງ (lao rư̄ang), ເລົ່າເລື່ອງ (lao lư̄ang), ບັນຍາຍ (ban nyāi)
Latin: narrō
Latvian: stāstīt
Lithuanian: pasakoti
Macedonian: раскажува impf (raskažuva), раскаже pf (raskaže)
Malay: menceritakan
Maore Comorian: utoa, utolea
Maori: whakataki
Mongolian: хүүрнэх (mn) (xüürnex), хэлэх (mn) (xelex), өгүүлэх (mn) (ögüülex)
Neapolitan: cuntà
Norman: raconter
Northern Sami: muitalit, máinnastit
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fortelle (no)
Occitan: narrar (oc)
Odia: କହିବା (or) (kahibā)
Persian: تعریف کردن (ta'rif kardan), نقل کردن (naql kardan)
Polish: opowiadać (pl) impf, opowiedzieć (pl) pf
Portuguese: narrar (pt), contar (pt)
Rapa Nui: hā'aki
Romanian: povesti (ro), relata (ro), nara (ro)
Russian: расска́зывать (ru) impf (rasskázyvatʹ), рассказа́ть (ru) pf (rasskazátʹ), пове́дывать (ru) impf (povédyvatʹ) (dated or bookish), пове́дать (ru) pf (povédatʹ) (dated or bookish), повествова́ть (ru) impf (povestvovátʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: при́чати impf, испри́чати pf

Roman: príčati (sh) impf, ispríčati (sh) pf
Slovak: rozprávať impf, porozprávať pf
Slovene: povedati (sl) pf
Spanish: narrar (es), contar (es), conversar (es), relatar (es)
Swahili: kueleza (sw)
Swedish: berätta (sv), förtälja (sv)
Tajik: ҳикоя кардан (hikoya kardan), нақл кардан (naql kardan)
Thai: บรรยาย (th) (ban-yaai), พากย์ (th) (pâak), เล่าเรื่อง (lâo-rʉ̂ʉang), เล่าขาน (lâo-kǎan), เล่า (th) (lâo)
Turkish: anlatmak (tr)
Ukrainian: розповіда́ти (uk) impf (rozpovidáty), розповісти́ (uk) pf (rozpovistý), розка́зувати impf (rozkázuvaty), розказа́ти pf (rozkazáty)
Urdu: بیان کرنا (bayān karnā), نقل کرنا (naql karnā)
Uyghur: بايان قىلماق (bayan qilmaq)
Uzbek: hikoya qilmoq
Vietnamese: kể lại (vi), thuật lại
Welsh: adrodd (cy)
Yiddish: דערציילן (dertseyln)

to give an account

Bulgarian: описвам (bg) (opisvam)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: verhalen (nl), verslaan (nl), rapporteren (nl)
Finnish: kertoa (fi)
French: rapporter (fr), relater (fr)
German: berichten (de)
Hungarian: beszámol (hu)
Latin: narrō
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: narrar (es), conversar (es), recontar (es), relatar (es), contar (es)
Thai: เล่า (th) (lâo)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Italian: ^{(please verify)} narrare (it)
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} anlatmak (tr)

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

narrate

inflection of narrare:
1. second-person plural present indicative
2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

narrate f pl

feminine plural of narrato

Anagrams

ranatre

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /naːrˈraː.te/, [näːrˈräːt̪ɛ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /narˈra.te/, [närˈräːt̪e]

Verb

nārrāte

second-person plural present active imperative of nārrō

Participle

nārrāte

vocative masculine singular of nārrātus

Spanish

Verb

narrate

second-person singular voseo imperative of narrar combined with te