narration

narration

English

Etymology

From Middle French narration, from Old French narracion, from Latin narrātiō.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌnəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, [ˌnəˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩]
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌnɛɚˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, [ˌnɛɚˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩]
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

narration (countable and uncountable, plural narrations)

1. The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.
2. That which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events; a story or narrative.
3. (rhetoric) That part of an oration in which the speaker makes his or her statement of facts.

Related terms

• narrate
• narrative
• narrator

Descendants

• → Japanese: ナレーション (narēshon)
• → Korean: 내레이션 (naereisyeon)

Translations

act of recounting or relating

Arabic: حِكَايَة‎ f (ḥikāya) Belarusian: апавяда́нне n (apavjadánnje) Bengali: বয়ান (bn) (bôyan), রেওয়ায়ৎ (bn) (reoyayôt) Bulgarian: разка́зване (bg) n (razkázvane), описа́ние (bg) n (opisánie) Chinese: Mandarin: 講述／讲述 (zh) (jiǎngshù), 敘述／叙述 (zh) (xùshù) Esperanto: rakonto (eo) Finnish: kertomus (fi), kuvaus (fi) French: narration (fr) f German: Erzählung (de) f Greek: Ancient: διήγησις f (diḗgēsis), ἀφήγησις f (aphḗgēsis) Ido: naraco (io) Irish: ríomh m, reacaireacht f Japanese: ナレーション (narēshon), 叙述 (ja) (じょじゅつ, jojutsu) Korean: 서술(敍述) (ko) (seosul), 내레이션 (naereisyeon), 이야기하기 (iyagihagi) Latvian: stāstīšana f, stāstījums m Northern Sami: muitalus Old Norse: frásǫgn f Portuguese: narração (pt) f Russian: повествова́ние (ru) n (povestvovánije), изложе́ние (ru) n (izložénije), расска́з (ru) m (rasskáz) Sanskrit: कथन (sa) n (kathana) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: припове́да̄ње n, приповије́да̄ње n Roman: pripovédānje (sh) n, pripovijédānje n Spanish: narración (es) f Thai: การเล่าเรื่อง Ukrainian: оповіда́ння n (opovidánnja), розповіда́ння n (rozpovidánnja)

orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event

Arabic: حِكَايَة‎ f (ḥikāya) Belarusian: апавяда́нне n (apavjadánnje) Bengali: বয়ান (bn) (bôyan) Bulgarian: ра́зказ (bg) m (rázkaz) Finnish: kerronta (fi) (orderly recital of a story) German: Erzählung (de) f Greek: Ancient: διήγησις f (diḗgēsis) Irish: reacaireacht f Korean: 이야기 (ko) (iyagi), 소설(小說) (ko) (soseol) Latvian: stāstījums m, stāsts (lv) m Polish: narracja (pl) f, opowiadanie (pl) n, opowieść (pl) f Portuguese: narração (pt) f Russian: расска́з (ru) m (rasskáz) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: при̏пове̄тка f, при̏повије̄тка f, при̏пове̄ст f, при̏повије̄ст f Roman: prȉpovētka (sh) f, prȉpovijētka (sh) f, prȉpovēst (sh) f, prȉpovijēst (sh) f Ukrainian: оповіда́ння n (opovidánnja)

part of an oration

Irish: reacaireacht f Russian: ди́кторский текст m (díktorskij tekst)

References

• narration in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Anagrams

• atranorin

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French

Etymology

Latin narrātiō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

narration f (plural narrations)

1. narration (account; story)
2. narration (literary device)
3. (rhetoric) narration

Related terms

• narrer

Further reading

• “narration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle French

Etymology

Latin narrātiō.

Noun

narration f (plural narrations)

1. narration (account; story)