storyteller

English

Etymology

From story +‎ teller.

Pronunciation

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Noun

storyteller (plural storytellers)

A person who relates stories through one medium or another to an audience
- 1952, E. B. White, Charlotte's Web
  "Charlotte is the best storyteller I ever heard," said Fern, poking her dish towel into a cereal bowl.
A liar; a fibber.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 243:
  There was once upon a time a king, who had a daughter, and she was such an awful story-teller, that you couldn't find a greater anywhere.
(role-playing games) A game master, particularly in games focused on collaborative storytelling.

Derived terms

storytelling
ST (abbreviation)

Translations

person who relates stories to an audience

Arabic: قَصَّاص‎ m (qaṣṣāṣ), قَصَّاصَة‎ f (qaṣṣāṣa), رَاوٍ‎ m (rāwin), رَاوِيَة‎ f (rāwiya)
Armenian: հեքիաթասաց (hy) (hekʿiatʿasacʿ)
Belarusian: апавяда́ч m (apavjadáč), апавяда́чка f (apavjadáčka), апавяда́льнік m (apavjadálʹnik), апавяда́льніца f (apavjadálʹnica), раска́зчык m (raskázčyk), раска́зчыца f (raskázčyca), раска́знік m (raskáznik), раска́зніца f (raskáznica); ка́зачнік m (kázačnik), ка́зачніца f (kázačnica), байка́р m (bajkár), байка́рка f (bajkárka), ба́ечнік (be) m (báječnik), ба́ечніца f (báječnica) (fairy-tales)
Bulgarian: разказва́ч (bg) m (razkazváč), разказва́чка f (razkazváčka)
Catalan: rondallaire m or f, contista (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 故事員 (zh), 故事员 (zh) (gùshìyuán)
Czech: vypravěč (cs) m, vypravěčka f
Estonian: jutustaja, jutuvestja
Finnish: kertoja (fi), tarinankertoja (fi), sadunkertoja, satuseppä, tarinoitsija (fi)
French: conteur (fr) m, conteuse (fr) f, raconteur (fr) m, raconteuse (fr) f
Old French: jangleor m, fableor m, conteor m
Georgian: მთხრობელი (mtxrobeli)
German: Erzähler (de) m, Erzählerin (de) f, Geschichtenerzähler (de) m, Geschichtenerzählerin (de) f
Hindi: कहानीकार m (kahānīkār)
Hungarian: mesemondó, mesélő, elbeszélő (hu)
Irish: scéalaí m, seanchaí m
Italian: cantastorie (it) m or f
Japanese: 語り部 (かたりべ, kataribe), ストーリーテラー (sutōrīterā), 語り手 (かたりて, katarite)
Korean: 이야기꾼 (iyagikkun)
Latin: nuntius (la) m, fabulātor, memorātor
Latvian: stāstnieks m, stāstniece f, stāstītājs m, stāstītāja f
Lithuanian: pasakotojas m
Macedonian: раскажувач m (raskažuvač), раскажувачка f (raskažuvačka)
Manx: breagerey, shennaghee, skeealeragh, skeealerey, skeealleyder
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forteller (no) m
Persian: قصه‌گو‎ (qesse-gu), راوی‎ (fa) (râvi)
Polish: baj (pl) m, bajarz (pl) m, bajarka (pl) f, bajacz m (dated), bajaczka f (dated), gawędziarz (pl) m, gawędziarka f, bajduła (pl) m (colloquial), bajkarz m (dated)
Portuguese: narrador (pt) m, contador de histórias m
Romanian: povestitor (ro) m, povestitoare (ro) f, narator (ro) m, naratoare (ro) f
Russian: расска́зчик (ru) m (rasskázčik), расска́зчица (ru) f (rasskázčica), ска́зочник (ru) m (skázočnik), ска́зочница (ru) f (skázočnica) (fairy-tales)
Scots: shenachie, talesman
Scottish Gaelic: seanchaidh m, sgeuladair m, sgeulaiche f, neach-seanchais m, tadhg m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: приповѐда̄ч m, приповјѐда̄ч m, приповеда̀чица f, приповједа̀чица f
Roman: pripovèdāč m, pripovjèdāč (sh) m, pripovedàčica f, pripovjedàčica (sh) f
Slovak: rozprávač m, rozprávačka f
Slovene: pripovedovalec m, pripovedovalka f
Spanish: cuentista m or f, narrador m
Swedish: berättare (sv) c
Telugu: కథకుడు (te) (kathakuḍu)
Thai: ผู้เล่าเรื่อง (pûu-lâo-rʉ̂ʉang), ผู้บรรยาย (pûu-ban-yaai)
Turkish: masalcı (tr)
Ukrainian: оповіда́ч m (opovidáč), опові́дач f (opovídač), оповіда́чка f (opovidáčka), опові́дачка f (opovídačka), розповіда́ч m (rozpovidáč), розпові́дач m (rozpovídač), розповіда́чка f (rozpovidáčka), розпові́дачка f (rozpovídačka); казка́р (uk) m (kazkár), казка́рка (uk) f (kazkárka) (fairy-tales)
Welsh: storïwr m
Yiddish: דערציילער‎ m (dertseyler)

liar

Finnish: satuilija (fi), satusetä
Polish: bajarz (pl) m, bajarka (pl) f
Russian: вы́думщик (ru) m (výdumščik), вы́думщица (ru) f (výdumščica), ска́зочник (ru) m (skázočnik), ска́зочница (ru) f (skázočnica) (teller of fairy-tales)
Turkish: masalcı (tr), palavracı (tr)

gamemaaster in storytelling games

Finnish: tarinankertoja (fi)