narrate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /nəˈɹeɪt/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈnæɹeɪt/
  • Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

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

  1. (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
  2. To give an account.
    Synonym: report
    narrate the meeting

Derived terms

Translations
to relate a story
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Italian

Verb

narrate

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

Participle

narrate f pl

  1. feminine plural of narrato

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /naːrˈraː.te/, [näːrˈräːt̪ɛ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /narˈra.te/, [närˈräːt̪e]

Verb

nārrāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of nārrō

Participle

nārrāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of nārrātus
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