narrator

See also: narrátor

English

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narrator

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /nəˈɹeɪtə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnæˌɹeɪtɚ/, /-ɹətɚ/, /-nəˈɹeɪtɚ/,
Audio (GA) (file)
Rhymes: (one pronunciation) -eɪtə(ɹ)
Hyphenation: rat‧or

Noun

narrator (plural narrators)

One who narrates or tells stories.
Synonym: storyteller
(narratology) The person or the "voice" whose viewpoint is used in telling a story.
(film and television) The person providing the voice-over in a documentary.
Morgan Freeman was the narrator of March of the Penguins.

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in story

Albanian: tregimtar (sq) m
Amharic: ተራኪ (täraki)
Arabic: رَاوٍ m (rāwin), رَاوِيَة f (rāwiya), حَاكٍ m (ḥākin), حَكَّاء m (ḥakkāʔ), قَصَّاص m (qaṣṣāṣ), قَصَّاصَة f (qaṣṣāṣa)
Armenian: պատմող (hy) (patmoġ)
Azerbaijani: rəvayətçi, hekayətçi
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)
Bulgarian: разказва́ч (bg) m (razkazváč), разказва́чка f (razkazváčka)
Catalan: narrador m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 敘述者／叙述者 (xùshùzhě), 講述者／讲述者 (jiǎngshùzhě)
Czech: vypravěč (cs) m, vypravěčka f
Danish: fortæller c
Dutch: verteller (nl) m, vertelster (nl) f
Esperanto: rakontanto
Estonian: jutustaja, jutuvestja
Faroese: frásøgufólk n
Finnish: kertoja (fi)
French: narrateur (fr) m, narratrice (fr) f
Galician: narrador (gl) m
Georgian: მთხრობელი (mtxrobeli)
German: Erzähler (de) m, Erzählerin (de) f
Greek: αφηγητής (el) m (afigitís), αφηγήτρια (el) f (afigítria)
Ancient: ἀφηγητής m (aphēgētḗs)
Hungarian: elbeszélő (hu), mesemondó (hu), mesélő (hu)
Icelandic: sögumaður m
Italian: narratore (it) m, narratrice f
Japanese: 語り手 (かたりて, katarite), ナレーター (narētā), 語り部 (かたりべ, kataribe)
Kazakh: айтушы (aituşy), әңгімеші (äñgımeşı)
Korean: 이야기꾼 (iyagikkun), 내레이터 (naereiteo), 이야기하는 사람 (iyagihaneun saram)
Kyrgyz: аңгемечи (ky) (aŋgemeci), жомокчу (ky) (jomokcu), баяндоочу (ky) (bayandoocu)
Latvian: stāstītājs m, stāstītāja f, stāstnieks m, stāstniece f
Macedonian: раскажувач m (raskažuvač), раскажувачка f (raskažuvačka), нара́тор m (narátor), нара́торка f (narátorka)
Malay: pengisah, narator, pengarang, pencerita
Maori: kaitaki kōrero, wahataki
Navajo: halneʼé
Northern Sami: muitaleaddji
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forteller (no) m

Nynorsk: forteljar m
Persian: راوی (fa) (râvi), داستان‌سرا (dâstân-sarâ)
Polish: narrator (pl) m, narratorka (pl) f, baj (pl) m
Portuguese: narrador (pt) m
Romanian: narator (ro) m, naratoare (ro) f
Russian: расска́зчик (ru) m (rasskázčik), расска́зчица (ru) f (rasskázčica), повествова́тель (ru) m (povestvovátelʹ), повествова́тельница (ru) f (povestvovátelʹnica), нарра́тор (ru) m (narrátor)
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: narrador m
Swedish: berättare (sv) c
Tajik: ровӣ (rovī)
Thai: ผู้บรรยาย (pûu-ban-yaai), ผู้เล่าเรื่อง (pûu-lâo-rʉ̂ʉang)
Turkish: anlatıcı (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)
Uzbek: hikoyachi (uz)
Vietnamese: người dẫn chuyện
Yiddish: דערציילער m (dertseyler)

in film and television

Arabic: رَاوٍ m (rāwin), رَاوِيَة f (rāwiya)
Belarusian: ды́ктар m (dýktar), ды́ктарка f (dýktarka)
Bulgarian: говори́тел (bg) m (govorítel), говори́телка f (govorítelka)
Catalan: narrador m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 解說員／解说员 (zh) (jiěshuōyuán)
Danish: fortæller c
Dutch: verteller (nl) m, vertelster (nl) f
Esperanto: rakontanto
Faroese: frásøgufólk n
Finnish: kertoja (fi)
French: narrateur (fr) m, narratrice (fr) f
Galician: narrador (gl) m
Greek: αφηγητής (el) m (afigitís), αφηγήτρια (el) f (afigítria)
Hebrew: קַרְיָן (he) m (karyán)
Hungarian: narrátor (hu)
Icelandic: sögumaður m
Italian: narratore (it) m, narratrice f
Japanese: ナレーター (narētā)
Korean: 내레이터 (naereiteo), 이야기하는 사람 (iyagihaneun saram)
Malay: pencerita, pengarang, pengisah, narator
Maori: wahataki
Northern Sami: muitaleaddji
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forteller (no) m, stemme (no) m

Nynorsk: forteljar m
Portuguese: narrador (pt) m
Romanian: narator (ro) m
Russian: ди́ктор (ru) m (díktor), ди́кторша (ru) f (díktorša)
Spanish: narrador m
Thai: ผู้บรรยาย (pûu-ban-yaai)
Turkish: anlatıcı (tr)
Ukrainian: ди́ктор m (dýktor), ди́кторка f (dýktorka)

Latin

Verb

nārrātor

second/third-person singular future passive imperative of nārrō

References

“narrator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“narrator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
narrator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

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narrator

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nārrātor.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /narˈra.tɔr/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -atɔr
Syllabification: nar‧ra‧tor

Noun

narrator m pers (female equivalent narratorka)

(narratology) narrator (in story)
(narratology) narrator (one who narrates or tells stories)

Declension

Declension of narrator

	singular	plural
nominative	narrator	narratorzy/narratory (deprecative)
genitive	narratora	narratorów
dative	narratorowi	narratorom
accusative	narratora	narratorów
instrumental	narratorem	narratorami
locative	narratorze	narratorach
vocative	narratorze	narratorzy

Derived terms

adjective

narratorski

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adjectives

adverb

narracyjnie

nouns

narrator

Contents

English

Pronunciation

Noun

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Latin

Verb

References

Polish

Etymology

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Noun

Declension

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