Dictionary

narration en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [nəˈɹæɪ.ʃn̩] (Australia)
• /ˌnæɹˈeɪ.ʃən/ (US)
• [ˌnæɹˈeɪ.ʃn̩] (US)
• /nɛɹˈeɪ.ʃən/ (US)
• /nəˈɹæɪ.ʃən/ (Australia)
• [nɛɹˈeɪ.ʃn̩] (US)
• [nəˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩] (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /nəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle French narration, from Old French narracion, from Latin narrātiō. By surface analysis, Latin narr- + -ate + -ion.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.
   • His calm narration made the documentary easy to follow.
   • The film used voice-over narration to explain the story.
   • The novel contains a first-person narration.
2. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) That part of an oration in which the speaker makes his or her statement of facts.

Forms

Deriveds

misnarration · oblique narration · renarration · narrational · metanarration

Descendants

ナレーション · 내레이션

Relateds

narrate · narrator · storytelling · narrative

Synonyms

relation

Translations (79)

pl narracja (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event) · fi kuvaus (act of recounting or relating) · cs vykládání (act of recounting or relating) · pl opowiadanie (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event) · de Erzählung (act of recounting or relating) · jv narasi (act of recounting or relating) · sh prȉpovijētka (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event) · bg разка́зване (act of recounting or relating) · cmn 講述 /讲述 (act of recounting or relating) · sh приповије́да̄ње (act of recounting or relating) · pl opowiedzenie (act of recounting or relating) · be апавяда́нне (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event) · uk оповіда́ння (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event) · fi kerronta (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event) · uk розповіда́ння (act of recounting or relating) · ga reacaireacht (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event) · sh припове́да̄ње (act of recounting or relating) · de Erzählung (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event) · grc ἀφήγησις (act of recounting or relating) · th การเล่าเรื่อง (act of recounting or relating) · ko 서술 (act of recounting or relating) · lv stāsts (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event) · sh prȉpovijēst (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event) · sh при̏повије̄тка (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event) · grc διήγησις (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event) · uk оповіда́ння (act of recounting or relating) · eo rakonto (act of recounting or relating) · ru изложе́ние (act of recounting or relating) · lv stāstīšana (act of recounting or relating) · sh при̏пове̄тка (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event) · ru расска́з (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event) · se muitalus (act of recounting or relating) · ko 이야기하기 (act of recounting or relating) · es narración (act of recounting or relating) · pl opowieść (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event) · hi कथन (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event) · sh при̏повије̄ст (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event) · cs vypravování (act of recounting or relating) · grc διήγησις (act of recounting or relating) · ru ди́кторский текст (part of an oration) · be апавяда́нне (act of recounting or relating) · lv stāstījums (act of recounting or relating) · gl narración (act of recounting or relating) · ko 내레이션 (act of recounting or relating) · fi kertomus (act of recounting or relating) · bn রেওয়ায়ৎ (act of recounting or relating) · sh pripovédānje (act of recounting or relating) · sh при̏пове̄ст (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event) · bn বয়ান (act of recounting or relating) · non frásǫgn (act of recounting or relating) · bg ра́зказ (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event) · ko 이야기 (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event) · pl narracja (part of an oration) · ga reacaireacht (act of recounting or relating) · cs vyprávění (act of recounting or relating) · ga ríomh (act of recounting or relating) · lv stāstījums (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event) · ko 소설 (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event) · ja 叙述 (act of recounting or relating) · fr narration (act of recounting or relating) · pt narração (act of recounting or relating) · ga reacaireacht (part of an oration) · ar حِكَايَة (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event) · sa कथन (act of recounting or relating) · ar حِكَايَة (act of recounting or relating) · ru повествова́ние (act of recounting or relating) · pt narração (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event) · el διήγηση (act of recounting or relating) · sh prȉpovētka (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event) · sh pripovijédānje (act of recounting or relating) · el αφήγηση (act of recounting or relating) · ja ナレーション (act of recounting or relating) · hi कथन (act of recounting or relating) · bn বয়ান (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event) · cmn 敘述 /叙述 (act of recounting or relating) · io naraco (act of recounting or relating) · sh prȉpovēst (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event) · bg описа́ние (act of recounting or relating) · ru расска́з (act of recounting or relating)