Dictionary

storytelling en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Mid-Atlantic, US) audio

Etymology

From story + telling.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act and skills of presenting stories and tales.
   • Dynamic typography reinvigorates the storytelling genre by anthropomorphizing fonts, defibrillating calligraphy, creating rhythmic, ambient moodscapes without sacrificing speed or lushness. 1999, Artbyte, volume 2:
   • Dawes, Drummer, Diogo, they should all be speaking in Beltlish all the time. Just enough to add flavor while not getting in the way of the storytelling. 2018 February 28, Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey, FanFare, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2025:

Forms

Coordinates

narration

Deriveds

scrollytelling · environmental storytelling · counterstorytelling

Descendants

storytelling · storytelling

Relateds

storytellers · storylines

Synonyms

taletelling

Translations (16)

ru расска́зывание (the act and skills of presenting stories and tales) · ga scéalaíocht (the act and skills of presenting stories and tales) · fr mise en récit (the act and skills of presenting stories and tales) · pl gawędziarstwo (the act and skills of presenting stories and tales) · yag yaker (the act and skills of presenting stories and tales) · is sagnagerð (the act and skills of presenting stories and tales) · pt contação de história (the act and skills of presenting stories and tales) · eo rakontado (the act and skills of presenting stories and tales) · pl bajarstwo (the act and skills of presenting stories and tales) · pt storytelling (the act and skills of presenting stories and tales) · fr narration (the act and skills of presenting stories and tales) · es narrativa (the act and skills of presenting stories and tales) · fi tarinankerronta (the act and skills of presenting stories and tales) · es narración (the act and skills of presenting stories and tales) · de Geschichtenerzählen (the act and skills of presenting stories and tales) · it narrazione (the act and skills of presenting stories and tales)