narrator

See also: narrátor

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /nəˈɹeɪtə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈnæɹeɪtəɹ/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

narrator (plural narrators)

One who narrates or tells stories.
(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.

Synonyms

storyteller

Related terms

Translations

in story

Amharic: ተራኪ (täraki)
Catalan: narrador m
Czech: vypravěč (cs) m
Danish: fortæller c
Dutch: verteller (nl) m, vertelster (nl) f
Esperanto: rakontanto
Finnish: kertoja (fi)
French: narrateur (fr) m, narratrice (fr) f
Galician: narrador (gl) m
German: Erzähler (de) m, Erzählerin f
Greek: αφηγητής (el) m (afigitís), αφηγήτρια (el) f (afigítria)
Ancient: ἀφηγητής m (aphēgētḗs)
Hungarian: elbeszélő (hu), mesemondó
Italian: narratore (it) m, narratrice f

Japanese: 語り手 (katarite)
Latvian: stāstītājs m, stāstītāja f, stāstnieks m, stāstniece f
Malay: pengisah, narator, pengarang, pencerita
Maori: kaitaki kōrero, wahataki
Navajo: halneʼé
Northern Sami: muitaleaddji
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forteller (no) m

Nynorsk: forteljar m
Portuguese: narrador (pt) m
Russian: расска́зчик (ru) m (rasskázčik), расска́зчица (ru) f (rasskázčica)
Serbo-Croatian: pripovjèdāč (sh) m, pripovjedàčica (sh) f
Spanish: narrador m
Thai: ผู้บรรยาย (pûu-ban-yaai)

in film and television

Catalan: narrador m
Danish: fortæller c
Dutch: verteller (nl) m, vertelster (nl) f
Esperanto: rakontanto
French: narrateur (fr) m, narratrice (fr) f
Galician: narrador (gl) m
Greek: αφηγητής (el) m (afigitís), αφηγήτρια (el) f (afigítria)
Hungarian: narrátor (hu)
Italian: narratore (it) m, narratrice f
Japanese: ナレーター (narētā)

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
Russian: ди́ктор (ru) m (díktor), ди́кторша (ru) f (díktorša)
Spanish: narrador m
Thai: ผู้บรรยาย (pûu-ban-yaai)

Latin

Verb

nārrātor

second-person singular future passive imperative of nārrō
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

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