narrator (redirected from narratorial)

nar·rate  (nrt, n-rt)

v. nar·rat·ed, nar·rat·ing, nar·rates

v.tr.

1. To tell (a story, for example) in speech or writing or by means of images.

2. To give an account of (events, for example). See Synonyms at describe.

v.intr.

1. To give an account or description.

2. To supply a running commentary for a movie or performance.

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[Latin narrre, narrt-, from gnrus, knowing; see gn- in Indo-European roots.]

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narrat·a·bili·ty n.

narrat·a·ble adj.

narrator, narrater n.

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narrator [nəˈreɪtə]

n

1. a person who tells a story or gives an account of something

2. (Performing Arts) a person who speaks in accompaniment of a film, television programme, etc.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

narrator - someone who tells a story             storyteller, teller anecdotist, raconteur - a person skilled in telling anecdotes fabulist - a person who tells or invents fables griot - a storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village speaker, talker, verbaliser, verbalizer, utterer - someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims"

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narrator

noun storyteller, writer, author, reporter, commentator, chronicler, reciter, raconteur Jules, the story's narrator, is an actress in her late thirties.

Translations

narrator [nəˈreɪtəʳ] N [of story] → narrador(a) m/f; [of documentary] → narrador(a) m/f, comentarista mf

narrator [nəˈreɪtə^r] n [story] → narrateur/trice m/f; [documentary] → narrateur/trice m/f
The narrator and central figure is a salesman called Mike → Le narrateur et protagoniste est un représentant nommé Mike.

narrator

n → Erzähler(in) m(f); first-person narrator → Icherzähler(in) m(f); third-person narrator → Ererzähler(in) m(f)

narrator [nəˈreɪtəʳ] n → narratore/trice