Narration

//ˌnæɹˈeɪ.ʃən//

Synonyms for "narration" (40 found)

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Translations

74 translations across 28 languages.

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Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • διήγησις noun (act of recounting or relating)
  • διήγησις noun (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event)
  • ἀφήγησις noun (act of recounting or relating)

Arabic

2 entries
  • حِكَايَة noun (act of recounting or relating)
  • حِكَايَة noun (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • апавяда́нне noun (act of recounting or relating)
  • апавяда́нне noun (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event)

Bengali

3 entries
  • বয়ান noun (act of recounting or relating)
  • বয়ান noun (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event)
  • রেওয়ায়ৎ noun (act of recounting or relating)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • описа́ние noun (act of recounting or relating)
  • ра́зказ noun (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event)
  • разка́зване noun (act of recounting or relating)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 敘述 /叙述 noun (act of recounting or relating)
  • 講述 /讲述 noun (act of recounting or relating)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • rakonto noun (act of recounting or relating)

Finnish

3 entries
  • kerronta noun (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event)
  • kertomus noun (act of recounting or relating)
  • kuvaus noun (act of recounting or relating)

French

1 entries
  • narration noun (act of recounting or relating)

Galician

1 entries
  • narración noun (act of recounting or relating)

German

2 entries
  • Erzählung noun (act of recounting or relating)
  • Erzählung noun (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event)

Hindi

2 entries
  • कथन noun (act of recounting or relating)
  • कथन noun (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event)

Ido

1 entries
  • naraco noun (act of recounting or relating)

Irish

4 entries
  • reacaireacht noun (act of recounting or relating)
  • reacaireacht noun (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event)
  • reacaireacht noun (part of an oration)
  • ríomh noun (act of recounting or relating)

Japanese

2 entries
  • ナレーション noun (act of recounting or relating)
  • 叙述 noun (act of recounting or relating)

Javanese

1 entries
  • narasi noun (act of recounting or relating)

Korean

4 entries
  • 내레이션 noun (act of recounting or relating)
  • 서술 noun (act of recounting or relating)
  • 소설 noun (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event)
  • 이야기 noun (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event)

Latvian

4 entries
  • stāsts noun (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event)
  • stāstījums noun (act of recounting or relating)
  • stāstījums noun (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event)
  • stāstīšana noun (act of recounting or relating)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • muitalus noun (act of recounting or relating)

Old Norse

1 entries
  • frásǫgn noun (act of recounting or relating)

Polish

4 entries
  • narracja noun (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event)
  • narracja noun (part of an oration)
  • opowiadanie noun (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event)
  • opowiedzenie noun (act of recounting or relating)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • narração noun (act of recounting or relating)
  • narração noun (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event)

Russian

4 entries
  • ди́кторский текст noun (part of an oration)
  • изложе́ние noun (act of recounting or relating)
  • повествова́ние noun (act of recounting or relating)
  • расска́з noun (act of recounting or relating)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • कथन noun (act of recounting or relating)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • pripovijédānje noun (act of recounting or relating)
  • pripovédānje noun (act of recounting or relating)
  • prȉpovijēst noun (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event)
  • prȉpovijētka noun (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event)

Spanish

1 entries
  • narración noun (act of recounting or relating)

Thai

1 entries
  • การเล่าเรื่อง noun (act of recounting or relating)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • оповіда́ння noun (act of recounting or relating)
  • оповіда́ння noun (orderly recital of the particulars of a transaction or event)
  • розповіда́ння noun (act of recounting or relating)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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The narration is written in the first person singular because it is fictionally taken from the man's everyday journal.

Source: tatoeba (607648)

There are different points of view in the narration.

Source: tatoeba (2056474)

He mesmerized us all with the dramatized narration of his journey.

Source: tatoeba (9973932)

Janos sent his stories to the local radio station for narration.

Source: tatoeba (12033736)

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