narrator
See also: narrátor
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /nəˈɹeɪtə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnæˌɹeɪtɚ/, /-ɹətɚ/, /-nəˈɹeɪtɚ/, /ˈnɛˌɹeɪtɚ/, [-ɾɚ]
Audio (General American): (file) - Rhymes: (one pronunciation) -eɪtə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: nar‧rat‧or
Noun
narrator (plural narrators)
- One who narrates or tells stories.
- Synonym: storyteller
- (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.
- Morgan Freeman was the narrator of March of the Penguins.
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Translations
in story
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in film and television
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Latin
Verb
nārrātor
- second/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.
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin nārrātor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /narˈra.tɔr/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -atɔr
- Syllabification: nar‧ra‧tor
Noun
narrator m pers (female equivalent narratorka, related adjective narratorski)
- (narratology) narrator (in story)
- (narratology) narrator (one who narrates or tells stories)
Declension
Declension of narrator
singular | plural | |
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nominative | narrator | narratorzy/narratory (deprecative) |
genitive | narratora | narratorów |
dative | narratorowi | narratorom |
accusative | narratora | narratorów |
instrumental | narratorem | narratorami |
locative | narratorze | narratorach |
vocative | narratorze | narratorzy |
Related terms
adjectives
- narracyjny
- narratywny
adverbs
nouns
- narracja
- narracyjność
- narratologia