narration

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Etymology

From Middle French narration, from Old French narracion, from Latin narrātiō.

Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /nəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, [nəˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩]
• (America) IPA: /ˌnæɹˈeɪ.ʃən/, [ˌnæɹˈeɪ.ʃn̩], /nɛɹˈeɪ.ʃən/, [nɛɹˈeɪ.ʃn̩]
• (Australia) IPA: /nəˈɹæɪ.ʃən/, [nəˈɹæɪ.ʃn̩]

Noun

narration

1. The act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.
2. That which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events; a story or narrative.
3. (rhetoric) That part of an oration in which the speaker makes his or her statement of facts.

Related terms

• narrate
• narrative
• narrator

Translations

• French: narration
• German: Erzählung
• Portuguese: narração
• Russian: повествова́ние
• Spanish: narración

Translations

• German: Erzählung
• Portuguese: narração
• Russian: расска́з

Translations

• Russian: дикторский текст

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