narrative

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈnæɹətɪv/
• (America, non-Mary-marry-merry) IPA: /ˈnæɹətɪv/
• (America, Mary-marry-merry) IPA: /ˈnɛɹətɪv/

Adjective

narrative

1. Telling a story.
2. Overly talkative; garrulous.
   • Alexander Pope

     But wise through time, and narrative with age.

3. Of or relating to narration.

   the narrative thrust of a film

Translations

• French: narratif
• German: erzählend, erzählerisch, in erzählender Form darlegend
• Russian: повествова́тельный
• Spanish: narrativo

Translations

• Russian: разгово́рчивый

Translations

• Spanish: narrativo

Noun

narrative

1. The systematic recitation of an event or series of events.
2. That which is narrated.
3. A representation of an event or story.
4. (creative writing) A manner of conveying a story, fictional or otherwise, in a body of work.

   ''The plot is full of holes, but the narrative is extremely compelling.

Related terms

• narrate
• narration
• narrator

Translations

• French: récit
• German: Erzählung, Geschichte, Bericht, Schilderung, Darstellung eines Ereignisablaufes, erzählerische Geschehenswiedergabe
• Italian: descrizione
• Portuguese: narrativa
• Russian: повествова́ние
• Spanish: narrativa

Translations

• Russian: исто́рия
• Spanish: narración

Translations

• Russian: изложе́ние факт

Translations

• Russian: повествова́ние

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