narrative

English Online Dictionary. What means narrative‎? What does narrative mean?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French narratif.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnæɹətɪv/
• (US, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈnæɹətɪv/, [ˈnæɹəɾɪv]
• (US, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛɹətɪv/, [ˈnɛɹəɾɪv]
• Hyphenation: nar‧ra‧tive

Adjective

narrative (comparative more narrative, superlative most narrative)

1. Telling a story.
2. Overly talkative; garrulous.
3. Of or relating to narration.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

narrative (countable and uncountable, plural narratives)

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

Derived terms

Related terms

• narrate
• narration
• narrator

Translations

References

• “narrative”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• narrative in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “narrative”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

• veratrina

French

Adjective

narrative

1. feminine singular of narratif

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nar.raˈti.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: nar‧ra‧tì‧ve

Adjective

narrative f pl

1. feminine plural of narrativo

Noun

narrative f pl

1. plural of narrativa

Anagrams

• antiverrà, arrivante, interrava, rientrava, verrinata