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"narrative (a story, an account)" in seven languages

Meaningnarrative (a story, an account)

Spanish

narración

/naraˈθjon/

fem.learned

French

récit

/ʁesi/

masc.other source · French réciter, from Latin RECITĀRE 'to read aloud'

Italian

narrazione

/narratˈtsjone/

fem.learned

Portuguese

narrativa

/nahaˈtʃivɐ/

fem.learned

Romanian

narațiune

/naratsiˈune/

fem.learned

Catalan

narració

/nərəsiˈo/

fem.learned

English

narrative

/ˈnɛɹətɪv/

from Latin/French · French narratif, from Latin NARRĀTĪVUS

English → Italiannarrative (a story, an account)narrazioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

NARRĀRE‘to tell, relate’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Spanish and Italian use the learned NARRĀTIŌNEM; French prefers récit, from réciter 'to recite'. Narrativa in Spanish and Italian is mostly the literary genre, fiction.

English relatives: narrate, narrator, narration

Sound laws at work

-TIŌNEM: learned -ción, inherited -zón

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In a sentence

  • esLa narración está contada por un niño.
  • frLe récit est raconté par un enfant.
  • itLa narrazione è affidata a un bambino.
  • ptA narrativa é contada por uma criança.
  • roNarațiunea este relatată de un copil.
  • caLa narració l'explica un nen.
  • enThe narrative is told by a child.

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