narrative

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle Scots narrative, nerrative, from Middle French narratif, from Latin narrātīvus, from narrō (“to narrate”). === 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] (Indic) IPA(key): /nəˈreʈɪv/ Hyphenation: nar‧ra‧tive === Adjective === narrative (comparative more narrative, superlative most narrative) Telling a story. Overly talkative; garrulous. Of or relating to narration. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === narrative (countable and uncountable, plural narratives) The systematic recitation of an event or series of events. That which is narrated. A representation of an event or story in a way to promote a certain point of view. (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 feminine singular of narratif == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nar.raˈti.ve/ Rhymes: -ive Hyphenation: nar‧ra‧tì‧ve === Adjective === narrative f pl feminine plural of narrativo === Noun === narrative f pl plural of narrativa === Anagrams === antiverrà, arrivante, interrava, rientrava, verrinata