"raconteur" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌɹæk.ɒnˈtəː/ [UK], /ˌɹæk.ɔ̃(n)ˈtəː/ [UK], /ˌɹæk.ɑnˈtɝ/ [US], /ˌɹæk.ɔ̃(n)ˈtɝ/ [US] Audio: en-us-raconteur.ogg , en-us-raconteur-2.ogg , en-au-raconteur.ogg Forms: raconteurs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French raconteur. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|raconteur}} French raconteur Head templates: {{en-noun}} raconteur (plural raconteurs)
  1. A storyteller, especially a person noted for telling stories with skill and wit. Translations (storyteller): 善讲故事的人 (Chinese Mandarin), 健谈者 (Chinese Mandarin), vypravěč [masculine] (Czech), historiefortæller [common-gender] (Danish), tarinankertoja (Finnish), raconteur [masculine] (French), Geschichtenerzähler m Anekdotenerzähler [masculine] (German), ανεκδοτολόγος (anekdotológos) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), anekdotázó (Hungarian), mesélő (Hungarian), раска́жувач (raskážuvač) [masculine] (Macedonian), раскажу́вачка (raskažúvačka) [feminine] (Macedonian), gawędziarz [masculine] (Polish), gawędziarka [feminine] (Polish), contador (de casos/histórias/contos) [masculine] (Portuguese), расска́зчик (rasskázčik) [masculine] (Russian), расска́зчица (rasskázčica) [feminine] (Russian), narrador (Spanish)
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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌɹæk.ɒnˈtəː/ [UK], /ˌɹæk.ɔ̃(n)ˈtəː/ [UK], /ˌɹæk.ɑnˈtɝ/ [US], /ˌɹæk.ɔ̃(n)ˈtɝ/ [US] Audio: en-us-raconteur.ogg , en-us-raconteur-2.ogg , en-au-raconteur.ogg Forms: raconteurs [present, singular, third-person], raconteuring [participle, present], raconteured [participle, past], raconteured [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from French raconteur. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|raconteur}} French raconteur Head templates: {{en-verb}} raconteur (third-person singular simple present raconteurs, present participle raconteuring, simple past and past participle raconteured)
  1. To make witty remarks or stories. Translations (To make witty remarks or stories): tarinoida (Finnish), расска́зывать исто́рии (rasskázyvatʹ istórii) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-raconteur-en-verb-8vfsKGWt

Noun [French]

IPA: /ʁa.kɔ̃.tœʁ/ Forms: raconteurs [plural], raconteuse [feminine]
Etymology: From raconter + -eur. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|raconter|-eur}} raconter + -eur Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=raconteuse}} raconteur m (plural raconteurs, feminine raconteuse)
  1. storyteller, narrator Tags: masculine

Inflected forms

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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "storyteller",
      "word": "善讲故事的人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "storyteller",
      "word": "健谈者"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "storyteller",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vypravěč"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "storyteller",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "historiefortæller"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "storyteller",
      "word": "tarinankertoja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "storyteller",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "raconteur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "storyteller",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Geschichtenerzähler m Anekdotenerzähler"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anekdotológos",
      "sense": "storyteller",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ανεκδοτολόγος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "storyteller",
      "word": "anekdotázó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "storyteller",
      "word": "mesélő"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "raskážuvač",
      "sense": "storyteller",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "раска́жувач"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "raskažúvačka",
      "sense": "storyteller",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "раскажу́вачка"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "storyteller",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gawędziarz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "storyteller",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gawędziarka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "storyteller",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contador (de casos/histórias/contos)"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rasskázčik",
      "sense": "storyteller",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "расска́зчик"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rasskázčica",
      "sense": "storyteller",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "расска́зчица"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "storyteller",
      "word": "narrador"
    }
  ],
  "word": "raconteur"
}

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    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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          "text": "The two of them turn to each other and raise an eyebrow each, their signal to slip into alternating raconteuring.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To make witty remarks or stories."
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          "witty"
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  ],
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɹæk.ɔ̃(n)ˈtəː/",
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        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɹæk.ɑnˈtɝ/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˌɹæk.ɔ̃(n)ˈtɝ/",
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        "US"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To make witty remarks or stories",
      "word": "tarinoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rasskázyvatʹ istórii",
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      "word": "расска́зывать исто́рии"
    }
  ],
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}

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  ],
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "raconteuse",
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        "feminine"
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    }
  ],
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}

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