"retell" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɹiˈtɛl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-retell.wav Forms: retells [present, singular, third-person], retelling [participle, present], retold [participle, past], retold [past]
Rhymes: -ɛl Etymology: From re- + tell. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|tell}} re- + tell Head templates: {{en-verb|retells|retelling|retold}} retell (third-person singular simple present retells, present participle retelling, simple past and past participle retold)
  1. To tell again, often differently, what one has read or heard; to paraphrase. Translations (to tell again): سَرَدَ (sarada) (Arabic), نَقَلَ (naqala) (Arabic), 復述 /复述 (fùshù) (Chinese Mandarin), kertoa (Finnish), kertoa omin sanoin (Finnish), raconter de nouveau (French), redire (French), wiedererzählen (German), nacherzählen (German), 再び語る (futatabi kataru) (alt: ふたたびかたる) (Japanese), renarrō (Latin), takirua (Maori), gjenfortelle (Norwegian Bokmål), переска́зывать (pereskázyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), пересказа́ть (pereskazátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), contar de nuevo (Spanish), redecir (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to tell again",
          "word": "سَرَدَ"
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "naqala",
          "sense": "to tell again",
          "word": "نَقَلَ"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "sense": "to tell again",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to tell again",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to tell again",
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          "sense": "to tell again",
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          "sense": "to tell again",
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          "sense": "to tell again",
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          "sense": "to tell again",
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          "sense": "to tell again",
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          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to tell again",
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          "sense": "to tell again",
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      "lang": "Arabic",
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      "sense": "to tell again",
      "word": "سَرَدَ"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "naqala",
      "sense": "to tell again",
      "word": "نَقَلَ"
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      "sense": "to tell again",
      "word": "復述 /复述"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to tell again",
      "word": "kertoa"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to tell again",
      "word": "kertoa omin sanoin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to tell again",
      "word": "raconter de nouveau"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to tell again",
      "word": "redire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to tell again",
      "word": "wiedererzählen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to tell again",
      "word": "nacherzählen"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふたたびかたる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "futatabi kataru",
      "sense": "to tell again",
      "word": "再び語る"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to tell again",
      "word": "renarrō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to tell again",
      "word": "takirua"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to tell again",
      "word": "gjenfortelle"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pereskázyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to tell again",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "переска́зывать"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pereskazátʹ",
      "sense": "to tell again",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "пересказа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to tell again",
      "word": "contar de nuevo"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to tell again",
      "word": "redecir"
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