diegesis
/ˌdaɪ.ɪˈd͡ʒiːsɪs/noun
diegesis is a noun meaning “A narration or recitation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled D-I-E-G-E-S-I-S, and it appears about once in every 85 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of diegesis is diegeses.
What does diegesis mean?
noun
- 1
A narration or recitation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce diegesis?
- US /ˌdaɪ.ɪˈd͡ʒiːsɪs/
- US /ˌdaɪ.əˈd͡ʒiːsɪs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of diegesis
- diegeses plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is diegesis?
Diegesis appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does diegesis come from?
Ancient Greek διήγησις (diḗgēsis, “narration”), from διηγέομαι (diēgéomai, “I narrate”)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).