narration
French, noun/na.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
narration is spelled N-A-R-R-A-T-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written French, the 12,122nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Narration is a French feminine noun meaning “narration (account; story)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Récit, exposé de faits dans un ouvrage littéraire”.
What does narration mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenarration (account; story)
- 2
femininenarration (literary device)
- 3
femininenarration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Récit, exposé de faits dans un ouvrage littéraire. 2. (Rhétorique antique) Partie du discours où l’orateur raconte, expose, développe le fait. 3. Exercice scolaire où l’élève doit développer un récit sur un thème donné. 4. Récit fait en conversation.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of narration
- narrations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce narration?
- /na.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
- \na.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to narration
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is narration in French?
narration appears 4.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).