Meanings
plural storytellings · alternative story-telling
- countableuncountableThe act and skills of presenting stories and tales.First known use 1709
Dawes, Drummer, Diogo, they should all be speaking in Beltlish all the time. Just enough to add flavor while not getting in the way of the storytelling.
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1999, Artbyte, volume 2Synonyms: taletelling
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act and skills of presenting stories and tales.
Origin
Translations
Esperanto rakontado
- rakontadothe act and skills of presenting stories and tales
Finnish tarinankerronta
- tarinankerrontathe act and skills of presenting stories and tales
French narration, mise en récit
- narrationthe act and skills of presenting stories and tales
- mise en récitthe act and skills of presenting stories and tales
German Geschichtenerzählen
- Geschichtenerzählenthe act and skills of presenting stories and tales
Icelandic sagnagerð
- sagnagerðthe act and skills of presenting stories and tales
Irish scéalaíocht
- scéalaíochtthe act and skills of presenting stories and tales
Italian narrazione
- narrazionethe act and skills of presenting stories and tales
Polish bajarstwo, gawędziarstwo
- bajarstwothe act and skills of presenting stories and tales
- gawędziarstwothe act and skills of presenting stories and tales
Portuguese storytelling, contação de história
- storytellingthe act and skills of presenting stories and tales
- contação de históriathe act and skills of presenting stories and tales
Russian расска́зывание
- расска́зывание (rasskázyvanije)the act and skills of presenting stories and tales
Spanish narración, narrativa
- narraciónthe act and skills of presenting stories and tales
- narrativathe act and skills of presenting stories and tales
Cite this entry
storytelling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/storytelling
“storytelling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/storytelling. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “storytelling,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/storytelling.
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