retell

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ tell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiˈtɛl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛl

Verb

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

• Arabic: سَرَدَ (sarada), نَقَلَ (naqala)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 復ふく述じゅつ／复述 (fùshù)

• Finnish: kertoa (fi), kertoa omin sanoin
• French: raconter de nouveau, redire (fr)
• German: wiedererzählen (de), nacherzählen (de)
• Japanese: 再ふたたび語かたる (ふたたびかたる, futatabi kataru)
• Latin: renarrō
• Maori: takirua
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gjenfortelle

• Russian: переска́зывать (ru) impf (pereskázyvatʹ), пересказа́ть (ru) pf (pereskazátʹ)
• Spanish: contar de nuevo, redecir (es)

Anagrams

• Teller, teller