English

Noun

raconteur ‎(plural raconteurs)

1. A storyteller, especially a person noted for telling stories with skill and wit.
   • 1888, Henry James, The Liar.

     He was tempted to try the last door—to look into the room of evil fame; but he reflected that this would be indiscreet, since Colonel Capadose handled the brush—as a raconteur—with such freedom. There might be a ghost and there might not; but the Colonel himself, he inclined to think, was the most mystifying figure in the house.

Translations

Verb

raconteur ‎(third-person singular simple present raconteurs, present participle raconteuring, simple past and past participle raconteured)

1. To make witty remarks or stories.
   • 2003, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, ISBN 0156028778, page 155:

     The two of them turn to each other and raise an eyebrow each, their signal to slip into alternating raconteuring.

Translations

French

Etymology

From raconter +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.kɔ̃.tœʁ/

Noun

raconteur m ‎(plural raconteurs, feminine raconteuse)

1. storyteller, narrator

Anagrams

• recourant