rakonto
Esperanto
Etymology
From rakonti (“to narrate”) + -o (nominal suffix). First attested in 1888.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raˈkonto/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -onto
- Syllabification: ra‧kon‧to
Noun
rakonto (accusative singular rakonton, plural rakontoj, accusative plural rakontojn)
- narration, narrative, story, tale
- 2012, Plato, translated by Donald Broadribb, La Respubliko (Traduko al Esperanto) [The Republic (Translation into Esperanto)], 2nd corrected edition (paperback), New York: Mondial, →ISBN, page 20:
- "Mi pensas pri la rakontoj kiuj parolas pri homoj en Hadeso - ke maljustulo devas esti punata tie. Eble oni antaŭe ridis pri tiaj rakontoj, sed nun la menso ekdubas, eble ili estas veraj."
- "I think about the stories which talk about people in Hades - that the unjust must be punished there. Perhaps one previously laughed about these stories, but now the mind begins to doubt, maybe they are true."
- 2025 September 29, Jorge Nogueras, “La plej mallonga tago”, in uea.facila[1], archived from the original on 12 December 2025:
- Novelo estas skribita rakonto, malpli longa ol romano.
- A novella is a written story, shorter than a novel.
Derived terms
- amrakonto (“love story”)
References
- ^ Neves & Pabst (2022), page 711-712: “rakont/”
Further reading
Multilingual dictionaries
Ido
Etymology
From Esperanto rakonto, from Italian racconto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /raˈkonto/
Noun
rakonto (plural rakonti)