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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescompte rendu à la première personne
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kõt ʁɑ̃dy a la pʁəmɛʁ pɛʁsɔn
"Son livre offre un compte rendu à la première personne de la révolution."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A narrative or description of events written, spoken, or presented by the person who directly experienced them.
"The historian published a moving first-person account of the survivors from the 1906 earthquake." - 2
An autobiographical report offering subjective, eyewitness perspective on a specific situation or phenomenon.
"Journalism often relies on first-person accounts to bring emotional resonance to breaking news."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the grammatical term 'first-person' (dating back to the late 14th century from Old French and Latin 'persona') combined with 'account' (from Old French 'acontr' and Latin 'computare'). It emerged in modern journalistic and historical contexts to describe narratives conveyed directly by the individual experiencing the events.
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compte rendu à la première personne
Transliteration: kõt ʁɑ̃dy a la pʁəmɛʁ pɛʁsɔn
"Son livre offre un compte rendu à la première personne de la révolution."
Erfahrungsbericht
Transliteration: ɛɐ̯ˈfaːʁʊŋsbəˌʁɪçt
"Das Buch enthält einen packenden Erfahrungsbericht aus erster Hand."
resoconto in prima persona
Transliteration: rezoˈkonto in ˈprima perˈsona
"Il giornale ha pubblicato un resoconto in prima persona dell'evento."
relato en primera persona
Transliteration: reˈlato en pɾiˈmeɾa peɾˈsona
"La novela está escrita como un relato en primera persona."
relato em primeira pessoa
Transliteration: ʁeˈlatu ẽ pɾiˈmejɾa peˈsoɐ
"O artigo traz um relato em primeira pessoa sobre a expedição."
आत्मकथात्मक विवरण
Transliteration: aatmakathaatmak vivaran
"यह लेख स्वतंत्रता संग्राम का एक आत्मकथात्मक विवरण है।"
第一人称叙述
Transliteration: dì yī rén chēng xù shù
"这是一篇关于战争的第一人称叙述。"
일인칭 증언
Transliteration: irin-ching jeung-eon
"그 책은 사고 당시의 생생한 일인칭 증언을 담고 있다."
一人称の体験談
Transliteration: ichininshō no taikentan
"彼女の書いた一人称の体験談は非常に感動的だった。"
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