rakonto

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto rakonti

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Italic *-os

Old Latin -os

Latin -um

Italian -oder.

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Italic *-om

Latin -um

Spanish -oder.

Ancient Greek -οι (-oi)der.

Esperanto -o

Esperanto rakonto

From rakonti (“to narrate”) + -o (nominal suffix). First attested in 1888.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈkonto/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -onto
• Syllabification: ra‧kon‧to

Noun

rakonto (accusative singular rakonton, plural rakontoj, accusative plural rakontojn)

2. 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”)

Further reading

Monolingual dictionaries

• PIV (2020), “rakonto”
• RV (1997), “rakonto”

Multilingual dictionaries

• Wells (1992), page 350: “recital”
• Benson (1995), page 20: “account”, page 489: “spiel”, page 591: “yarn”
• Butler (1967), page 342: “rakont-i”
• Millidge (1913), page 351: “rakont-i”

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto rakonto, from Italian racconto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈkonto/

Noun

rakonto (plural rakonti)

1. tale