Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

retelling

/ɹitˈɛlɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.95 in modern English

Syllables: retelling
IPA: /ɹitˈɛlɪŋ/

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of retell

noun

A new, changed, or adapted version of a story.

Example Sentences

"The new film is a needless retelling of what was already a cinematic classic."
"Like those of other saints, Mira Bai's life story lies within a number of retellings, each more detailed than the last, so that her biography now includes burnishings that probably would not pass any historian's test."
"Huntsman feints at being the Snow White retelling no one has ever seen before, but ultimately becomes the “been there, done that” of fairy-tale filmmaking."

Inflected Forms

retellings (plural)

Rhymes With

telling selling yelling spelling compelling dwelling swelling smelling bestselling shelling propelling expelling

Questions

How do you pronounce retelling?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹitˈɛlɪŋ/.
What does retelling mean?: present participle and gerund of retell

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