Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

talk story

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.13 in modern English

Scrabble Score

Letters

Syllables

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

verb

Hawaiian pidgin.

talk stories (plural) talk stories (present, singular) talk storying (participle, present) talk storied (participle, past) talk storied (past)

What does talk story mean?: a chat at which the participants exchange stories
Where does talk story come from?: Hawaiian pidgin.

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “talk story”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “talk story”.
Repeat and practice — Say “talk story” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.