raconteur

Questions about raconteur

What does raconteur mean?

raconteur means "a person skilled in telling anecdotes".

How many syllables are in raconteur?

raconteur has 3 syllables: rac-on-teur. The stress falls on "teur". In IPA it is /ˌɹækɑnˈtuɹ/.

What is another word for raconteur?

Close synonyms include anecdotist. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is raconteur a common word?

raconteur is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.