Fables - English meaning

ˈfeɪ.bəl

Fables – definitions in English dictionary

noun
A short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.
Usage examples:
The fable of the sick lion and the wary fox
Synonims:
Moral taleParableApologueAllegoryBestiary

verb
Tell fictitious tales.
Usage examples:
I do not dream nor fable

noun
A short story that tells a moral truth, often using animals as characters
Usage examples:
Latisha loves the fable about the grasshopper and the ant.

noun
A short story that tells a general truth or is only partly based on fact, or literature of this type
Usage examples:
The fable of the tortoise and the hare

Fables translation into English

Fables: translate from English into Chinese

寓言, 谎言

Fables: translate from English into Dutch

Fabels, Fabel, Mythe

Fables: translate from English into French

Fables, Fable, Légende, Mentir

Fables: translate from English into German

Fabeln, Fabel, Märchen, Sage

Fables: translate from English into Hindi

दंतकथाएं, कल्पित कहानी, नीतिकथा, आख्यायिका, कपोलकल्पना, झूठी बात, कल्पित कथा

Fables: translate from English into Italian

Favole, Favola, Leggenda, Mito

Fables: translate from English into Korean

우화, 전설, 꾸며낸 이야기, 줄거리

Fables: translate from English into Russian

Басни, Басня, Сказка, Миф, Выдумка, Небылица, Ложь, Мифы, Рассказывать басни, Выдумывать, Болтать вздор

Fables: translate from English into Spanish

Fábulas, Fábula, Cuento, Fabular

Word origin

Middle English: from Old French fable (noun), from Latin fabula ‘story’, from fari ‘speak’.

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Fables – similar words

fabled

ˈfeɪ.bəld

adjective
Famous, especially by reputation.
Usage examples:
A fabled art collection

verb
Tell fictitious tales.
Usage examples:
I do not dream nor fable

adjective
Famous, esp. because of having been frequently written about
Usage examples:
Atlantis, plato's fabled lost continent under the sea

Fabled - all meanings in English

fable

ˈfeɪ.bəl

noun
A short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.
Usage examples:
The fable of the sick lion and the wary fox

verb
Tell fictitious tales.
Usage examples:
I do not dream nor fable

noun
A short story that tells a moral truth, often using animals as characters
Usage examples:
Latisha loves the fable about the grasshopper and the ant.

Fable - all meanings in English

Fables synonims

allegory

ˈæl.ə.ɡə.ri

noun
A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
Usage examples:
Pilgrim's progress is an allegory of the spiritual journey

noun
A story, play, poem, picture, or other work in which the characters and events represent particular qualities or ideas that relate to morals, religion, or politics
Usage examples:
The play can be read as allegory., augustine's "city of god" is an allegory of the triumph of good …

Allegory - all meanings in English

bestiary

ˈbes.ti.ə.ri

noun
A descriptive or anecdotal treatise on various kinds of animal, especially a medieval work with a moralizing tone.
Usage examples:
They typically demand some bizarre chimera: a part goat, part rooster sort of monster appropriate t…

noun
A book written in the middle ages containing descriptions of real and imaginary animals, intended to teach morals and to entertain

Bestiary - all meanings in English

parable

noun
A simple story used to illustrate a moral or spiritual lesson, as told by jesus in the gospels.
Usage examples:
The parable of the blind men and the elephant

noun
A simple story told because it represents a basic moral truth or religious principle

Parable - all meanings in English

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