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fable:

fable [the ~] noun

  1. the fable (fib; fairytale; delusion; )
    – a deliberately false or improbable account 1
    la fable; le conte de fées; la fiction; l'illusion; la fabulation; l'affabulation; l'invention
  2. the fable (fairytale; story)
    le récit; la merveille; le conte de fée; la fable; la narration; le conte; le rêve; la fiction

Translation Matrix for fable:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
affabulation delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story
conte fable; fairytale; story legend; myth; narration; story; tale; tradition
conte de fée fable; fairytale; story
conte de fées delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story
fable delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story legend; myth; narration; story; tale
fabulation delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story
fiction delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story fabrication; fantasy; figment of the imagination; illusion; imagination; legend; myth; narration; phantasy; pipe dream; story; tale
illusion delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story chimera; delusion; erroneous idea; fabrication; fallacy; false hopes; fantasm; fantasy; fata morgana; figment of the imagination; guise; hallucination; illusion; imagination; mirage; phantasm; phantasy; pipe dream; pretence; pretense; pretext; wrong notion
invention delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story delusion; discovery; fata morgana; find; illusion; invention; mirage
merveille fable; fairytale; story miracle; mystery
narration fable; fairytale; story
récit fable; fairytale; story
rêve fable; fairytale; story chimera; delusion; dream; erroneous idea; fallacy; false hopes; fantasm; fantasy; figment of the imagination; illusion; mirage; phantasm; phantasy; wrong notion
- allegory; apologue; fabrication; fiction; legend; parable

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Related Definitions for "fable":

  1. a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events1
  2. a short moral story (often with animal characters)1
  3. a deliberately false or improbable account1

Wiktionary Translations for fable:

fable
noun
  1. fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept
fable
noun
  1. propre|fr rare|fr (vieilli) Ce que l’on dire, ce que l’on raconte.

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
fable fable FabelLiteraturwissenschaft: eine Form der Erzählung, in der menschliche Verhaltensweisen auf Tiere (seltener auf Pflanzen oder Dinge) übertragen werden, um so auf unterhaltsame Weise eine bestimmte Moral zu vermitteln

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