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old wive's tale:
- fable; conte de fées; fiction; illusion; fabulation; affabulation; invention
Wiktionary:
- old wives' tale → conte de bonne femme, conte à dormir debout

English

Detailed Translations for old wives' tale from English to French

old wives' tale:

Translation Matrix for old wives' tale:

Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	tall story

Synonyms for "old wives' tale":

lore; traditional knowledge

Related Definitions for "old wives' tale":

a bit of lore passed on by word of mouth¹

Wiktionary Translations for old wives' tale:

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• old wives' tale	→ conte de bonne femme; conte à dormir debout	↔ Ammenmärchen — erfundene Geschichte, haltloses Gerücht, verbreiteter Irrtum

old wive's tale:

old wive's tale [the ~] noun

the old wive's tale (fib; fairytale; delusion; fiction; fable; story)
la fable; le conte de fées; la fiction; l'illusion; la fabulation; l'affabulation; l'invention
- fable [la ~] noun
- conte de fées [le ~] noun
- fiction [la ~] noun
- illusion [la ~] noun
- fabulation [la ~] noun
- affabulation [la ~] noun
- invention [la ~] noun

Translation Matrix for old wive's tale:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
affabulation	delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; 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	fable; fairytale; 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	fable; fabrication; fairytale; 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

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