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1. (n.) tale
a narrative that relates some real or imaginary incident; story.
2. tale
a literary composition in the form of such a narrative.
3. tale
a falsehood; lie.
4. tale
a malicious rumor.
5. tale
Archaic. enumeration; count.
6. tale
Obs. talk; discourse.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE talu list, story )
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) narrative, narration, story, tale
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
"his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"
2. (noun) fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle
a trivial lie
"he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"
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1. (noun) tale
a dramatic story or description
an exciting tale of pirates and treasure
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Tale
see Tael
2. (verb) Tale
that which is told; an oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story
3. (verb) Tale
a number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or weight; a number reckoned or stated
4. (verb) Tale
a count or declaration
5. (verb) Tale
to tell stories
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Sense: a story
He told me the tale of his travels.
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 Afrikaans: verhaal |
 Arabic: حِكايَه، قِصَّه |
 Bulgarian: приказка |
 Brazilian: história |
 Czech: vyprávění |
 German: die Geschichte |
 Danish: beretning |
 Greek: ιστορία, αφήγηση |
 Spanish: historia, relato |
 Estonian: jutt, lugu |
 Farsi: داستان |
 Finnish: kertomus |
 French: conte, récit |
 Hebrew: סִיפּוּר |
 Hindi: कहानी |
 Croatian: priča, pripovjest |
 Hungarian: történet |
 Indonesian: kisah |
 Icelandic: saga, frásögn |
 Italian: storia, resoconto |
 Japanese: 話 |
 Korean: 이야기 |
 Lithuanian: istorija, pasakojimas, pa |
 Latvian: stāsts |
 Malay: cerita |
 Dutch: verhaal |
 Norwegian: fortelling, historie |
 Polish: opowiadanie |
 Portuguese: história |
 Romanian: poveste, basm |
 Russian: история; рассказ |
 Slovak: príbeh, historka |
 Slovenian: zgodba |
 Serbian: priča |
 Swedish: berättelse, historia |
 Thai: นิทาน |
 Turkish: öykü, masal |
 Taiwanese: 故事 |
 Ukrainian: історія |
 Urdu: کہاني |
 Vietnamese: câu chuyện |
 Chinese: 故事 |
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