Definitions for fableˈfeɪ bəl
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
fa•ble*ˈfeɪ bəl(n.; v.)-bled, -bling.
(n.)a short tale used to teach a moral, often with animals as characters.
Category: Literature
a story not founded on fact.
Category: Literature
a legend or myth.
Category: Literature
lie; falsehood.
(v.i.)Archaic.to tell or write fables.
Category: Literature
(v.t.)to describe as if true.
* Syn: See legend.
Origin of fable:
1250–1300; ME < AF, OF < L fābula a story, tale =fā(ri) to speak +-bula suffix of instrument
fa′bler(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
fabrication, fiction, fable(noun)
a deliberately false or improbable account
fable, parable, allegory, apologue(noun)
a short moral story (often with animal characters)
legend, fable(noun)
a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
fable(noun)ˈfeɪ bəl
a story about animals that ends with a lesson
Wiktionary
fable(Noun)
A fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, birds etc as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
fable(Noun)
Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
fable(Noun)
Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
fable(Verb)
To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction ; to write or utter what is not true.
fable(Verb)
To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely.
Webster Dictionary
Fable(noun)
a Feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept; an apologue. See the Note under Apologue
Fable(noun)
the plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem
Fable(noun)
any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk
Fable(noun)
fiction; untruth; falsehood
Fable(verb)
to compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction ; to write or utter what is not true
Fable(verb)
to feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely
Translations for fable
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
fable(noun)
a story (usually about animals) that teaches a lesson about human behaviour
Aesop's fables.
- fabel, sprokieAfrikaans
- حِكايَهArabic
- басняBulgarian
- fábulaPortuguese (BR)
- bajkaCzech
- die FabelGerman
- fabelDanish
- μύθοςGreek
- fábulaSpanish
- valmEstonian
- حکایت اخلاقیFarsi
- faabeliFinnish
- fableFrench
- מָשָלHebrew
- कहानीHindi
- prica, basnaCroatian
- (állat)meseHungarian
- fabelIndonesian
- dæmisagaIcelandic
- favolaItalian
- 寓話Japanese
- 우화Korean
- pasakėčiaLithuanian
- fabulaLatvian
- cerita teladanMalay
- fabelDutch
- fabelNorwegian
- bajkaPolish
- حکایت اخلاقیPersian
- هغه كيسه چه رښتيا نه وى خو يوه اخلا قى نتيجه ځنى اخيستله كيږىPashto
- fábulaPortuguese
- fabulăRomanian
- басняRussian
- bájkaSlovak
- basenSlovenian
- basnaSerbian
- fabelSwedish
- นิทานสอนใจThai
- fabl, alegoriköyküTurkish
- 寓言Chinese (Trad.)
- байка, казкаUkrainian
- حیوانی کرداروں پر مبنی سبق آموز کہانیUrdu
- truyện ngụ ngônVietnamese
- 寓言Chinese (Simp.)
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