Fable

//ˈfeɪbəl//

Synonyms for "fable" (116 found)

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Closest matches (24)

Strong matches (34)

Verb(3 words)
devisefeigninvent
Noun(2 words)
fabricationfiction

Related words (58)

Verb(1 words)
make up
Noun(2 words)
morality playparable

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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etymologically related_to

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is a

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related to

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Showing 16 of 22 words.

Translations

192 translations across 77 languages.

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Aghwan

2 entries
  • 𐔱𐔰𐔸𐔴𐕣𐔰𐔾𐔼𐕅 noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • 𐔸𐔰𐕃𐕒𐕡𐕘𐔴𐕒𐕡𐕢𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎 noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Akan

1 entries
  • anansesem noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Albanian

2 entries
  • fabul noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • përrallë noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • αἶνος noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • μῦθος noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Arabic

3 entries
  • أُسْطُورَة noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • خُرَافَة noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • خُرَافَة noun (fiction, untruth, falsehood)

Armenian

1 entries
  • առակ noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • təmsil noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • əfsanə noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • мәҫәл noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • ба́йка noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • вы́думка noun (fiction, untruth, falsehood)
  • не́быль noun (fiction, untruth, falsehood)
  • небылі́ца noun (fiction, untruth, falsehood)

Bengali

2 entries
  • উপকথা noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • রূপকথা noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • ба́сня noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • изми́слица noun (story told to excite wonder)
  • изми́слица noun (fiction, untruth, falsehood)
  • при́тча noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ပုံပြင် noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • ရှေးစကား noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Catalan

1 entries
  • faula noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Cherepon

1 entries
  • anansesem noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 寓言 noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 寓言 noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 傳說 /传说 noun (story told to excite wonder)
  • 寓言 noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • 神話 /神话 noun (story told to excite wonder)
  • 謊言 /谎言 noun (fiction, untruth, falsehood)

Czech

1 entries
  • bajka noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Danish

4 entries
  • eventyr noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • fabel noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • fable verb (compose fables)
  • fabulere verb (tell of falsely)

Dutch

1 entries
  • fabel noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • fablo noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Estonian

1 entries
  • valm noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Finnish

4 entries
  • juttu noun (story told to excite wonder)
  • satu noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • tarina noun (story told to excite wonder)
  • taru noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

French

2 entries
  • conte noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • fable noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Georgian

1 entries
  • იგავი noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

German

2 entries
  • Fabel noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • fabulieren verb (compose fables)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻 noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Greek

1 entries
  • μύθος noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • מַעֲשִׂיָּה noun (story told to excite wonder)
  • מַעֲשִׂיָּה noun (fiction, untruth, falsehood)
  • מָשָׁל noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • מעשייה noun (story told to excite wonder)

Hindi

2 entries
  • नीतिकथा noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • फ़साना noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • fabula noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • mese noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • tanítómese noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • kohol verb (tell of falsely)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • dæmisaga noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Ido

1 entries
  • fablo noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • fabel noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • basnja noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Irish

1 entries
  • finscéal noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Italian

1 entries
  • fiaba noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 寓言 noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • 寓話 noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Javanese

2 entries
  • dongèng noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • dongèngan noun (fiction, untruth, falsehood)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • ертегі noun (fiction, untruth, falsehood)
  • мысал noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Korean

2 entries
  • 우언 noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • 우화 noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • жомок noun (fiction, untruth, falsehood)

Lao

2 entries
  • ນິຍາຽ noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • ນິທານ noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Latin

2 entries
  • apologus noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • fābulātiō noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Latvian

1 entries
  • fabula noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • pasakėčia noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • ба́сна noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • измислица noun (story told to excite wonder)
  • измислица noun (fiction, untruth, falsehood)
  • измислува verb (tell of falsely)

Māori

2 entries
  • kōrero tara noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • pakikīrehe noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • eventyr noun (story told to excite wonder)
  • fabel noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • fabel noun (fiction, untruth, falsehood)
  • fable verb (tell of falsely)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • fabel noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Occitan

1 entries
  • fabla noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • اسطوره noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • اسطوره noun (story told to excite wonder)
  • افسانه noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • افسانه noun (story told to excite wonder)

Pashto

2 entries
  • افسانه noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • حکايت noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Persian

4 entries
  • اَفسانِه noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • حِکایَت noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • فابل noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • لُغاز noun (fiction, untruth, falsehood)

Polish

4 entries
  • bajka noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • bajka noun (fiction, untruth, falsehood)
  • opowieść noun (story told to excite wonder)
  • bajdurzyć verb (tell of falsely)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • fábula noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Romanian

4 entries
  • fabulă noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • legendă noun (story told to excite wonder)
  • poveste noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • poveste noun (story told to excite wonder)

Russian

4 entries
  • ба́йка noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • ба́йка noun (story told to excite wonder)
  • ба́йка noun (fiction, untruth, falsehood)
  • ба́сня noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Saterland Frisian

1 entries
  • Foabel noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • bȁsna noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • bȃjka noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • skazna noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • ба̏сна noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Slovak

2 entries
  • bájka noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • rozprávka noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Slovene

1 entries
  • basen noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Spanish

1 entries
  • fábula noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Swahili

1 entries
  • hadithi noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Swedish

3 entries
  • berättelse noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • fabel noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • saga noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • pabula noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • sayguni noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Tajik

4 entries
  • афсона noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • масал noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • матал noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • шуг noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Tatar

1 entries
  • мәсәл noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Thai

1 entries
  • ตำนาน noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Turkish

2 entries
  • fabl noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • öykünce noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ба́йка noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • ви́гад noun (fiction, untruth, falsehood)
  • ви́гадка noun (fiction, untruth, falsehood)
  • ви́думка noun (fiction, untruth, falsehood)

Urdu

2 entries
  • حِکایَت noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)
  • فَسانَہ noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • مەسەل noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • masal noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • ngụ ngôn noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • משל noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Zulu

1 entries
  • inganekwane noun (fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept)

Sample sentences

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The following passage is a quotation from a well-known fable.

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The following passage was quoted from a well-known fable.

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I regaled the devil; he gave me a fable.

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Every fable ends up with a moral.

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