A folktale wasn't created by a single known author. It arose among the people.
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Folktale
//ˈfoʊkteɪl//
Synonyms for "folktale" (57 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (28)
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Translations
43 translations across 29 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- حِكَايَة خُرَافِيَّة noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
Belarusian
1 entries- наро́дная ка́зка noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
Catalan
2 entries- cuento noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
- rondalla noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 民間傳說 /民间传说 noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
- 民間故事 /民间故事 noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
Danish
1 entries- folkesagn noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
Dutch
1 entries- volksverhaal noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
Finnish
1 entries- kansantaru noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
French
2 entries- conte noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
- conte populaire noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
Galician
1 entries- conto popular noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
German
3 entries- Märchen noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
- Volksmärchen noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
- Volksmäärli noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
Hungarian
1 entries- népmese noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
Indonesian
1 entries- cerita rakyat noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
Japanese
3 entries- 昔話 noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
- 民話 noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
- 民間説話 noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
Korean
4 entries- 동화 noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
- 민간 설화 noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
- 민화 noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
- 옛날이야기 noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
Latin
1 entries- fabula noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
Latvian
2 entries- pasaka noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
- teika noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
Mizo
1 entries- thawnthurochun noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- meselok noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
Polish
1 entries- bajka ludowa noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
Portuguese
1 entries- conto popular noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
Romani
1 entries- paramìsi noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
Russian
2 entries- наро́дная ска́зка noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
- ска́зка noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
Spanish
1 entries- leyenda noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
Swedish
1 entries- folksaga noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
Tagalog
1 entries- kuwentong-bayan noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
Tashelhit
1 entries- umiy noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
Thai
2 entries- นิทานชาวบ้าน noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
- นิทานพื้นบ้าน noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
Ukrainian
1 entries- наро́дна ка́зка noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
Vietnamese
1 entries- truyện dân gian noun (story that is part of the oral tradition of a people)
Sample sentences
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