The tale is familiar to us.
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Tale
//ˈteːl//
Synonyms for "tale" (119 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (36)
Related words (59)
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More general
6 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
43 entriesShowing 16 of 43 words.
form of
1 entrieshas context
4 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
37 entriesShowing 16 of 37 words.
Translations
205 translations across 88 languages.
Afrikaans
3 entries- storie noun (type of story)
- verhaal noun (type of story)
- vertelling noun (type of story)
Albanian
3 entries- përrallë noun (type of story)
- rrëfenjë noun (type of story)
- tregim noun (type of story)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μῦθος noun (type of story)
Arabic
3 entries- حكاية noun (type of story)
- حِكَايَة noun (type of story)
- قِصَّة noun (type of story)
Armenian
4 entries- առակ noun (type of story)
- առասպել noun (type of story)
- ավանդություն noun (type of story)
- բիլինա noun (type of story)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- hekayə noun (type of story)
Bashkir
1 entries- хикәйә noun (type of story)
Belarusian
4 entries- апавяда́нне noun (type of story)
- апо́весць noun (type of story)
- апо́весьць noun (type of story)
- гісто́рыя noun (type of story)
Bulgarian
3 entries- исто́рия noun (type of story)
- по́вест noun (type of story)
- при́казка noun (type of story)
Catalan
2 entries- conte noun (type of story)
- faula noun (type of story)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- چیرۆک noun (type of story)
Chinese
1 entries- 故事 noun (type of story)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 故事 noun (type of story)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 故事 noun (type of story)
- 神話 /神话 noun (type of story)
Church Slavic
3 entries- повѣсть noun (type of story)
- притъча noun (type of story)
- ⱂⱃⰹⱅⱏⱍⰰ noun (type of story)
Czech
2 entries- pohádka noun (type of story)
- příběh noun (type of story)
Danish
3 entries- eventyr noun (type of story)
- fabel noun (type of story)
- fortælling noun (type of story)
Dutch
2 entries- verhaaltje noun (type of story)
- vertelsel noun (type of story)
Esperanto
3 entries- fabelo noun (type of story)
- fablo noun (type of story)
- rakonto noun (type of story)
Even
1 entries- нимкан noun (type of story)
Evenki
1 entries- нимңакан noun (type of story)
Finnish
2 entries- satu noun (type of story)
- tarina noun (type of story)
French
1 entries- conte noun (type of story)
Georgian
1 entries- მოთხრობა noun (type of story)
German
4 entries- Erzählung noun (type of story)
- Geschichte noun (type of story)
- Märchen noun (type of story)
- Sage noun (type of story)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻 noun (type of story)
Greek
1 entries- ιστορία noun (type of story)
Hebrew
1 entries- מַעֲשִׂיָּה noun (type of story)
Hindi
4 entries- कहानी noun (type of story)
- क़िस्सा noun (type of story)
- दास्तान noun (type of story)
- हिकायत noun (type of story)
Hungarian
3 entries- elbeszélés noun (type of story)
- mese noun (type of story)
- történet noun (type of story)
Icelandic
1 entries- saga noun (type of story)
Ido
1 entries- rakonto noun (type of story)
Indonesian
2 entries- hikayat noun (type of story)
- kisah noun (type of story)
Ingrian
1 entries- jute noun (type of story)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- حِکایَت noun (type of story)
- داسْتان noun (type of story)
- رِوایَت noun (type of story)
- قِصِّه noun (type of story)
Irish
1 entries- scéal noun (type of story)
Italian
4 entries- favola noun (type of story)
- fiaba noun (type of story)
- racconto noun (type of story)
- storia noun (type of story)
Japanese
3 entries- コント noun (type of story)
- 物語 noun (type of story)
- 説話 noun (type of story)
Kazakh
4 entries- ертек noun (type of story)
- хикая noun (type of story)
- хикаят noun (type of story)
- әңгіме noun (type of story)
Khmer
2 entries- តំណាល noun (type of story)
- និទាន noun (type of story)
Kongo
1 entries- ngana noun (type of story)
Korean
1 entries- 이야기 noun (type of story)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- аңгеме noun (type of story)
- жомок noun (type of story)
Lao
4 entries- ກະຖາ noun (type of story)
- ນິຍາຍ noun (type of story)
- ນິທານ noun (type of story)
- ນິພົນ noun (type of story)
Latgalian
2 entries- puorsoka noun (type of story)
- stuoškys noun (type of story)
Latin
2 entries- fābella noun (type of story)
- fābula noun (type of story)
Latvian
2 entries- pasaka noun (type of story)
- stāsts noun (type of story)
Lombard
3 entries- cunt noun (type of story)
- fàvola noun (type of story)
- stòria noun (type of story)
Macedonian
1 entries- сказна noun (type of story)
Malay
2 entries- hikayat noun (type of story)
- kisah noun (type of story)
Middle English
2 entries- historie noun (type of story)
- storie noun (type of story)
Mongolian
1 entries- үлгэр noun (type of story)
Nanai
1 entries- нингман noun (type of story)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- eventyr noun (type of story)
- fortelling noun (type of story)
- historie noun (type of story)
Occitan
2 entries- conte noun (type of story)
- fabla noun (type of story)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- повѣсть noun (type of story)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- اسطوره noun (type of story)
- افسانه noun (type of story)
- داستان noun (type of story)
Pashto
3 entries- حکايت noun (type of story)
- داستان noun (type of story)
- قصه noun (type of story)
Persian
3 entries- حِکَایَت noun (type of story)
- دَاسْتَان noun (type of story)
- قِصَّه noun (type of story)
Polish
1 entries- opowieść noun (type of story)
Portuguese
3 entries- conto noun (type of story)
- fábula noun (type of story)
- história noun (type of story)
Romanian
1 entries- poveste noun (type of story)
Russian
4 entries- ба́йка noun (type of story)
- ба́сня noun (type of story)
- были́на noun (type of story)
- исто́рия noun (type of story)
Sanskrit
1 entries- कथा noun (type of story)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- sgeul noun (type of story)
- sgeulachd noun (type of story)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- prȉpovijēst noun (type of story)
- prȉpovijētka noun (type of story)
- prȋča noun (type of story)
- при̏повије̄ст noun (type of story)
Sicilian
2 entries- cuntu noun (type of story)
- storia noun (type of story)
Slovak
3 entries- bájka noun (type of story)
- príbeh noun (type of story)
- rozprávka noun (type of story)
Slovene
1 entries- zgodba noun (type of story)
Sotho
2 entries- ditshomo noun (type of story)
- tshomo noun (type of story)
Spanish
3 entries- conseja noun (type of story)
- cuento noun (type of story)
- historia noun (type of story)
Swedish
3 entries- berättelse noun (type of story)
- historia noun (type of story)
- saga noun (type of story)
Tajik
4 entries- достон noun (type of story)
- ривоят noun (type of story)
- қисса noun (type of story)
- ҳикоя noun (type of story)
Taos
2 entries- pìwcìayána noun (type of story)
- łácianą noun (type of story)
Tatar
1 entries- әкият noun (type of story)
Thai
3 entries- นิทาน noun (type of story)
- อาขยาน noun (type of story)
- เรื่องราว noun (type of story)
Turkish
1 entries- hikâye noun (type of story)
Turkmen
2 entries- erteki noun (type of story)
- hekaýa noun (type of story)
Tày
2 entries- ca tuyện noun (type of story)
- tuyện noun (type of story)
Ugaritic
2 entries- 𐎎𐎒𐎔𐎗 noun (type of story)
- 𐎗𐎂𐎎 noun (type of story)
Ukrainian
3 entries- по́вість noun (type of story)
- ро́зповідь noun (type of story)
- істо́рія noun (type of story)
Urdu
4 entries- حِکایَت noun (type of story)
- داسْتان noun (type of story)
- قِصَّہ noun (type of story)
- نَقْل noun (type of story)
Uyghur
2 entries- چۆچەك noun (type of story)
- ھېكايە noun (type of story)
Uzbek
3 entries- choʻpchak noun (type of story)
- ertak noun (type of story)
- hikoya noun (type of story)
Vietnamese
2 entries- chuyện noun (type of story)
- truyện noun (type of story)
Welsh
1 entries- chwedl noun (type of story)
Zazaki
4 entries- estanık noun (type of story)
- kehani noun (type of story)
- qısa noun (type of story)
- sanık noun (type of story)
Zulu
1 entries- inganekwane noun (type of story)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
The little girl was absorbed in reading a fairy tale.
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The author translated the fairy tale into our mother tongue.
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The pitiful tale fetched tears from the girl.
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