Fable
//ˈfeɪbəl//
Translations of "fable" (77 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aghwan | 𐔱𐔰𐔸𐔴𐕣𐔰𐔾𐔼𐕅(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), 𐔸𐔰𐕃𐕒𐕡𐕘𐔴𐕒𐕡𐕢𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | batekalil', taʒ́uġeupesun | |
| Akan | anansesem(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Albanian | fabul(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), përrallë(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Ancient Greek | αἶνος(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), μῦθος(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | aînos, mûthos | |
| Arabic | أُسْطُورَة(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), خُرَافَة(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), خُرَافَة(fiction, untruth, falsehood) | ʔusṭūra, ḵurāfa, ḵurāfa | |
| Armenian | առակ(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | aṙak | |
| Azerbaijani | təmsil(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), əfsanə(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Bashkir | мәҫәл(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | məśəl | |
| Belarusian | ба́йка(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), вы́думка(fiction, untruth, falsehood), не́быль(fiction, untruth, falsehood), небылі́ца(fiction, untruth, falsehood) | bájka, výdumka, njébylʹ, njebylíca | |
| Bengali | উপকথা(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), রূপকথা(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | upokotha, rupkotha | |
| Bulgarian | ба́сня(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), изми́слица(story told to excite wonder), изми́слица(fiction, untruth, falsehood), при́тча(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), измислям(tell of falsely), съчинявам басни(compose fables) | básnja, izmíslica, izmíslica, prítča, izmisljam, sǎčinjavam basni | |
| Burmese | ပုံပြင်(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), ရှေးစကား(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | pumprang, hre:ca.ka: | |
| Catalan | faula(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Cherepon | anansesem(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Chinese | 寓言(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | gū-giân | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 寓言(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | jyu⁶ jin⁴ | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 傳說 /传说(story told to excite wonder), 寓言(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), 神話 /神话(story told to excite wonder), 謊言 /谎言(fiction, untruth, falsehood), 捏造(compose fables), 捏造(tell of falsely), 編造 /编造(compose fables), 編造 /编造(tell of falsely), 虛構 /虚构(compose fables), 虛構 /虚构(tell of falsely) | chuánshuō, yùyán, shénhuà, huǎngyán, niēzào, niēzào, biānzào, biānzào, xūgòu, xūgòu | |
| Czech | bajka(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Danish | eventyr(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), fabel(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), fable(compose fables), fabulere(tell of falsely) | — | |
| Dutch | fabel(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Esperanto | fablo(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Estonian | valm(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Finnish | juttu(story told to excite wonder), satu(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), tarina(story told to excite wonder), taru(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), taru(story told to excite wonder), taru(fiction, untruth, falsehood), vale(fiction, untruth, falsehood), puhua omiaan(tell of falsely), sepittää (satuja)(compose fables) | — | |
| French | conte(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), fable(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Georgian | იგავი(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | igavi | |
| German | Fabel(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), fabulieren(compose fables) | — | |
| Gothic | 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | spill | |
| Greek | μύθος(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | mýthos | |
| Hebrew | מַעֲשִׂיָּה(story told to excite wonder), מַעֲשִׂיָּה(fiction, untruth, falsehood), מָשָׁל(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), מעשייה(story told to excite wonder), מעשייה(fiction, untruth, falsehood), המשיל(compose fables) | ma'asiyá, ma'asiyá, mashál, himshíl | |
| Hindi | नीतिकथा(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), फ़साना(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | nītikthā, fasānā | |
| Hungarian | fabula(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), mese(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), tanítómese(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), kohol(tell of falsely), költ(tell of falsely), mesél(compose fables) | — | |
| Icelandic | dæmisaga(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Ido | fablo(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Indonesian | fabel(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Ingrian | basnja(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Irish | finscéal(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Italian | fiaba(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Japanese | 寓言(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), 寓話(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | gūgen, gūwa | |
| Javanese | dongèng(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), dongèngan(fiction, untruth, falsehood) | — | |
| Kazakh | ертегі(fiction, untruth, falsehood), мысал(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | ertegı, mysal | |
| Korean | 우언(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), 우화(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | ueon, uhwa | |
| Kyrgyz | жомок(fiction, untruth, falsehood) | jomok | |
| Lao | ນິຍາຽ(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), ນິທານ(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | ni nyāi, ni thān | |
| Latin | apologus(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), fābulātiō(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Latvian | fabula(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Lithuanian | pasakėčia(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Macedonian | ба́сна(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), измислица(story told to excite wonder), измислица(fiction, untruth, falsehood), измислува(tell of falsely), фабули́ра(compose fables) | básna, izmislica, izmislica, izmisluva, fabulíra | |
| Māori | kōrero tara(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), pakikīrehe(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | eventyr(story told to excite wonder), fabel(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), fabel(fiction, untruth, falsehood), fable(tell of falsely) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | fabel(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Occitan | fabla(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Ottoman Turkish | اسطوره(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), اسطوره(story told to excite wonder), افسانه(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), افسانه(story told to excite wonder), داستان(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), داستان(story told to excite wonder) | ustura, ustura, efsane, efsane, dastan, destan, dastan, destan | |
| Pashto | افسانه(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), حکايت(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | afsāna, hekāyat | |
| Persian | اَفسانِه(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), حِکایَت(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), فابل(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), لُغاز(fiction, untruth, falsehood), مَتَل(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | afsâne, hekâyat, fâbl, loġâz, matal | |
| Polish | bajka(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), bajka(fiction, untruth, falsehood), opowieść(story told to excite wonder), bajdurzyć(tell of falsely), stworzyć bajki(compose fables), tworzyć bajki(compose fables) | — | |
| Portuguese | fábula(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Romanian | fabulă(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), legendă(story told to excite wonder), poveste(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), poveste(story told to excite wonder), poveste(fiction, untruth, falsehood), fabula(tell of falsely) | — | |
| Russian | ба́йка(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), ба́йка(story told to excite wonder), ба́йка(fiction, untruth, falsehood), ба́сня(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), вы́думка(story told to excite wonder), вы́думка(fiction, untruth, falsehood), не́быль(fiction, untruth, falsehood), небыли́ца(story told to excite wonder), небыли́ца(fiction, untruth, falsehood), при́тча(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), ска́зка(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), ска́зка(story told to excite wonder), ска́зка(fiction, untruth, falsehood) | bájka, bájka, bájka, básnja, výdumka, výdumka, nébylʹ, nebylíca, nebylíca, prítča, skázka, skázka, skázka | |
| Saterland Frisian | Foabel(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | bȁsna(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), bȃjka(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), skazna(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), ба̏сна(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), ба̑јка(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), сказна(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Slovak | bájka(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), rozprávka(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Slovene | basen(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Spanish | fábula(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Swahili | hadithi(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Swedish | berättelse(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), fabel(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), saga(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Tagalog | pabula(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), sayguni(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Tajik | афсона(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), масал(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), матал(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), шуг(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), ҳикоят(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | afsona, masal, matal, šug, hikoyat | |
| Tatar | мәсәл(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | mäsäl | |
| Thai | ตำนาน(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | dtam-naan | |
| Turkish | fabl(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), öykünce(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Ukrainian | ба́йка(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), ви́гад(fiction, untruth, falsehood), ви́гадка(fiction, untruth, falsehood), ви́думка(fiction, untruth, falsehood), ка́зка(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), небили́ця(fiction, untruth, falsehood) | bájka, výhad, výhadka, výdumka, kázka, nebylýcja | |
| Urdu | حِکایَت(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept), فَسانَہ(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | ḥikāyat, fasānā | |
| Uyghur | مەسەل(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | mesel | |
| Uzbek | masal(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Vietnamese | ngụ ngôn(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — | |
| Yiddish | משל(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | moshl | |
| Zulu | inganekwane(fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept) | — |
anansesem
fabul, përrallë
təmsil, əfsanə
ба́сня, изми́слица, изми́слица, при́тча, измислям, съчинявам басни
básnja, izmíslica, izmíslica, prítča, izmisljam, sǎčinjavam basni
faula
anansesem
傳說 /传说, 寓言, 神話 /神话, 謊言 /谎言, 捏造, 捏造, 編造 /编造, 編造 /编造, 虛構 /虚构, 虛構 /虚构
chuánshuō, yùyán, shénhuà, huǎngyán, niēzào, niēzào, biānzào, biānzào, xūgòu, xūgòu
bajka
eventyr, fabel, fable, fabulere
fabel
fablo
valm
juttu, satu, tarina, taru, taru, taru, vale, puhua omiaan, sepittää (satuja)
conte, fable
Fabel, fabulieren
fabula, mese, tanítómese, kohol, költ, mesél
dæmisaga
fablo
fabel
basnja
finscéal
fiaba
dongèng, dongèngan
apologus, fābulātiō
fabula
pasakėčia
ба́сна, измислица, измислица, измислува, фабули́ра
básna, izmislica, izmislica, izmisluva, fabulíra
kōrero tara, pakikīrehe
eventyr, fabel, fabel, fable
fabel
fabla
اسطوره, اسطوره, افسانه, افسانه, داستان, داستان
ustura, ustura, efsane, efsane, dastan, destan, dastan, destan
bajka, bajka, opowieść, bajdurzyć, stworzyć bajki, tworzyć bajki
fábula
fabulă, legendă, poveste, poveste, poveste, fabula
ба́йка, ба́йка, ба́йка, ба́сня, вы́думка, вы́думка, не́быль, небыли́ца, небыли́ца, при́тча, ска́зка, ска́зка, ска́зка
bájka, bájka, bájka, básnja, výdumka, výdumka, nébylʹ, nebylíca, nebylíca, prítča, skázka, skázka, skázka
Foabel
bȁsna, bȃjka, skazna, ба̏сна, ба̑јка, сказна
bájka, rozprávka
basen
fábula
hadithi
berättelse, fabel, saga
pabula, sayguni
fabl, öykünce
ба́йка, ви́гад, ви́гадка, ви́думка, ка́зка, небили́ця
bájka, výhad, výhadka, výdumka, kázka, nebylýcja
masal
ngụ ngôn
inganekwane
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