Folktale
//ˈfoʊkteɪl//
Translations of "folktale" (29 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | حِكَايَة خُرَافِيَّة(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people) | ḥikāya ḵurāfiyya | |
| Belarusian | наро́дная ка́зка(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people) | naródnaja kázka | |
| Catalan | cuento(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people), rondalla(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 民間傳說 /民间传说(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people), 民間故事 /民间故事(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people) | mínjiān chuánshuō, mínjiān gùshì | |
| Danish | folkesagn(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people) | — | |
| Dutch | volksverhaal(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people) | — | |
| Finnish | kansantaru(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people) | — | |
| French | conte(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people), conte populaire(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people) | — | |
| Galician | conto popular(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people) | — | |
| German | Märchen(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people), Volksmärchen(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people), Volksmäärli(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people) | — | |
| Hungarian | népmese(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people) | — | |
| Indonesian | cerita rakyat(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people) | — | |
| Japanese | 昔話(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people), 民話(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people), 民間説話(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people) | mukashibanashi, minwa, minkan setsuwa | |
| Korean | 동화(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people), 민간 설화(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people), 민화(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people), 옛날이야기(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people), 옛이야기(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people) | donghwa, min'gan seolhwa, minhwa, yennalliyagi, yenniyagi | |
| Latin | fabula(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people) | — | |
| Latvian | pasaka(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people), teika(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people) | — | |
| Mizo | thawnthurochun(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people) | — | |
| Northern Kurdish | meselok(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people) | — | |
| Polish | bajka ludowa(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people) | — | |
| Portuguese | conto popular(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people) | — | |
| Romani | paramìsi(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people) | — | |
| Russian | наро́дная ска́зка(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people), ска́зка(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people) | naródnaja skázka, skázka | |
| Spanish | leyenda(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people) | — | |
| Swedish | folksaga(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people) | — | |
| Tagalog | kuwentong-bayan(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people) | — | |
| Tashelhit | umiy(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people) | — | |
| Thai | นิทานชาวบ้าน(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people), นิทานพื้นบ้าน(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people) | — | |
| Ukrainian | наро́дна ка́зка(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people) | naródna kázka | |
| Vietnamese | truyện dân gian(story that is part of the oral tradition of a people) | — |
cuento, rondalla
folkesagn
volksverhaal
kansantaru
conte, conte populaire
conto popular
Märchen, Volksmärchen, Volksmäärli
népmese
cerita rakyat
fabula
pasaka, teika
thawnthurochun
meselok
bajka ludowa
conto popular
paramìsi
leyenda
folksaga
kuwentong-bayan
umiy
นิทานชาวบ้าน, นิทานพื้นบ้าน
truyện dân gian
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.