Meaning of fable | Babel Free
ˈfeɪbəlDefinitions
- A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
- Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
- Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
- The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.
Equivalents
Беларуская
ба́йка
Català
faula
Ελληνικά
μύθος
Esperanto
fablo
Español
fábula
Eesti
valm
Gaeilge
finscéal
हिन्दी
फँसाना
Հայերեն
առակ
Íslenska
dæmisaga
Italiano
fiaba
ქართული
იგავი
Кыргызча
жомок
ລາວ
ນິທານ
Nederlands
fabel
پښتو
افسانه
Português
fábula
Kiswahili
hadithi
Тоҷикӣ
афсона
Tagalog
pabula
ئۇيغۇرچە
مەسەل
IsiZulu
inganekwane
Examples
“But refuſe prophane and olde wiues fables, and exerciſe thy ſelfe rather vnto godlineſſe.”
“[…]we grew / The fable of the city where we dwelt.”
“I say it would look like a fable to report that this gentleman gives away all which is the overplus of a great fortune by secret methods to other men.”
“For the moral (as Bossu observes,) is the first business of the poet, as being the groundwork of his instruction. This being formed, he contrives such a design, or fable, as may be most suitable to the moral;”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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