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Meaning of fabliau | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A short, farcical, often bawdy tale of a genre written in the North of France in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries.

Equivalents

Deutsch Fabliau
Français fabliau
Italiano fabliau
Nederlands fabliau
Português fabliau
Русский фаблио́

Examples

“‘I’m planning a sort of fabliau comparing this place with a fascist state,’ said Sampson, ‘sort of Animal Farm meets Arturo Ui . . .’”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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