Fable
31FABLE — n. f. Apologue, récit en prose ou en vers dans lequel on exprime une vérité, une moralité sous le voile de quelque fiction. Les fables d’ésope, de Phèdre, de La Fontaine. La fable du Loup et de l’Agneau. Le Chêne et le Roseau, fable. La moralité… …
32fable — [[t]fe͟ɪb(ə)l[/t]] fables 1) N VAR A fable is a story which teaches a moral lesson. Fables sometimes have animals as the main characters. ...the fable of the tortoise and the hare... Each tale has the timeless quality of fable. Syn: legend 2) N… …
33fable — [13] The Indo European base *bha ‘speak’ has produced a wide range of English words, including (via Germanic) ban and (via Latin fārī ‘speak’) affable, confess, fairy, fame, fate, ineffable, infant, nefarious, and profess. Fable is a member of… …
34fable — [13] The Indo European base *bha ‘speak’ has produced a wide range of English words, including (via Germanic) ban and (via Latin fārī ‘speak’) affable, confess, fairy, fame, fate, ineffable, infant, nefarious, and profess. Fable is a member of… …
35fable — /ˈfeɪbəl / (say faybuhl) noun 1. a short tale to teach a moral, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue: the fable of the tortoise and the hare. 2. a story not founded on fact. 3. a story about supernatural or… …
36fable — nf. ; invention, histoire fausse, récit mensonger ; conte : FÂBLyA (Aix, Annecy, Chambéry, Montagny Bozel, Thônes.004, Villards Thônes.028 | Albanais), fwâbla (Leschaux), R.2. A1) petite fable ; conte amusant, historiette : fabyola (028), fabyôla …
37fable — n. a fable about * * * [ feɪb(ə)l] a fable about …
38fable — fa|ble [ˈfeıbəl] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin fabula conversation, story ] 1.) a traditional short story that teaches a moral lesson, especially a story about animals ▪ the fable of the fox and the crow 2.) [U] fables or other… …
39fable — noun 1 (C) a traditional short story that teaches a moral lesson, especially a story about animals: the fable of the fox and the crow 2 (U) such stories considered as a group; legend (2): monsters of fable and legend …
40fable — UK [ˈfeɪb(ə)l] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms fable : singular fable plural fables a traditional story, usually about animals, that teaches a moral lesson …
