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fable (noun)

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  • fable — ► NOUN 1) a short story with a moral, typically featuring animals as characters. 2) a supernatural story incorporating elements of myth and legend. 3) myth and legend. DERIVATIVES fabler noun. ORIGIN Old French, from Latin fabula story …   English terms dictionary

  • fable — 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 …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • fable — noun 1) the fable of the wary fox Syn: moral tale, tale, parable, allegory 2) the fables of ancient Greece Syn: myth, legend, saga, epic, folk tale, folk story, fairy tale, mythos …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • fable — noun Syn: parable, allegory, myth, legend, story …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • fable — /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… …  

  • beast fable — noun : a prose or verse fable or short story which usually points a moral and in which animal characters are represented as acting with human feelings and motives * * * beast fable noun A story in which animals behave like humans • • • Main Entry …   Useful english dictionary

  • fable — 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 …   English dictionary

  • fable — [ feɪb(ə)l] noun a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral. ↘a myth or legend. ↘mythological fiction. verb archaic invent (an incident or story). Derivatives fabler noun Origin ME: from OFr. fable, from L. fabula… …   English new terms dictionary

  • fable — 1. noun a) A fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, birds etc as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, . Old wives fables. b …   Wiktionary

  • fable — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin fabula conversation, story, play, from fari to speak more at ban Date: 14th century a fictitious narrative or statement: as a. a legendary story of supernatural happenings b. a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • fable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. parable, allegory, moral tale; apologue; myth, legend, fiction. See description, falsehood, figurative. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. allegory, tale, parable; see story . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n.… …   English dictionary for students

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