Translation
fairy tale, folk tale
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Word origin
From German Fabel, itself from Latin fabula ('story, tale'), which is built on fari, 'to speak'. A fable is at root simply a thing spoken.
- Origin
- German, from Latin
- Root
- fabula
- English cognates
- fable, fabulous
Examples
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Mum told the children a fairy tale.
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In the fairy tale the wolf talks like a person.
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She read the book of old fairy tales.
covers the whole shelf of talking wolves and youngest sons: what English splits into fairy tale and folk tale. Zamenhof's own translation of Andersen's is one of the oldest pieces of Esperanto prose still read for pleasure, which is why the word turns up early and often.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 16, lesson 6: fabelo, tradicio, krajono and 7 more words.