fable

Etymology
From, borrowed from , from , from +. See, and compare ,. .

Noun

 * 1) A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
 * 2) Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
 * 3) Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
 * 4) The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.
 * 1) Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
 * 2) The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.
 * 1) Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
 * 2) The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.
 * 1) The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.

Translations

 * Aghwan: 𐔸𐔰𐕃𐕒𐕡𐕘𐔴𐕒𐕡𐕢𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎, 𐔱𐔰𐔸𐔴𐕣𐔰𐔾𐔼𐕅
 * Akan: anansesem
 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic:, أُسْطُورَة
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Bashkir: мәҫәл
 * Belarusian:
 * Bengali: ,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cherepon: anansesem
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 寓言
 * Hokkien: 寓言
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: fabel,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: fabelo
 * Estonian: valm
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: იგავი
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: μῦθος, αἶνος
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: नीतिकथा, फ़साना
 * Hungarian:, tanítómese,
 * Icelandic: dæmisaga
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: basnja
 * Irish: finscéal
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Javanese:
 * Kazakh: мысал
 * Korean: 우언(寓言), 우화(寓話)
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ນິທານ, ນິຍາຽ
 * Latin: fābulātiō, apologus
 * Latvian: fabula
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: ба́сна
 * Maori: pakikīrehe, kōrero tara
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: fabel
 * Occitan:
 * Ottoman Turkish: افسانه, داستان, اسطوره
 * Pashto: ,
 * Persian:, , فابل,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Saterland Frisian: Foabel
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ба̏сна, сказна, ба̑јка
 * Roman:, skazna,
 * Slovak:, rozprávka
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tagalog: pabula, sayguni
 * Tajik: масал, матал,, шуг, ҳикоят
 * Tatar:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Urdu: فَسانَہ,
 * Uyghur: مەسەل
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese: (寓言)
 * Yiddish: משל
 * Zulu: inganekwane


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * Hebrew: מעשייה
 * Macedonian: измислица
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Ottoman Turkish: افسانه, داستان, اسطوره
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , ,


 * Arabic:
 * Belarusian: небылі́ца, не́быль, вы́думка
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Hebrew: מעשייה
 * Javanese: dongèngan
 * Kazakh: ертегі
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Macedonian: измислица
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Ukrainian: небили́ця, ви́гадка, ви́думка, ви́гад


 * Irish:

Verb

 * 1)  To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true.
 * 2) * 1852,, Empedocles on Etna, Act II, in Empedocles on Etna and Other Poems, London: B. Fellowes, p. 50,
 * He fables, yet speaks truth.
 * 1)  To make up; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely; to recount in the form of a fable.
 * He fables, yet speaks truth.
 * 1)  To make up; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely; to recount in the form of a fable.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: съчинявам басни
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Danish: fable
 * Finnish: sepittää (satuja)
 * German:
 * Hebrew: המשיל
 * Hungarian:
 * Macedonian: фабули́ра


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Danish: fabulere
 * Finnish: puhua omiaan
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Macedonian: измислува
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Romanian:

Etymology
, borrowed from.

Noun

 * , story

Etymology
From the noun, ultimately from , from +.

Verb

 * 1) to fantasize, dream
 * fable om suksess
 * dream about success

Etymology
From the noun, ultimately from , from +.

Verb

 * 1) to fantasize, dream
 * fable om suksess
 * dream about success
 * 1) to make up (something)

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * , story