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fa·ble F0001800 (fā′bəl)n.1. A usually short narrative making an edifying or cautionary point and often employing as characters animals that speak and act like humans.2. A story about legendary persons and exploits.3. A falsehood; a lie.v. fa·bled, fa·bling, fa·bles v.tr. To recount as if true.v.intr. Archaic To compose fables.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fābula, from fārī, to speak; see bhā- in Indo-European roots.]
fa′bler n.fable (ˈfeɪbəl) n1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a short moral story, esp one with animals as characters2. a false, fictitious, or improbable account; fiction or lie3. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a story or legend about supernatural or mythical characters or events4. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) legends or myths collectively. 5. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) archaic the plot of a play or of an epic or dramatic poemvb6. to relate or tell (fables)7. (intr) to speak untruthfully; tell lies8. (tr) to talk about or describe in the manner of a fable: ghosts are fabled to appear at midnight. [C13: from Latin fābula story, narrative, from fārī to speak, say] ˈfabler nfa•ble (ˈfeɪ bəl)
n., v. -bled, -bling. n. 1. a short tale used to teach a moral, often with animals as characters. 2. a story not founded on fact. 3. a legend or myth. 4. lie; falsehood. v.i. 5. Archaic.to tell or write fables. v.t. 6. to describe as if true. [1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin fābula a story, tale =fā(ri) to speak + -bula suffix of instrument] fa′bler, n. syn: See legend. fable
Past participle: fabled
Gerund: fabling
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| I fabled | | you fabled | | he/she/it fabled | | we fabled | | you fabled | | they fabled |
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| I am fabling | | you are fabling | | he/she/it is fabling | | we are fabling | | you are fabling | | they are fabling |
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| I have fabled | | you have fabled | | he/she/it has fabled | | we have fabled | | you have fabled | | they have fabled |
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| I will fable | | you will fable | | he/she/it will fable | | we will fable | | you will fable | | they will fable |
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fableA short, allegorical story to point a moral, especially using animal characters.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  fable - a deliberately false or improbable accountfabrication, fictionfalsehood, untruth, falsity - a false statementcanard - a deliberately misleading fabrication | | 2. |  fable - a short moral story (often with animal characters)allegory, apologue, parablestory - a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines"Aesop's fables - a collection of fables believed to have been written by the Greek storyteller Aesop | | 3. |  fable - a story about mythical or supernatural beings or eventslegendHoly Grail, Sangraal, grail - (legend) chalice used by Christ at the Last SupperKing Arthur's Round Table, Round Table - (legend) the circular table for King Arthur and his knightsstory - a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines"Arthurian legend - the legend of King Arthur and his court at Camelothagiology - literature narrating the lives (and legends) of the saintsMidas - (Greek legend) the greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into goldSisyphus - (Greek legend) a king in ancient Greece who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill; each time the boulder neared the top it rolled back down and Sisyphus was forced to start againTristan, Tristram - (Middle Ages) the nephew of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with his uncle's bride (Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each otherIseult, Isolde - (Middle Ages) the bride of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with the king's nephew (Tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other |
fablenoun1. legend, myth, parable, allegory, story, tale, apologue Each tale has the timeless quality of fable.2. fiction, lie, fantasy, myth, romance, invention, yarn (informal), fabrication, falsehood, fib, figment, untruth, fairy story (informal), urban myth, white lie, tall story (informal), urban legend Is reincarnation fact or fable?
fiction fact, truth, reality, certainty, verity, actualityRelated words
adjective fabulousfablenoun1. A narrative not based on fact:fiction, story.2. An entertaining and often oral account of a real or fictitious occurrence:anecdote, story, tale.Informal: tall tale, yarn.3. A traditional story or tale that has no proven factual basis:legend, myth.Translationsfable (ˈfeibl) noun1. a story (usually about animals) that teaches a lesson about human behaviour. Aesop's fables. 寓言 寓言2. a legend or untrue story. fact or fable? 傳說 传说fabulous (ˈfӕbjuləs) adjective1. wonderful. a fabulous idea. 極好的 极好的2. existing (only) in a fable. The phoenix is a fabulous bird. 傳說上的，神話 传说上的，神话 ˈfabulously adverb 極好地，難以置信地 极好地，难以置信地 IdiomsSeehave a fable for (something)fable
fable, brief allegorical narrative, in verse or prose, illustrating a moral thesis or satirizing human beings. The characters of a fable are usually animals who talk and act like people while retaining their animal traits. The oldest known fables are those in the Panchatantra, a collection of fables in Sanskrit, and those attributed to the Greek Aesop, perhaps the most famous of all fabulists. Other important writers of fables include Jean de La Fontaine, whose fables are noted for their sophistication and wit, the Russian poet Ivan Krylov, and the German dramatist and critic Gotthold Lessing, who also wrote a critical essay on the fable. In England the tradition of the fable was continued in the 17th and 18th cent. by John Dryden and John Gay. The use of the fable in the 20th cent. can be seen in James Thurber's Fables for Our Time (1940) and in George Orwell's political allegory, Animal Farm (1945). The American poet Marianne Moore wrote poems quite similar to fables in their use of animals and animal traits to comment on human experience; she also published an excellent translation of The Fables of La Fontaine (1954). Bibliography See H. J. Blackham, The Fable as Literature (1985) and bibliography comp. by P. Carnes (1985). Fable a literary genre; a short tale, usually in verse and allegorical form, that satirically depicts human actions and relationships. The fable is similar to the parable and apologue. In addition to people, the characters in fables are animals, plants, and things. At the beginning or end of a fable there is usually an aphoristic, didactic conclusion (the moral). The fable is one of the oldest literary genres. In ancient Greece, Aesop (sixth to fifth centuries B.C.) was famous for his fables in prose. In Rome, Phaedrus (first century A.D.) wrote fables. In India the collection of fables Panchatantra dates to the third century. The most outstanding fabulist of modern times was the French poet J. de La Fontaine (17th century). In Russia the fable developed between the mid-18th and the beginning of the 19th century. It is associated with the names of A. P. Sumarokov (parables), I. I. Khemnitser, A. E. Izmailov, and I. I. Dmitriev, although the first experiments with verse fables had already been made in the 17th century by Simeon Polotskii and in the first half of the 18th century by A. D. Kantemir and V. K. Trediakovskii. In Russian poetry fables were written in free verse that captured the intonation of unconstrained, playful tales. I. A. Krylov’s fables, with their realistic vitality, sober humor, and superb language, marked the flowering of this genre in Russia. In the Ukraine, fables were written by G. Skovoroda, P. P. Gulak-Artemovskii, and L. I. Glebov. During the Soviet period, the fables of Dem’ian Bednyi, S. Mikhajl-kov, F. Krivin, and others became popular. REFERENCESPotebnia, A. A. Iz lektsii po teorii slovesnosti: Basnia, poslovitsa, pogovorka, 3rd ed. Kharkov, 1930.
Vygotskii, L. Psikhologiia iskusstva. Moscow, 1965. Pages 117–55.fable1. a short moral story, esp one with animals as characters 2. a story or legend about supernatural or mythical characters or events 3. legends or myths collectively 4. Archaic the plot of a play or of an epic or dramatic poem FABLE
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Synonyms for fablenoun legendSynonyms- legend
- myth
- parable
- allegory
- story
- tale
- apologue
noun fictionSynonyms- fiction
- lie
- fantasy
- myth
- romance
- invention
- yarn
- fabrication
- falsehood
- fib
- figment
- untruth
- fairy story
- urban myth
- white lie
- tall story
- urban legend
Antonyms- fact
- truth
- reality
- certainty
- verity
- actuality
Synonyms for fablenoun a narrative not based on factSynonymsnoun an entertaining and often oral account of a real or fictitious occurrenceSynonyms- anecdote
- story
- tale
- tall tale
- yarn
noun a traditional story or tale that has no proven factual basisSynonymsSynonyms for fablenoun a deliberately false or improbable accountSynonymsRelated Words- falsehood
- untruth
- falsity
- canard
noun a short moral story (often with animal characters)SynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a story about mythical or supernatural beings or eventsSynonymsRelated Words- Holy Grail
- Sangraal
- grail
- King Arthur's Round Table
- Round Table
- story
- Arthurian legend
- hagiology
- Midas
- Sisyphus
- Tristan
- Tristram
- Iseult
- Isolde
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