Fable — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a deliberately false or improbable account

a short moral story (often with animal characters)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fˈeɪbəl/

🇬🇧British English

/fˈeɪbəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fˈeɪbəl/

1 syllable Say it as /fˈeɪbəl/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

apologue fabrication parable fiction allegory legend

Word Forms

fabricate	verb	make up something artificial or untrue
fictional	adjective	formed or conceived by the imagination
fictitious	adjective	adopted in order to deceive
fictionalize	verb	make into fiction
fabulous	adjective	barely credible
fabulist	noun	a person who tells or invents fables
parabolic	adjective	resembling or expressed by parables
parabolical	adjective	resembling or expressed by parables
allegorical	adjective	used in or characteristic of or containing allegory
allegorize	verb	interpret as an allegory
allegorise	verb	interpret as an allegory
legendary	adjective	celebrated in fable or legend

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Fabel

eine absichtlich falsche oder unwahrscheinliche Darstellung

🇪🇸Spanish

fábula

una cuenta deliberadamente falsa o improbable

🇮🇹Italian

favola

un resoconto deliberatamente falso o improbabile

🇳🇱Dutch

fabel

een opzettelijk vals of onwaarschijnlijk verhaal

🇵🇹Portuguese

fábula

um relato deliberadamente falso ou improvável

🇷🇺Russian

басня

заведомо ложная или невероятная версия

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कल्पित कहानी

जानबूझकर गलत या असंभव खाता

🇧🇩Bengali

উপকথা

একটি ইচ্ছাকৃতভাবে মিথ্যা বা অসম্ভাব্য অ্যাকাউন্ট

🇮🇳Tamil

கட்டுக்கதை

வேண்டுமென்றே தவறான அல்லது சாத்தியமற்ற கணக்கு

🇮🇳Telugu

కల్పితకథ

ఉద్దేశపూర్వకంగా తప్పుడు లేదా అసంభవమైన ఖాతా

🇮🇳Marathi

दंतकथा

मुद्दाम खोटे किंवा असंभाव्य खाते

🇮🇳Gujarati

દંતકથા

ઇરાદાપૂર્વક ખોટું અથવા અસંભવિત એકાઉન્ટ

🇮🇳Kannada

ನೀತಿಕಥೆ

ಉದ್ದೇಶಪೂರ್ವಕವಾಗಿ ತಪ್ಪು ಅಥವಾ ಅಸಂಭವ ಖಾತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കെട്ടുകഥ

മനഃപൂർവ്വം തെറ്റായ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ അസംഭവ്യമായ അക്കൗണ്ട്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕਥਾ

ਇੱਕ ਜਾਣਬੁੱਝ ਕੇ ਝੂਠਾ ਜਾਂ ਅਸੰਭਵ ਖਾਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

افسانہ

جان بوجھ کر غلط یا ناممکن اکاؤنٹ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

寓言

故意虚假或不可能的账户

🇯🇵Japanese

寓話

意図的に虚偽またはありそうもないアカウント

🇰🇷Korean

우화

고의로 허위이거나 있을 법하지 않은 계정

🇻🇳Vietnamese

truyện ngụ ngôn

một tài khoản cố ý sai hoặc không thể xảy ra

🇹🇭Thai

นิทาน

บัญชีที่เป็นเท็จโดยจงใจหรือไม่น่าจะเป็นไปได้

🇮🇩Indonesian

fabel

akun yang sengaja dibuat palsu atau mustahil

🇵🇭Filipino

pabula

isang sadyang mali o hindi malamang na account

🇲🇾Malay

cerita dongeng

akaun yang sengaja palsu atau tidak mungkin

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

خرافة

حساب كاذب أو غير محتمل عمدا

🇮🇷Persian

افسانه

یک حساب عمدا نادرست یا غیر محتمل

🇹🇷Turkish

masal

kasıtlı olarak yanlış veya olası olmayan bir hesap

🇮🇱Hebrew

מָשָׁל

חשבון שקרי או בלתי סביר במכוון

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