noun · countable / uncountable

apologue

apologue · apologues

басня, нравоучительная басня, аполог, байка

Lehrfabel, Fabel

A short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objectsA short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects; a fable.

/ˈæpəlɒɡ/

Meaning

2 senses

(countable, uncountable)A short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects; a fable.
Lehrfabel, Fabel
ба́сняbásnja, нравоучи́тельная ба́сняnravoučítelʹnaja básnja, аполо́гapológ
a short moral story (often with animal characters)
(countable, rhetoric, uncountable)The use of fable to persuade the audience.
ба́йкаbájka, ба́сняbásnja

Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

a short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects:

rhetoric: use of fable to persuade the audience:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

a short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects:

Origin

Borrowed from French apologue, from Latin apologus from Ancient Greek ἀπόλογος (apólogos,

Borrowed from French apologue, from Latin apologus from Ancient Greek ἀπόλογος (apólogos, “story, tale, fable”) from ἀπό- (apó-, “off, away from”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech”). Equivalent to apo- + -logue.

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