fairy story
Synonym of fairy taleSynonym of fairy tale (“a folktale with fantasy characters”).
» The following passage is taken from a well-known fairy story.
Das folgende Fragment ist ein Zitat aus einem bekannten Märchen. — sigfrido
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2 sensesSynonym of fairy tale (“a folktale with fantasy characters”).
Synonym of fairy tale (“a story presented as true that is not believable”).
- an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
- a story about fairies; told to amuse children
Examples
4 sentencesThe following passage is taken from a well-known fairy story.
deDas folgende Fragment ist ein Zitat aus einem bekannten Märchen. — sigfrido
The following passage is an excerpt from a well-known fairy story.
deDie folgende Passage ist ein Ausschnitt aus einem wohlbekannten Märchen. — Waldelfe
Are fairy tales just stories?
Don't tell me fairy stories!
ruНе рассказывайте мне сказки! — marafon
deErzähl keine Märchen! — enteka
Forms
plural: fairy stories| Singular | fairy story |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse:fairytalefairy talecock-and-bull storysong and dance
- a story about fairies; told to amuse children:fairytalefairy tale
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.