folktale
folktale · folktales
народна казка
сказка, народная сказка
Märchen, Volksmärchen
A tale or story that is part of the oral tradition of a people or a placeA tale or story that is part of the oral tradition of a people or a place.
/ˈfoʊkteɪl/
» I bought a book of folktales.
Meaning
1 sensesA tale or story that is part of the oral tradition of a people or a place.
Volksmärchen, Märchen
наро́дная ска́зкаnaródnaja skázka, ска́зкаskázka
наро́дна ка́зкаnaródna kázka
More definitions
- a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk
Examples
5 sentencesI bought a book of folktales.
According to folktales, cats have nine lives.
Ziri appreciated Rima's effort in collecting Berber folktales.
A folktale wasn't created by a single known author. It arose among the people.
Ziri collected Berber folktales.
Translations
7 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
story that is part of the oral tradition of a people:
Русский
By meaning 1
story that is part of the oral tradition of a people:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
story that is part of the oral tradition of a people:
Origin
From folk + tale.From folk + tale.
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