tale
A rehearsal of what has occurredA rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
» When I was a child, my mother would often read fairy tales to me.
Als ich noch ein Kind war, las mir meine Mutter oft Märchen vor.
Коли я був маленький, мама часто читала мені казки.
Коли я був дитиною, мама часто читала мені казки.
Коли я була дитиною, мама часто читала мені казки.
Коли я була маленька, мама часто читала мені казки.
Meaning
11 sensesA rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
the Canterbury Tales
Märchen, Sage, Geschichte
расска́зrasskáz, исто́рияistórija, ска́зкаskázka
ро́зповідьrózpovidʹ, істо́ріяistórija, по́вістьpóvistʹ
A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.
(slang)The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim.
An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie.
Don't tell tales!
(obsolete)Number; tally; quota.
(obsolete)Account; estimation; regard; heed.
(obsolete)Speech; language.
(obsolete)A speech; a statement; talk; conversation; discourse.
(obsolete)A count; declaration.
(archaic, rare)A number of things considered as an aggregate; sum.
(archaic, rare)A report of any matter; a relation; a version.
- a trivial lie
- a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
Examples
229 sentencesWhen I was a child, my mother would often read fairy tales to me.
Коли я був маленький, мама часто читала мені казки.
deAls ich noch ein Kind war, las mir meine Mutter oft Märchen vor.
It was like a fairy tale.
Це було схоже на казку.
ruЭто было похоже на сказку.
deEs war wie im Märchen.
What's your favorite fairy tale?
Яка твоя улюблена казка?
ruКакая у тебя любимая сказка?
deWas ist dein Lieblingsmärchen?
That's an old wives' tale.
Це все бабусині казки.
ruЭто бабушкины сказки.
deDas ist Altweibergeschwätz.
Those are old wives' tales.
Це все бабусині казки.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English tale, from Old English talu (“tale, series, calculation”), from Proto-From Middle English tale, from Old English talu (“tale, series, calculation”), from Proto-West Germanic *talu, from Proto-Germanic *talō (“calculation, number”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to reckon, count”).
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Forms
plural: talesSynonyms
6 synonyms- a trivial lie:fibstorytarradiddletaradiddle
- a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program:narrativenarrationstory