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. — deniko
deAls ich noch ein Kind war, las mir meine Mutter oft Märchen vor. — Sudajaengi
It was like a fairy tale.
Це було схоже на казку. — deniko
ruЭто было похоже на сказку. — marafon
deEs war wie im Märchen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
What's your favorite fairy tale?
Яка твоя улюблена казка? — deniko
ruКакая у тебя любимая сказка? — Selena777
deWas ist dein Lieblingsmärchen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
That's an old wives' tale.
Це все бабусині казки. — deniko
ruЭто бабушкины сказки. — sharptoothed
deDas ist Altweibergeschwätz. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Those are old wives' tales.
Це все бабусині казки. — deniko
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