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Noun [Danish]

IPA: /faːbəl/, [ˈfæːˀb̥əl], [ˈfæːˀb̥l̩]
Etymology: From Latin fābula (“tale”). Etymology templates: {{der|da|la|fābula||tale}} Latin fābula (“tale”) Head templates: {{head|da|noun|singular definite|fablen|or|fabelen|||plural indefinite|fabler||{{{pl-indef-2}}}||{{{pl-indef-3}}}||{{{com}}}|checkredlinks=1|f1accel-form=def|s|f4accel-form=indef|p|g=c|g2=|head=}} fabel c (singular definite fablen or fabelen, plural indefinite fabler), {{da-noun|en|er|sg-def-2=fabelen|stem=fabl}} fabel c (singular definite fablen or fabelen, plural indefinite fabler) Inflection templates: {{da-noun-infl|en|er|sg-def-2=fabelen|stem=fabl}}, {{da-noun-infl-base|g=c|gen-pl-def=fablernes|gen-pl-def-2=|gen-pl-def-3=|gen-pl-indef=fablers|gen-pl-indef-2=|gen-sg-def=fablens|gen-sg-def-2=fabelens|gen-sg-indef=fabels|gen-sg-indef-2=|gen-sg-indef-3=|pl-def=fablerne|pl-def-2=|pl-def-3=|pl-indef=fabler|pl-indef-2=|pl-indef-3=|sg-def=fablen|sg-def-2=fabelen|sg-indef=fabel}} Forms: fablen [definite, singular], fabelen [definite, singular], fabler [indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], fabel [indefinite, nominative, singular], fablen [definite, nominative, singular], fabelen [definite, nominative, singular], fabler [indefinite, nominative, plural], fablerne [definite, nominative, plural], fabels [genitive, indefinite, singular], fablens [definite, genitive, singular], fabelens [definite, genitive, singular], fablers [genitive, indefinite, plural], fablernes [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. fable Tags: common-gender Derived forms: dyrefabel [common-gender], fabelagtig [adjective], fabeldyr [neuter], fabelvæsen [neuter], fable [verb]
    Sense id: en-fabel-da-noun-Cc-YC1~z Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /ˈfaː.bəl/ Audio: Nl-fabel.ogg Forms: fabelen [plural], fabels [plural], fabeltje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -aːbəl Etymology: From Middle Dutch fabele, from Old French fable, from Latin fābula. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|fabele}} Middle Dutch fabele, {{der|nl|fro|fable}} Old French fable, {{der|nl|la|fābula}} Latin fābula Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-@en,-s|+}} fabel f (plural fabelen or fabels, diminutive fabeltje n)
  1. a legend, a fable Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fabel-nl-noun-~ZtnldlP
  2. something untrue, a fable, a myth Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fabel-nl-noun-UWwLwpAX Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fabelachtig, fabeldier, fabelkunde, fabelleer, fabelwezen Related terms: fabuleren, fabuleus

Noun [Indonesian]

IPA: [ˈfabəl] Forms: fabêl [canonical], fabel-fabel [plural]
Etymology: From Dutch fabel (“fable”), from Old French fable, from Latin fābula. Etymology templates: {{bor|id|nl|fabel|t=fable}} Dutch fabel (“fable”), {{der|id|fro|fable}} Old French fable, {{der|id|la|fābula}} Latin fābula Head templates: {{id-noun|head=fabêl}} fabêl (plural fabel-fabel)
  1. (literature) fable, a fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters

Noun [Norwegian Bokmål]

IPA: /ˈfɑː.bəl/, [ˈfɑː.bl̩] Forms: fabelen [definite, singular], fabler [indefinite, plural], fablene [definite, plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːbəl Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fābula (“conversation, narrative, tale, fable; play”), literally “something spoken or told”, formed from the verbal stem fā- (“speak, say”) of for (“to speak, say”) and -bula (“instrument- or result-noun suffix”). The verbal element is from Proto-Italic *fāōr (“to speak”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti (“to speak”), an athematic present formed from the root *bʰeh₂- (“to speak, say”); the suffix continues *-dʰlom (“instrument- or result-noun suffix”). The broad senses of Latin fābula included conversation, report, narrative, story and dramatic work, helping to account for the Norwegian senses “fable”, “story” and “plot”. Doublet of fabula (“fable; narrated sequence of events”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk fabel, Danish fabel, Swedish fabel, German Fabel, Dutch fabel, English fable, French fable, Spanish fábula, Portuguese fábula, Italian favola, Polish fabuła and Romanian fabulă (“fable, tale”). Etymology templates: {{root|nb|ine-pro|*bʰeh₂-}}, {{bor+|nb|la|fābula|t=conversation, narrative, tale, fable; play}} Borrowed from Latin fābula (“conversation, narrative, tale, fable; play”), {{der|nb|itc-pro|*fāōr|t=to speak}} Proto-Italic *fāōr (“to speak”), {{der|nb|ine-pro|*bʰéh₂ti|t=to speak}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂ti (“to speak”), {{doublet|nb|fabula|t1=fable; narrated sequence of events}} Doublet of fabula (“fable; narrated sequence of events”), {{cog|nn|fabel}} Norwegian Nynorsk fabel, {{cog|da|fabel}} Danish fabel, {{cog|sv|fabel}} Swedish fabel, {{cog|de|Fabel}} German Fabel, {{cog|nl|fabel}} Dutch fabel, {{cog|en|fable}} English fable, {{cog|fr|fable}} French fable, {{cog|es|fábula}} Spanish fábula, {{cog|pt|fábula}} Portuguese fábula, {{cog|it|favola}} Italian favola, {{cog|pl|fabuła}} Polish fabuła, {{cog|ro|fabulă|t=fable, tale}} Romanian fabulă (“fable, tale”) Head templates: {{nb-noun|m|fabelen|fabler|fablene}} fabel m (definite singular fabelen, indefinite plural fabler, definite plural fablene)
  1. (literature) a short didactic or moral story, in verse or prose, often featuring animals as personifications of human characteristics and usually ending with a moral; a fable Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fabel-nb-noun-U555OnLI Categories (other): Literature Topics: literature, media, publishing
  2. a story, tale or narrative Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fabel-nb-noun-LdVEScAi
  3. a story, tale or narrative
    especially an untrue, implausible or unreasonable account; a fabrication, myth or tall tale
    Tags: masculine Synonyms: skrøne
    Sense id: en-fabel-nb-noun-ERNriQTB
  4. (literature) the plot or course of events in a narrative text; the manner in which its episodes are connected Tags: masculine Synonyms: plott
    Sense id: en-fabel-nb-noun-VtXV1pu- Categories (other): Literature, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 8 8 16 6 21 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 5 16 3 21 50 Topics: literature, media, publishing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dyrefabel (english: animal fable), fabelaktig (english: fabulous), fabeldyr (english: mythical creature), fabelvesen (english: mythical being), fable (english: to fantasize, talk nonsense)

Noun [Norwegian Nynorsk]

Forms: fabelen [definite, singular], fablar [indefinite, plural], fablane [definite, plural]
Etymology: From Latin fabula. Etymology templates: {{der|nn|la|fabula}} Latin fabula Head templates: {{nn-noun-m1||fabl}} fabel m (definite singular fabelen, indefinite plural fablar, definite plural fablane)
  1. a fable Tags: masculine Derived forms: fabelaktig

Noun [Swedish]

Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=c|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} fabel c, {{sv-noun|c}} fabel c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-r|3=fable}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], fabel [indefinite, nominative, singular], fabels [genitive, indefinite, singular], fabeln [definite, nominative, singular], fabelns [definite, genitive, singular], fabler [indefinite, nominative, plural], fablers [genitive, indefinite, plural], fablerna [definite, nominative, plural], fablernas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. a fable Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-fabel-sv-noun-UdLNNk94 Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "word": "fabelagtig"
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      "english": "animal fable",
      "translation": "animal fable",
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      "translation": "mythical creature",
      "word": "fabeldyr"
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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          "english": "the fable of the hawk and the nightingale",
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          "text": "fabelen om hauken og nattergalen",
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        {
          "english": "we [have] chosen to regard the text as a kind of moral fable disguised as a picaresque novel",
          "ref": "2011, Tor Åge Bringsværd, Slipp håndtaket når du vrir:",
          "text": "vi [har] valgt å se teksten som en slags moralsk fabel forkledd som pikaresk roman",
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          "english": "thus speaks the tale of legend",
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        {
          "english": "when one begins turning the truths of the Bible into fables, the whole thing soon unravels",
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          "text": "når man begynner å gjøre bibelens sannheter til fabler, så rakner snart det hele",
          "translation": "when one begins turning the truths of the Bible into fables, the whole thing soon unravels",
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        {
          "english": "he told the wildest tales with incomparable confidence",
          "ref": "1881, Kristian Elster, chapter VI, in Farlige Folk:",
          "text": "han serverede med uforlignelig Sikkerhed de vildeste Fabler",
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          "english": "that myth about the infallibility of those in power must be challenged",
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          "text": "der må rygges ved den fabelen om de styrendes ufejlbarhed",
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        },
        {
          "english": "the thousands of tall fishing tales told every year, and the countless stories about enormous—or, conversely, dreadful—supplies of berries and mushrooms",
          "ref": "2015 October 12, Nationen, pages 18–19:",
          "text": "de tusentalls våte fiskeskrønene som fortelles hvert år, og utallige fablene om enorme – eller tvert om elendige bær- og soppforekomster",
          "translation": "the thousands of tall fishing tales told every year, and the countless stories about enormous—or, conversely, dreadful—supplies of berries and mushrooms",
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        },
        {
          "english": "in antiquity, oikoumene meant the inhabited world, that is, everything outside the domain of fables, monsters and barbarians",
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          "text": "i antikken betydde oikoumene den bebodde verden, det vil si alt som ikke var fablenes, monstrenes og barbarenes domene",
          "translation": "in antiquity, oikoumene meant the inhabited world, that is, everything outside the domain of fables, monsters and barbarians",
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          "english": "when one begins turning the truths of the Bible into fables, the whole thing soon unravels",
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          "text": "når man begynner å gjøre bibelens sannheter til fabler, så rakner snart det hele",
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          "text": "de tusentalls våte fiskeskrønene som fortelles hvert år, og utallige fablene om enorme – eller tvert om elendige bær- og soppforekomster",
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          "text": "i antikken betydde oikoumene den bebodde verden, det vil si alt som ikke var fablenes, monstrenes og barbarenes domene",
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        "Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk nouns",
        "Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Latin",
        "Pages with 6 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a fable"
      ],
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          "fable"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-c-r",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fabel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fabels",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fabeln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fabelns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fabler",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fablers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fablerna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fablernas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "c",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "g4": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fabel c",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "fabel c",
      "name": "sv-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "3": "fable"
      },
      "name": "sv-infl-noun-c-r"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 6 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swedish common-gender nouns",
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish lemmas",
        "Swedish nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a fable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fable",
          "fable"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fabel"
}

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