"fairy-tale" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: fairytale [alternative]
Etymology: Denominal adjective of fairy tale. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Denominal}} Denominal Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} fairy-tale (not comparable)
  1. Of the nature of a fairy tale; as if from a fairy tale. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: magical Translations (of the nature of a fairy tale; as if from a fairy tale): përallë [feminine] (Albanian), приказен (prikazen) (Bulgarian), sprookjesachtig (Dutch), satu- (Finnish), satumainen (Finnish), märchenhaft (German), παραμυθένιος (paramythénios) [masculine] (Greek), mesebeli (Hungarian), ævintýralegur (Icelandic), draíochtach (Irish), fiabesco [masculine] (Italian), pasakains (Latvian), baśniowy (Polish), bajeczny (Polish), basm [neuter] (Romanian), ска́зочный (skázočnyj) (Russian), sagolik (Swedish)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: fairy-tales [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fairy-tale (plural fairy-tales)
  1. Dated form of fairy tale. Tags: alt-of, dated Alternative form of: fairy tale
    Sense id: en-fairy-tale-en-noun-mE4Xh-3B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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