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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈæpəlɒɡ/ Forms: apologues [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French apologue, from Latin apologus from Ancient Greek ἀπόλογος (apólogos, “story, tale, fable”) from ἀπό- (apó-, “off, away from”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|apologue}} French apologue, {{der|en|la|apologus}} Latin apologus, {{der|en|grc|ἀπόλογος||story, tale, fable}} Ancient Greek ἀπόλογος (apólogos, “story, tale, fable”), {{m|grc|ἀπό-||off, away from}} ἀπό- (apó-, “off, away from”), {{m|grc|λόγος||speech}} λόγος (lógos, “speech”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} apologue (countable and uncountable, plural apologues)
  1. A short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects; a fable. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects): мәҫәл (məśəl) (Bashkir), apòleg [masculine] (Catalan), bajka [feminine] (Czech), apologue [masculine] (French), Lehrfabel [feminine] (German), Fabel [feminine] (German), apalóg [feminine] (Irish), fabhalscéal [masculine] (Irish), fáithscéal [masculine] (Irish), uirscéal [masculine] (Irish), apologo [masculine] (Italian), apologus [masculine] (Latin), apolog [masculine] (Polish), apólogo [masculine] (Portuguese), ба́сня (básnja) [feminine] (Russian), нравоучи́тельная ба́сня (nravoučítelʹnaja básnja) [feminine] (Russian), аполо́г (apológ) [masculine] (Russian), apólogo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-apologue-en-noun-f99TEzXC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of 'a short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects': 99 1
  2. (rhetoric) The use of fable to persuade the audience. Tags: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Categories (topical): Rhetoric Translations (rhetoric: use of fable to persuade the audience): apologue [masculine] (French), ба́йка (bájka) [feminine] (Russian), ба́сня (básnja) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-apologue-en-noun-QPDPQz1U Disambiguation of 'rhetoric: use of fable to persuade the audience': 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: apologer, apological Related terms: apologetic, apology

Noun [French]

Forms: apologues [plural]
Etymology: From Latin apologus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόλογος (apólogos). Etymology templates: {{der|fr|la|apologus}} Latin apologus, {{der|fr|grc|ἀπόλογος}} Ancient Greek ἀπόλογος (apólogos) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} apologue m (plural apologues)
  1. apologue Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-apologue-fr-noun-SRhX9Mp2 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

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        "3": "apologus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin apologus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἀπόλογος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἀπόλογος (apólogos)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin apologus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόλογος (apólogos).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "apologues",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "apologue m (plural apologues)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French countable nouns",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French lemmas",
        "French masculine nouns",
        "French nouns",
        "French terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "French terms derived from Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "apologue"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "apologue",
          "apologue#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "apologue"
}

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