See fable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "may be etymologically unrelated",
"word": "have a fable for"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "personal fable"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "fabulist"
}
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*bʰeh₂-",
"id": "speak"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "enm",
"3": "-"
},
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},
{
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},
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},
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},
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},
{
"args": {
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"2": "fabula"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of fabula",
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English, borrowed from Old French fable, from Latin fābula, from fārī (“to speak, say”) + -bula (“instrumental suffix”). See ban, and compare fabulous, fame. Doublet of fabula.",
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"form": "fables",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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],
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"fa‧ble"
],
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"alt": "equivalent to fable + -ous but actually derived from Latin fābulōsus",
"english": "celebrated in fable",
"word": "fabulous"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
"_dis": "26 23 2 16 5 29",
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},
{
"_dis": "25 26 2 14 5 29",
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"name": "Terms with Czech translations",
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},
{
"_dis": "25 26 2 15 4 28",
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "29 12 13 16 7 23",
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"name": "Terms with Gothic translations",
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},
{
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"name": "Terms with Hebrew translations",
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},
{
"_dis": "22 26 2 17 5 28",
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},
{
"_dis": "27 18 2 13 5 34",
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"name": "Terms with Irish translations",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "27 24 2 12 4 30",
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"name": "Terms with Lao translations",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "27 28 2 14 4 25",
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},
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},
{
"_dis": "29 16 2 12 5 35",
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"name": "Terms with Yiddish translations",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "30 16 2 17 1 33",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Genres",
"orig": "en:Genres",
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"Entertainment",
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables."
],
"id": "en-fable-en-noun-en:Q693",
"links": [
[
"fictitious",
"fictitious"
],
[
"narrative",
"narrative"
],
[
"enforce",
"enforce"
],
[
"truth",
"truth"
],
[
"precept",
"precept"
],
[
"animals",
"animals"
],
[
"characters",
"characters"
],
[
"apologue",
"apologue"
]
],
"senseid": [
"en:Q693"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "morality play"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "xag",
"lang": "Aghwan",
"roman": "taʒ́uġeupesun",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "𐔸𐔰𐕃𐕒𐕡𐕘𐔴𐕒𐕡𐕢𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "xag",
"lang": "Aghwan",
"roman": "batekalil'",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "𐔱𐔰𐔸𐔴𐕣𐔰𐔾𐔼𐕅"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "ak",
"lang": "Akan",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "anansesem"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fabul"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "përrallë"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵurāfa",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "خُرَافَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔusṭūra",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "أُسْطُورَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "aṙak",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "առակ"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "əfsanə"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "təmsil"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "məśəl",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "мәҫәл"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "bájka",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ба́йка"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "rupkotha",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "রূপকথা"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "upokotha",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "উপকথা"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "básnja",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ба́сня"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prítča",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "при́тча"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "pumprang",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "ပုံပြင်"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hre:ca.ka:",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "ရှေးစကား"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "faula"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "cpn",
"lang": "Cherepon",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "anansesem"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "jyu⁶ jin⁴",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "寓言"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "gū-giân",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "寓言"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yùyán",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "寓言"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bajka"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "fabel"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "eventyr"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fabel"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "fabelo"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "valm"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "satu"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "taru"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "conte"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fable"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "igavi",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "იგავი"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Fabel"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "spill",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mýthos",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "μύθος"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "mûthos",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "μῦθος"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "aînos",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "αἶνος"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "mashál",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מָשָׁל"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "nītikthā",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "नीतिकथा"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "fasānā",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "फ़साना"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "mese"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "tanítómese"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "fabula"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dæmisaga"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "fablo"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "fabel"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "basnja"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "finscéal"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fiaba"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"alt": "ぐうげん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gūgen",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "寓言"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"alt": "ぐうわ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gūwa",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "寓話"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "dongèng"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "mysal",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "мысал"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"alt": "寓言",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ueon",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "우언"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"alt": "寓話",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "uhwa",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "우화"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "ni thān",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "ນິທານ"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "ni nyāi",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "ນິຍາຽ"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fābulātiō"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apologus"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fabula"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pasakėčia"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "básna",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ба́сна"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "mi",
"english": "involving animals",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "pakikīrehe"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "kōrero tara"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fabel"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fabel"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fabla"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "efsane",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "افسانه"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "dastan, destan",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "داستان"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "ustura",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "اسطوره"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "afsāna",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "افسانه"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "hekāyat",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "حکايت"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "afsâne",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "اَفسانِه"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 3 1 4",
"code": "fa",
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"feminine"
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{
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{
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"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Timothy 4:7, column 1:",
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"ref": "1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Gardener’s Daughter; or, The Pictures”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 19:",
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{
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"roman": "shénhuà",
"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"word": "神话"
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{
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"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"word": "傳說"
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{
"_dis1": "9 82 0 9",
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "chuánshuō",
"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"word": "传说"
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"_dis1": "9 82 0 9",
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"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"word": "tarina"
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{
"_dis1": "9 82 0 9",
"code": "fi",
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{
"_dis1": "9 82 0 9",
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"word": "taru"
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"code": "he",
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"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"word": "מעשייה"
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{
"_dis1": "9 82 0 9",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ma'asiyá",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מַעֲשִׂיָּה"
},
{
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"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "измислица"
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"_dis1": "9 82 0 9",
"code": "ota",
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"roman": "efsane",
"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"word": "افسانه"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 82 0 9",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
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"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"word": "داستان"
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{
"_dis1": "9 82 0 9",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "ustura",
"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"word": "اسطوره"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 82 0 9",
"code": "ro",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poveste"
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{
"_dis1": "9 82 0 9",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "9 82 0 9",
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "небыли́ца"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 82 0 9",
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"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"_dis1": "9 82 0 9",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bájka",
"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ба́йка"
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"_dis1": "9 82 0 9",
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"Art",
"Culture",
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"ref": "1712 January 13 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “WEDNESDAY, January 2, 1711–1712”, in The Spectator, number 264; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC, page 316:",
"text": "I say it would look like a fable to report that this gentleman gives away all which is the overplus of a great fortune by secret methods to other men.",
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}
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"_dis1": "0 0 99 1",
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "huǎngyán",
"sense": "fiction, untruth, falsehood",
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},
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"sense": "fiction, untruth, falsehood",
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{
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"sense": "fiction, untruth, falsehood",
"word": "taru"
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"sense": "fiction, untruth, falsehood",
"word": "מעשייה"
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{
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
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"sense": "fiction, untruth, falsehood",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מַעֲשִׂיָּה"
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"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "fiction, untruth, falsehood",
"word": "dongèngan"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 99 1",
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"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ertegı",
"sense": "fiction, untruth, falsehood",
"word": "ертегі"
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{
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"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "jomok",
"sense": "fiction, untruth, falsehood",
"word": "жомок"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 99 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "izmislica",
"sense": "fiction, untruth, falsehood",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "измислица"
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},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "mûthos",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "μῦθος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "aînos",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "αἶνος"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "mashál",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מָשָׁל"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "nītikthā",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "नीतिकथा"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "fasānā",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "फ़साना"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "mese"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "tanítómese"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "fabula"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dæmisaga"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "fablo"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "fabel"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "basnja"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "finscéal"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fiaba"
},
{
"alt": "ぐうげん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gūgen",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "寓言"
},
{
"alt": "ぐうわ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gūwa",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "寓話"
},
{
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "dongèng"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "mysal",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "мысал"
},
{
"alt": "寓言",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ueon",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "우언"
},
{
"alt": "寓話",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "uhwa",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "우화"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "ni thān",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "ນິທານ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "ni nyāi",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "ນິຍາຽ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fābulātiō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "apologus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fabula"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pasakėčia"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "básna",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ба́сна"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"english": "involving animals",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "pakikīrehe"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "kōrero tara"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fabel"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fabel"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fabla"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "efsane",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "افسانه"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "dastan, destan",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "داستان"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "ustura",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "اسطوره"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "afsāna",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "افسانه"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "hekāyat",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "حکايت"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "afsâne",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "اَفسانِه"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "matal",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "مَتَل"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "fâbl",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "فابل"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "hekâyat",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "حِکایَت"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bajka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fábula"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fabulă"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poveste"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "básnja",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ба́сня"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prítča",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "при́тча"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bájka",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ба́йка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skázka",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ска́зка"
},
{
"code": "stq",
"lang": "Saterland Frisian",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "Foabel"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ба̏сна"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "сказна"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ба̑јка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "bȁsna"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "skazna"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "bȃjka"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bájka"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rozprávka"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "basen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fábula"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "hadithi"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "saga"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "berättelse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "fabel"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "pabula"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "sayguni"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "masal",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "масал"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "matal",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "матал"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "afsona",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "афсона"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "šug",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "шуг"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "hikoyat",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "ҳикоят"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "mäsäl",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "мәсәл"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "dtam-naan",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "ตำนาน"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "fabl"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "öykünce"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bájka",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ба́йка"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kázka",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ка́зка"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "fasānā",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "فَسانَہ"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "ḥikāyat",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "حِکایَت"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "mesel",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "مەسەل"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "masal"
},
{
"alt": "寓言",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"word": "ngụ ngôn"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "moshl",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "משל"
},
{
"code": "zu",
"lang": "Zulu",
"sense": "fictitious narration to enforce some useful truth or precept",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9"
],
"word": "inganekwane"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izmíslica",
"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "изми́слица"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"word": "神話"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shénhuà",
"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"word": "神话"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"word": "傳說"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chuánshuō",
"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"word": "传说"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"word": "tarina"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"word": "juttu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"word": "taru"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"word": "מעשייה"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ma'asiyá",
"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מַעֲשִׂיָּה"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "izmislica",
"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "измислица"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "eventyr"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "efsane",
"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"word": "افسانه"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "dastan, destan",
"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"word": "داستان"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "ustura",
"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"word": "اسطوره"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poveste"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "legendă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nebylíca",
"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "небыли́ца"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výdumka",
"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "вы́думка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bájka",
"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ба́йка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skázka",
"sense": "story told to excite wonder",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ска́зка"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵurāfa",
"sense": "fiction, untruth, falsehood",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "خُرَافَة"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "njebylíca",
"sense": "fiction, untruth, falsehood",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "небылі́ца"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "njébylʹ",
"sense": "fiction, untruth, falsehood",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "не́быль"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "výdumka",
"sense": "fiction, untruth, falsehood",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "вы́думка"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izmíslica",
"sense": "fiction, untruth, falsehood",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "изми́слица"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "fiction, untruth, falsehood",
"word": "謊言"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huǎngyán",
"sense": "fiction, untruth, falsehood",
"word": "谎言"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fiction, untruth, falsehood",
"word": "vale"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fiction, untruth, falsehood",
"word": "taru"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "fiction, untruth, falsehood",
"word": "מעשייה"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ma'asiyá",
"sense": "fiction, untruth, falsehood",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "מַעֲשִׂיָּה"
},
{
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "fiction, untruth, falsehood",
"word": "dongèngan"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ertegı",
"sense": "fiction, untruth, falsehood",
"word": "ертегі"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "jomok",
"sense": "fiction, untruth, falsehood",
"word": "жомок"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "izmislica",
"sense": "fiction, untruth, falsehood",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"ref": "1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], page 111, column 2:",
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"text": "Vain now the Tales which fab’ling Poets tell, / That wav’ring Conqueſt ſtill deſires to rove; / In Marlbrô’s Camp the Goddeſs knows to dwell: / Long as the Hero’s Life remains her Love.",
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