"fabulist" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfæbjəlɪst/ Forms: fabulists [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French fabuliste. By surface analysis, fable + -ist, or, by surface analysis, fabula + -ist. Compare fabular. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|fabuliste}} Borrowed from French fabuliste, {{surf|en|fable|-ist}} By surface analysis, fable + -ist, {{surf|en|fabula|-ist|nocap=1}} by surface analysis, fabula + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} fabulist (plural fabulists)
  1. A person who writes, tells, or extensively studies fables. Synonyms: fabulator Coordinate_terms: confabulist, confabulator Translations (one who writes or tells fables): баснописец (basnopisec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), fabulista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), sadunkertoja (Finnish), satusetä (Finnish), Fabeldichter [masculine] (German), Fabeldichterin [feminine] (German), fabhalscéalaí [masculine] (Irish), bajkopisarz [masculine] (Polish), bajkopis [masculine] (Polish), bajopis [masculine] (Polish), fabulista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), fabulista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fabulist-en-noun-Pce3ashN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ist, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, People Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 94 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of People: 100 0 Disambiguation of 'one who writes or tells fables': 97 3
  2. (figurative) A liar. Tags: figuratively Coordinate_terms: confabulist, confabulator Translations (a liar): fablisto [singular] (Esperanto), satuilija (Finnish), satusetä (Finnish), mythomane [feminine, masculine] (French), Fabulierer [masculine] (German), Fabuliererin [feminine] (German), blagier [masculine] (Polish), blagierka [feminine] (Polish), kłamca (Polish)
    Sense id: en-fabulist-en-noun-gZKcVYJO Disambiguation of 'a liar': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fabulistic Related terms: confabular, confabulate, confabulation, confabulative, confabulatory, fable, fabular, fabulism, fabulistic, fabulousness

Inflected forms

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        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "fablisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "a liar",
      "word": "satuilija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "a liar",
      "word": "satusetä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "a liar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mythomane"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "a liar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fabulierer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "a liar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fabuliererin"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "a liar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blagier"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "a liar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "blagierka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "a liar",
      "word": "kłamca"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fabulist"
}

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