"fairy tale" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fairy tales [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fairy tale (plural fairy tales)
  1. A folktale or literary story featuring fairies or similar fantasy characters. Categories (topical): Fiction, Folklore Synonyms: fairy-tale, fairytale Related terms: fairy story Translations (folktale): sprokie (Afrikaans), përrallë [feminine] (Albanian), قِصَّة خُرَافِيَّة (qiṣṣa ḵurāfiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), خُرَافَة (ḵurāfa) [feminine] (Arabic), أُسْطُورَة (ʔusṭūra) [feminine] (Arabic), حِكَايَة رَمْزِيَّة (ḥikāya ramziyya) [feminine] (Arabic), cuento de fadas [masculine] (Aragonese), հեքիաթ (hekʻiatʻ) (Armenian), nağıl (Azerbaijani), әкиәт (əkiət) (Bashkir), ка́зка (kázka) [feminine] (Belarusian), ба́йка (bájka) [feminine] (Belarusian), রূপকথা (rupkotha) (Bengali), umiy [masculine] (Berber Tashelhit), при́казка (príkazka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ဒဏ္ဍာရီ (dandari) (Burmese), သမိုင်း (sa.muing:) (Burmese), приповідка (prypovidka) [feminine] (Carpathian Rusyn), conte de fades [masculine] (Catalan), туьйра (tüüra) (Chechen), гўҗер (gwži͡ər) [Dungan] (Chinese), 囡仔古 (gín-á-kó͘) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 童話 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 童话 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 神話 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 神话 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 童話 (Chinese Cantonese), 童话 (alt: tung⁴ waa⁶⁻², tung⁴ waa⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 神話 (Chinese Cantonese), 神话 (alt: san⁴ waa⁶⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 童話 (Chinese Mandarin), 童话 (tónghuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 民間故事 (folktale) (Chinese Mandarin), 民间故事 (mínjiān gùshi) (Chinese Mandarin), 神話 (english: legend, myth) (Chinese Mandarin), 神话 (shénhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), юмах (jumah) (Chuvash), pohádka [feminine] (Czech), eventyr [neuter] (Danish), sprookje [neuter] (Dutch), fabelo (Esperanto), muinasjutt (Estonian), ævintýr [neuter] (Faroese), satu (Finnish), kansansatu (Finnish), conte de fées [masculine] (French), conte de fée [masculine] (French), conto de fadas (Galician), ზღაპარი (zɣaṗari) (Georgian), Märchen [neuter] (German), Fabel [feminine] (German), Määrli [Alemannic-German, neuter] (German), παραμύθι (paramýthi) [neuter] (Greek), oqaluttualiaq (Greenlandic), אַגָדָה (agadá) [feminine] (Hebrew), परीकथा (parīkathā) [feminine] (Hindi), परियों की कहानी (pariyõ kī kahānī) [masculine] (Hindi), tündérmese (Hungarian), mese (Hungarian), ævintýri [neuter] (Icelandic), dongeng (Indonesian), kaaska (Ingrian), اَفْسانِه (afsâne) (Iranian Persian), síscéal [masculine] (Irish), scéal sí [masculine] (Irish), amaidí [feminine] (Irish), bréag [feminine] (Irish), seafóid [feminine] (Irish), finscéal [masculine] (Irish), favola [feminine] (Italian), fola [feminine] (Italian), fiaba [feminine] (Italian), 童話 (dōwa) (alt: どうわ) (Japanese), おとぎ話 (otogibanashi) (alt: おとぎばなし) (Japanese), 民話 (folktale) (alt: みんわ) (Japanese), 昔話 (mukashibanashi) (english: legend) (alt: むかしばなし) (Japanese), 神話 (shinwa) (english: legend, myth) (alt: しんわ) (Japanese), メルヘン (meruhen) (Japanese), ертек (ertek) (Kazakh), ертегі (ertegı) (Kazakh), ទេពនិទាន (teip nitiən) (Khmer), រឿងព្រេង (rɨəng preing) (Khmer), និទាន (nitiən) (Khmer), រឿងដំណាល (rɨəng dɑmnaal) (Khmer), мойд (mojd) (Komi-Zyrian), 동화 (donghwa) (alt: 童話) (Korean), 민화 (minhwa) (alt: 民話) (Korean), 신화 (sinhwa) (alt: 神話) (Korean), 옛날이야기 (yennariyagi) (Korean), 옛이야기 (yenniyagi) (Korean), 메르헨 (mereuhen) [rare] (Korean), жомок (jomok) (Kyrgyz), жөө жомок (jöö jomok) (Kyrgyz), ນິທານ (ni thān) (Lao), fabula [feminine] (Latin), fabula divalis (Latin), fabula mirabilis (Latin), pasaka [feminine] (Latvian), pãsaka [feminine] (Lithuanian), Määrken [neuter] (Low German), Fabel [feminine] (Low German), Märchen [neuter] (Luxembourgish), бајка (bajka) [feminine] (Macedonian), сказна (skazna) [feminine] (Macedonian), приказна (prikazna) [feminine] (Macedonian), dongeng (Malay), шидэт үлгэр (šidet ülger) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), बालकथा (bālakathā) (Nepali), çîvanok (Northern Kurdish), efsane (Northern Kurdish), eventyr [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), eventyr [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), аргъау (arǧaw) (Ossetian), افسانه (afsāna) [feminine] (Pashto), اَفْسَانَه (afsāna) (Persian), bajka [feminine] (Polish), baśń [feminine] (Polish), παραμύθι (paramýthi) (Pontic Greek), παραμέθι (paraméthi) (Pontic Greek), conto de fadas [masculine] (Portuguese), paramìsi [feminine] (Romani), basm [neuter] (Romanian), paraula [feminine] (Romansch), ска́зка (skázka) [feminine] (Russian), миф (mif) (english: myth) [masculine] (Russian), леге́нда (legénda) (english: legend) [feminine] (Russian), ба́сня (básnja) (english: fable) [feminine] (Russian), при́тча (prítča) [feminine] (Russian), ба́йка (bájka) (english: unrealistic story, fable) [feminine] (Russian), ба̑јка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), bȃjka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ныбақ (nybaq) (Shor), rozprávka [feminine] (Slovak), pravljica [feminine] (Slovene), cuento de hadas [masculine] (Spanish), hadithi ya vichimbakazi (Swahili), saga [common-gender] (Swedish), kuwentong bibit (Tagalog), kakana (Tagalog), афсона (afsona) (Tajik), қисса (qissa) (Tajik), матал (matal) (Tajik), әкият (äkiyat) (Tatar), เทพนิยาย (têep-ní-yaai) (Thai), ጽውጽዋይ (ṣəwṣəway) (Tigrinya), peri masalı (Turkish), masal (Turkish), erteki (Turkmen), тоол (tool) (Tuvan), ка́зка (kázka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ба́йка (bájka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), bajka [feminine] (Upper Sorbian), پَری کَہانی (parī kahānī) [feminine] (Urdu), اَفْسانَہ (afsāna) [masculine] (Urdu), پَرْیوں کی کَہانی (paryõ kī kahānī) [masculine] (Urdu), چۆچەك (chöchek) (Uyghur), ertak (Uzbek), choʻpchak (Uzbek), chuyện cổ tích (alt: 𡀯古跡) (Vietnamese), truyện cổ tích (alt: 傳古跡) (Vietnamese), đồng thoại (alt: 童話) (Vietnamese), mär (Volapük), chwedl [feminine] (Welsh), 童話 (Wu Chinese), 童话 (⁶don-gho) (Wu Chinese), 神話 (Wu Chinese), 神话 (⁶zen-gho) (Wu Chinese), остуоруйа (ostuoruya) (Yakut), מייַסעלע (maysele) (Yiddish), estanık (Zazaki), gojgaeqfangz (Zhuang), saenzvah (Zhuang)
    Sense id: en-fairy_tale-en-noun-yAevT9x2 Disambiguation of Fiction: 42 34 16 8 Disambiguation of Folklore: 51 24 17 8 Disambiguation of 'folktale': 56 2 29 13
  2. (uncountable) The literary genre of these stories. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Fiction
    Sense id: en-fairy_tale-en-noun-2M~UN5dj Disambiguation of Fiction: 42 34 16 8
  3. A story presented as true that is not believable. Categories (topical): Fiction Translations (unrealistic story): небылі́ца (njebylíca) [feminine] (Belarusian), не́быль (njébylʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), ба́йка (bájka) [feminine] (Belarusian), измислица (izmislica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), туьйра (tüüra) (Chechen), 誇張的故事 (Chinese Mandarin), 夸张的故事 (kuāzhāng de gùshi) (Chinese Mandarin), satu (Finnish), Märchen [neuter] (German), Määrli [Alemannic-German, neuter] (German), παραμύθι (paramýthi) [neuter] (Greek), dongèngan (Javanese), eventyr [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), ска́зка (skázka) [feminine] (Russian), ба́йка (bájka) [feminine] (Russian), небыли́ца (nebylíca) [feminine] (Russian), fantasía [feminine] (Spanish), небили́ця (nebylýcja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ба́йка (bájka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-fairy_tale-en-noun-8j2ZUedZ Disambiguation of Fiction: 42 34 16 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 4 64 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 4 51 17 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 19 5 56 20 Disambiguation of 'unrealistic story': 23 13 57 7
  4. A delightful and ideal situation of a kind attained by very few.
    Sense id: en-fairy_tale-en-noun-OrVM~TBx

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          "word": "հեքիաթ"
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          "word": "nağıl"
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          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "dng",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "gwži͡ər",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "гўҗер"
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          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "gín-á-kó͘",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "囡仔古"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "roman": "zh-min-nan",
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        {
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        {
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tónghuà",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "童话"
        },
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          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "folktale",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "民間故事"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "mínjiān gùshi",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "民间故事"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "legend, myth",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "神話"
        },
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          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shénhuà",
          "sense": "folktale",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "wuu",
          "lang": "Wu Chinese",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "童話"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "wuu",
          "lang": "Wu Chinese",
          "roman": "⁶don-gho",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "童话"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "wuu",
          "lang": "Wu Chinese",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "神話"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "wuu",
          "lang": "Wu Chinese",
          "roman": "⁶zen-gho",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "神话"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "cv",
          "lang": "Chuvash",
          "roman": "jumah",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "юмах"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pohádka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "eventyr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "sprookje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "fabelo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "muinasjutt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ævintýr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "satu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "kansansatu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "conte de fées"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "conte de fée"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "conto de fadas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "zɣaṗari",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "ზღაპარი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Märchen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Fabel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "gsw",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "Alemannic-German",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Määrli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "paramýthi",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "παραμύθι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "kl",
          "lang": "Greenlandic",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "oqaluttualiaq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "agadá",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "אַגָדָה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "parīkathā",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "परीकथा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "pariyõ kī kahānī",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "परियों की कहानी"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "tündérmese"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "mese"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ævintýri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "dongeng"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "kaaska"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "síscéal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "scéal sí"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "amaidí"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bréag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "seafóid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "finscéal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "favola"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fola"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fiaba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "alt": "どうわ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "dōwa",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "童話"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "alt": "おとぎばなし",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "otogibanashi",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "おとぎ話"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "alt": "みんわ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "folktale",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "民話"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "alt": "むかしばなし",
          "code": "ja",
          "english": "legend",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mukashibanashi",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "昔話"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "alt": "しんわ",
          "code": "ja",
          "english": "legend, myth",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shinwa",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "神話"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "meruhen",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "メルヘン"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "ertek",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "ертек"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "ertegı",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "ертегі"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "teip nitiən",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "ទេពនិទាន"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "rɨəng preing",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "រឿងព្រេង"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "nitiən",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "និទាន"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "rɨəng dɑmnaal",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "រឿងដំណាល"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "kpv",
          "lang": "Komi-Zyrian",
          "roman": "mojd",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "мойд"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "alt": "童話",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "donghwa",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "동화"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "alt": "民話",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "minhwa",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "민화"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "alt": "神話",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sinhwa",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "신화"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yennariyagi",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "옛날이야기"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yenniyagi",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "옛이야기"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "mereuhen",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "메르헨"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "çîvanok"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "efsane"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "jomok",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "жомок"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "jöö jomok",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "жөө жомок"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "ni thān",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "ນິທານ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fabula"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "fabula divalis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "fabula mirabilis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pasaka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pãsaka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "nds",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Määrken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "nds",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Fabel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Märchen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "bajka",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "бајка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "skazna",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "сказна"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "prikazna",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "приказна"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "dongeng"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "šidet ülger",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "шидэт үлгэр"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "ne",
          "lang": "Nepali",
          "roman": "bālakathā",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "बालकथा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "eventyr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "eventyr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "os",
          "lang": "Ossetian",
          "roman": "arǧaw",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "аргъау"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "afsāna",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "افسانه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "fa-cls",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Classical Persian"
          ],
          "roman": "afsāna",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "اَفْسَانَه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "roman": "afsâne",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "اَفْسانِه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bajka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "baśń"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "pnt",
          "lang": "Pontic Greek",
          "roman": "paramýthi",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "παραμύθι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "pnt",
          "lang": "Pontic Greek",
          "roman": "paraméthi",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "παραμέθι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "conto de fadas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "rom",
          "lang": "Romani",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "paramìsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "basm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "paraula"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "skázka",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ска́зка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "myth",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mif",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "миф"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "legend",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "legénda",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "леге́нда"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "fable",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "básnja",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ба́сня"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prítča",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "при́тча"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "unrealistic story, fable",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bájka",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ба́йка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ба̑јка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bȃjka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "cjs",
          "lang": "Shor",
          "roman": "nybaq",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "word": "ныбақ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rozprávka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pravljica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 2 29 13",
          "code": "hsb",
          "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
          "sense": "folktale",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "հեքիաթ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "nağıl"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "əkiət",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "әкиәт"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kázka",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ка́зка"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "bájka",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ба́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "rupkotha",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "রূপকথা"
    },
    {
      "code": "shi",
      "lang": "Berber Tashelhit",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "umiy"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "príkazka",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "при́казка"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "dandari",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "ဒဏ္ဍာရီ"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "sa.muing:",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "သမိုင်း"
    },
    {
      "code": "rue",
      "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
      "roman": "prypovidka",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "приповідка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "conte de fades"
    },
    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "roman": "tüüra",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "туьйра"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "童話"
    },
    {
      "alt": "tung⁴ waa⁶⁻², tung⁴ waa⁶",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "童话"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "神話"
    },
    {
      "alt": "san⁴ waa⁶⁻²",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "神话"
    },
    {
      "code": "dng",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "gwži͡ər",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan"
      ],
      "word": "гўҗер"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "gín-á-kó͘",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "囡仔古"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "童話"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "童话"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "神話"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "神话"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "童話"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tónghuà",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "童话"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "folktale",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "民間故事"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mínjiān gùshi",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "民间故事"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "legend, myth",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "神話"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shénhuà",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "神话"
    },
    {
      "code": "wuu",
      "lang": "Wu Chinese",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "童話"
    },
    {
      "code": "wuu",
      "lang": "Wu Chinese",
      "roman": "⁶don-gho",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "童话"
    },
    {
      "code": "wuu",
      "lang": "Wu Chinese",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "神話"
    },
    {
      "code": "wuu",
      "lang": "Wu Chinese",
      "roman": "⁶zen-gho",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "神话"
    },
    {
      "code": "cv",
      "lang": "Chuvash",
      "roman": "jumah",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "юмах"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pohádka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "eventyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sprookje"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "fabelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "muinasjutt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ævintýr"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "satu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "kansansatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "conte de fées"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "conte de fée"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "conto de fadas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "zɣaṗari",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "ზღაპარი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Märchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fabel"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Määrli"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paramýthi",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "παραμύθι"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "oqaluttualiaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "agadá",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אַגָדָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "parīkathā",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "परीकथा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pariyõ kī kahānī",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "परियों की कहानी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "tündérmese"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "mese"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ævintýri"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "dongeng"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "kaaska"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "síscéal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scéal sí"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amaidí"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bréag"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "seafóid"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "finscéal"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "favola"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fola"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fiaba"
    },
    {
      "alt": "どうわ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dōwa",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "童話"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おとぎばなし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "otogibanashi",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "おとぎ話"
    },
    {
      "alt": "みんわ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "folktale",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "民話"
    },
    {
      "alt": "むかしばなし",
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "legend",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mukashibanashi",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "昔話"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しんわ",
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "legend, myth",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shinwa",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "神話"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "meruhen",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "メルヘン"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ertek",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "ертек"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ertegı",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "ертегі"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "teip nitiən",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "ទេពនិទាន"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "rɨəng preing",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "រឿងព្រេង"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "nitiən",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "និទាន"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "rɨəng dɑmnaal",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "រឿងដំណាល"
    },
    {
      "code": "kpv",
      "lang": "Komi-Zyrian",
      "roman": "mojd",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "мойд"
    },
    {
      "alt": "童話",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "donghwa",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "동화"
    },
    {
      "alt": "民話",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "minhwa",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "민화"
    },
    {
      "alt": "神話",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sinhwa",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "신화"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yennariyagi",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "옛날이야기"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yenniyagi",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "옛이야기"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mereuhen",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "메르헨"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "çîvanok"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "efsane"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "jomok",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "жомок"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "jöö jomok",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "жөө жомок"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ni thān",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "ນິທານ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fabula"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "fabula divalis"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "fabula divalis"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "fabula mirabilis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pasaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pãsaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Määrken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fabel"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Märchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "bajka",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бајка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "skazna",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сказна"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prikazna",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "приказна"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "dongeng"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "šidet ülger",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "шидэт үлгэр"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "bālakathā",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "बालकथा"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "eventyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "eventyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "os",
      "lang": "Ossetian",
      "roman": "arǧaw",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "аргъау"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "afsāna",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "افسانه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-cls",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Persian"
      ],
      "roman": "afsāna",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "اَفْسَانَه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "afsâne",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "اَفْسانِه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bajka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "baśń"
    },
    {
      "code": "pnt",
      "lang": "Pontic Greek",
      "roman": "paramýthi",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "παραμύθι"
    },
    {
      "code": "pnt",
      "lang": "Pontic Greek",
      "roman": "paraméthi",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "παραμέθι"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "conto de fadas"
    },
    {
      "code": "rom",
      "lang": "Romani",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "paramìsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "basm"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "paraula"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skázka",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ска́зка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "myth",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mif",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "миф"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "legend",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "legénda",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "леге́нда"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "fable",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "básnja",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ба́сня"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prítča",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "при́тча"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "unrealistic story, fable",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bájka",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ба́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ба̑јка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bȃjka"
    },
    {
      "code": "cjs",
      "lang": "Shor",
      "roman": "nybaq",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "ныбақ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rozprávka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pravljica"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bajka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuento de hadas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "hadithi ya vichimbakazi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "saga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "kuwentong bibit"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "kakana"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "afsona",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "афсона"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "qissa",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "қисса"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "matal",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "матал"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "äkiyat",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "әкият"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "têep-ní-yaai",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "เทพนิยาย"
    },
    {
      "code": "ti",
      "lang": "Tigrinya",
      "roman": "ṣəwṣəway",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "ጽውጽዋይ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "peri masalı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "masal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "erteki"
    },
    {
      "code": "tyv",
      "lang": "Tuvan",
      "roman": "tool",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "тоол"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kázka",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ка́зка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bájka",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ба́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "parī kahānī",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "پَری کَہانی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "afsāna",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اَفْسانَہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "paryõ kī kahānī",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "پَرْیوں کی کَہانی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "chöchek",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "چۆچەك"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "ertak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "choʻpchak"
    },
    {
      "alt": "𡀯古跡",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "chuyện cổ tích"
    },
    {
      "alt": "傳古跡",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "truyện cổ tích"
    },
    {
      "alt": "童話",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "đồng thoại"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "mär"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chwedl"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "ostuoruya",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "остуоруйа"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "maysele",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "מייַסעלע"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "estanık"
    },
    {
      "code": "za",
      "lang": "Zhuang",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "gojgaeqfangz"
    },
    {
      "code": "za",
      "lang": "Zhuang",
      "sense": "folktale",
      "word": "saenzvah"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njebylíca",
      "sense": "unrealistic story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "небылі́ца"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njébylʹ",
      "sense": "unrealistic story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "не́быль"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "bájka",
      "sense": "unrealistic story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ба́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izmislica",
      "sense": "unrealistic story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "измислица"
    },
    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "roman": "tüüra",
      "sense": "unrealistic story",
      "word": "туьйра"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "unrealistic story",
      "word": "誇張的故事"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kuāzhāng de gùshi",
      "sense": "unrealistic story",
      "word": "夸张的故事"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unrealistic story",
      "word": "satu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unrealistic story",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Märchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unrealistic story",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Määrli"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paramýthi",
      "sense": "unrealistic story",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "παραμύθι"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "unrealistic story",
      "word": "dongèngan"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "unrealistic story",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "eventyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skázka",
      "sense": "unrealistic story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ска́зка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bájka",
      "sense": "unrealistic story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ба́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nebylíca",
      "sense": "unrealistic story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "небыли́ца"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unrealistic story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fantasía"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nebylýcja",
      "sense": "unrealistic story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "небили́ця"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bájka",
      "sense": "unrealistic story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ба́йка"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fairy tale"
  ],
  "word": "fairy tale"
}
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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": tông-ōe vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
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  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "fairy tale",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": sìng-uâ vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
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  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "fairy tale",
  "trace": ""
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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": minwa vs. folktale",
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