"oral tradition" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: oral traditions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} oral tradition (countable and uncountable, plural oral traditions)
  1. Cultural material transmitted orally from one generation to another. Wikipedia link: oral tradition Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: oral lore Related terms: oral history, orality Translations (cultural material transmitted orally from one generation to another): 口頭傳統 (Chinese Mandarin), 口头传统 (kǒutóu chuántǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), orale traditie [feminine] (Dutch), mondelinge traditie [feminine] (Dutch), mondelinge overlevering [feminine] (Dutch), parola tradicio (Esperanto), suullinen perinne (Finnish), tradition orale [feminine] (French), mündlich überlieferte Tradition [feminine] (German), mündliche Überlieferung [feminine] (German), szájhagyomány (Hungarian), béalaireacht [feminine] (Irish), muntlig tradisjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), muntlig overlevering [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), munnleg tradisjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), munnleg overlevering [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), tradición oral [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-oral_tradition-en-noun-hsPVFUGy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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