"tale" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈteɪl/ Audio: En-au-tale.ogg [Australia] Forms: tales [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪl Etymology: From Middle English tale, from Old English talu (“tale, series, calculation, list, statement, deposition, relation, communication, narrative, fable, story, accusation, action at law”), from Proto-West Germanic *talu, from Proto-Germanic *talō (“calculation, number”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to reckon, count”). Cognate with West Frisian taal (“speech, language”), Dutch taal (“language, speech”), German Zahl (“number, figure”), Danish tale (“speech”), Icelandic tala (“speech, talk, discourse, number, figure”), Latin dolus (“guile, deceit, fraud”), Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos, “wile, bait”), Albanian ndjell (“to lure”), Northern Kurdish til (“finger”), Old Armenian տող (toł, “row”). Related to tell, talk. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tale}} Middle English tale, {{inh|en|ang|talu|t=tale, series, calculation, list, statement, deposition, relation, communication, narrative, fable, story, accusation, action at law}} Old English talu (“tale, series, calculation, list, statement, deposition, relation, communication, narrative, fable, story, accusation, action at law”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*talu}} Proto-West Germanic *talu, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*talō|t=calculation, number}} Proto-Germanic *talō (“calculation, number”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*del-|t=to reckon, count}} Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to reckon, count”), {{cog|fy|taal|t=speech, language}} West Frisian taal (“speech, language”), {{cog|nl|taal|t=language, speech}} Dutch taal (“language, speech”), {{cog|de|Zahl|t=number, figure}} German Zahl (“number, figure”), {{cog|da|tale|t=speech}} Danish tale (“speech”), {{cog|is|tala|t=speech, talk, discourse, number, figure}} Icelandic tala (“speech, talk, discourse, number, figure”), {{cog|la|dolus|t=guile, deceit, fraud}} Latin dolus (“guile, deceit, fraud”), {{cog|grc|δόλος|t=wile, bait}} Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos, “wile, bait”), {{cog|sq|ndjell|t=to lure}} Albanian ndjell (“to lure”), {{cog|kmr|til|t=finger}} Northern Kurdish til (“finger”), {{cog|xcl|տող|t=row}} Old Armenian տող (toł, “row”), {{m|en|tell}} tell, {{m|en|talk}} talk Head templates: {{en-noun}} tale (plural tales)
  1. A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story. Categories (topical): Fiction Translations (type of story): rrëfenjë (Albanian), përrallë [feminine] (Albanian), tregim [masculine] (Albanian), μῦθος (mûthos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), حِكَايَة (ḥikāya) [feminine] (Arabic), قِصَّة (qiṣṣa) [feminine] (Arabic), حكاية (ḥikāya) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), հեքիաթ (hekʿiatʿ) (Armenian), առակ (aṙak) (Armenian), պատմություն (patmutʿyun) (Armenian), ավանդություն (avandutʿyun) (Armenian), լեգենդ (legend) (Armenian), առասպել (aṙaspel) (Armenian), բիլինա (bilina) (Armenian), hekayə (Azerbaijani), хикәйә (xikəyə) (Bashkir), апавяда́нне (apavjadánnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), гісто́рыя (históryja) [feminine] (Belarusian), при́казка (príkazka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), исто́рия (istórija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), conte [masculine] (Catalan), faula [feminine] (Catalan), چیرۆک (çîrok) (Central Kurdish), 故事 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 故事 (gu³ si⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 故事 (gùshi) (Chinese Mandarin), 神話 (Chinese Mandarin), 神话 (shénhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), притъча (pritŭča) [Cyrillic, feminine] (Church Slavic), ⱂⱃⰹⱅⱏⱍⰰ (pritŭča) [Glagolitic, feminine] (Church Slavic), příběh [masculine] (Czech), pohádka [feminine] (Czech), fabel [common-gender] (Danish), fortælling [common-gender] (Danish), eventyr [neuter] (Danish), vertelsel [neuter] (Dutch), verhaaltje [neuter] (Dutch), rakonto (Esperanto), нимкан (ņimkan) (Even), нимңакан (Evenki), tarina (Finnish), satu (Finnish), conte [masculine] (French), მოთხრობა (motxroba) (Georgian), Märchen (english: fairy tale) [neuter] (German), Sage [feminine] (German), Geschichte [feminine] (German), Erzählung [feminine] (German), 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻 (spill) [neuter] (Gothic), ιστορία (istoría) [feminine] (Greek), מַעֲשִׂיָּה (ma'asiya) [feminine] (Hebrew), कहानी (kahānī) [feminine] (Hindi), हिकायत (hikāyat) [feminine] (Hindi), दास्तान (dāstān) [feminine] (Hindi), क़िस्सा (qissā) [masculine] (Hindi), mese (Hungarian), történet (Hungarian), elbeszélés (Hungarian), saga [feminine] (Icelandic), rakonto (Ido), kisah (Indonesian), hikayat (Indonesian), داسْتان (dâstân) (Iranian Persian), قِصِّه (ğesse) (Iranian Persian), حِکایَت (hekâyat) (Iranian Persian), رِوایَت (revâyat) (Iranian Persian), scéal [masculine] (Irish), racconto [masculine] (Italian), favola [feminine] (Italian), fiaba [feminine] (Italian), storia [feminine] (Italian), storiella [feminine] (Italian), 物語 (monogatari) (alt: ものがたり) (Japanese), 説話 (setsuwa) (alt: せつわ) (Japanese), コント (konto) (Japanese), хикая (xikaä) (Kazakh), әңгіме (äñgıme) (Kazakh), хикаят (xikaät) (Kazakh), ертек (ertek) (Kazakh), និទាន (nitiən) (Khmer), តំណាល (tɑmnaal) (Khmer), ngana (Kongo), 이야기 (iyagi) (Korean), жомок (jomok) (Kyrgyz), аңгеме (aŋgeme) (Kyrgyz), ນິທານ (ni thān) (Lao), ນິຍາຍ (ni nyāi) (Lao), ນິພົນ (ni phon) (Lao), ກະຖາ (ka thā) (Lao), stuoškys [masculine] (Latgalian), puorsoka (english: fairy tale) [feminine] (Latgalian), fābula [feminine] (Latin), fābella [feminine] (Latin), stāsts [masculine] (Latvian), pasaka (english: fairy tale) [feminine] (Latvian), cunt [masculine] (Lombard), stòria [feminine] (Lombard), fàvola [feminine] (Lombard), приказна (prikazna) [feminine] (Macedonian), kisah (Malay), hikayat (Malay), historie (Middle English), storie (Middle English), нингман (niŋman) (Nanai), historie [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fortelling [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), eventyr [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), conte [masculine] (Occitan), fabla [feminine] (Occitan), افسانه (efsane) (Ottoman Turkish), داستان (dastan, destan) (Ottoman Turkish), اسطوره (ustura) (Ottoman Turkish), حکايت (hekāyat) [masculine] (Pashto), قصه (qesa) [feminine] (Pashto), داستان (dāstān) [masculine] (Pashto), دَاسْتَان (dāstān) [Classical Persian] (Persian), قِصَّه (qissa) [Classical Persian] (Persian), حِکَایَت (hikāyat) [Classical Persian] (Persian), opowieść [feminine] (Polish), conto [masculine] (Portuguese), história [feminine] (Portuguese), fábula [feminine] (Portuguese), poveste [feminine] (Romanian), расска́з (rasskáz) [masculine] (Russian), исто́рия (istórija) [feminine] (Russian), ска́зка (skázka) (english: fairy tale) [feminine] (Russian), сказа́ние (skazánije) [neuter] (Russian), при́тча (prítča) [feminine] (Russian), ба́сня (básnja) [feminine] (Russian), были́на (bylína) [Russian, epic, feminine] (Russian), ба́йка (bájka) [feminine] (Russian), по́весть (póvestʹ) [feminine] (Russian), са́га (sága) [feminine] (Russian), कथा (kathā) [feminine] (Sanskrit), sgeul [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), sgeulachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), при̑ча [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), при̏повије̄ст [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), при̏повије̄тка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), prȋča [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), prȉpovijēst [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), prȉpovijētka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), cuntu [masculine] (Sicilian), storia [feminine] (Sicilian), príbeh [masculine] (Slovak), bájka [feminine] (Slovak), rozprávka [feminine] (Slovak), zgodba [feminine] (Slovene), cuento [masculine] (Spanish), historia [feminine] (Spanish), berättelse [common-gender] (Swedish), historia [common-gender] (Swedish), saga (english: fairy tale) [common-gender] (Swedish), достон (doston) (Tajik), қисса (qissa) (Tajik), ҳикоя (hikoya) (Tajik), ривоят (rivoyat) (Tajik), łácianą (Taos), pìwcìayána (Taos), әкият (äkiyat) (Tatar), นิทาน (ní-taan) (Thai), อาขยาน (aa-kà-yaan) (Thai), เรื่องราว (rʉ̂ʉang-raao) (Thai), hikâye (Turkish), erteki (Turkmen), hekaýa (Turkmen), 𐎎𐎒𐎔𐎗 (mspr) (Ugaritic), 𐎗𐎂𐎎 (rgm) (Ugaritic), ро́зповідь (rózpovidʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), істо́рія (istórija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), کَہانی (kahānī) [feminine] (Urdu), داسْتان (dāstān) [feminine] (Urdu), قِصَّہ (qissa) [masculine] (Urdu), حِکایَت (hikāyat) [feminine] (Urdu), نَقْل (naql) [feminine] (Urdu), ھېكايە (hëkaye) (Uyghur), چۆچەك (chöchek) (Uyghur), hikoya (Uzbek), ertak (Uzbek), choʻpchak (Uzbek), chuyện (Vietnamese), truyện (Vietnamese), chwedl [feminine] (Welsh), sanık [feminine] (Zazaki), estanık (Zazaki), kehani (Zazaki), qısa (Zazaki), inganekwane [class-10, class-9] (Zulu)
    Sense id: en-tale-en-noun-x5P7K2JO Disambiguation of Fiction: 15 7 8 5 5 5 9 7 5 5 7 5 13 3 Disambiguation of 'type of story': 79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  2. A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.
    Sense id: en-tale-en-noun-0sSLT5O8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 22 12 6 2 1 12 3 3 17 6 5 4 7
  3. (slang) The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-tale-en-noun-7s3JfzX4
  4. An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie.
    Sense id: en-tale-en-noun-~5~-cFks
  5. (obsolete) Number; tally; quota. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-tale-en-noun-YFLzz3kO
  6. (obsolete) Account; estimation; regard; heed. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-tale-en-noun-nldeFLCP
  7. (obsolete) Speech; language. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-tale-en-noun-FaUWH93Z
  8. (obsolete) A speech; a statement; talk; conversation; discourse. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-tale-en-noun-i9Y3zHEt
  9. (law, obsolete) A count; declaration. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-tale-en-noun-gkx0a1t1 Topics: law
  10. (rare or archaic) A number of things considered as an aggregate; sum. Tags: archaic, rare
    Sense id: en-tale-en-noun-aiAheLVw
  11. (rare or archaic) A report of any matter; a relation; a version. Tags: archaic, rare
    Sense id: en-tale-en-noun-QgYIxjaC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: /ˈteɪl/ Audio: En-au-tale.ogg [Australia] Forms: tales [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪl Head templates: {{en-noun}} tale (plural tales)
  1. Alternative form of tael Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tael Related terms: pourquoi tale
    Sense id: en-tale-en-noun-YEWMnKwb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /ˈteɪl/ Audio: En-au-tale.ogg [Australia] Forms: tales [present, singular, third-person], taling [participle, present], taled [participle, past], taled [past]
Rhymes: -eɪl Etymology: From Middle English talen, from Old English talian (“to count, calculate, reckon, account, consider, think, esteem, value, argue, tell, relate, impute, assign”), from Proto-Germanic *talōną (“to count”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to count, reckon, aim, calculate, adjust”). Cognate with German zählen (“to count, number, reckon”), Swedish tala (“to speak, talk”), Icelandic tala (“to talk”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|talen}} Middle English talen, {{der|en|ang|talian|t=to count, calculate, reckon, account, consider, think, esteem, value, argue, tell, relate, impute, assign}} Old English talian (“to count, calculate, reckon, account, consider, think, esteem, value, argue, tell, relate, impute, assign”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*talōną|t=to count}} Proto-Germanic *talōną (“to count”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*del-|t=to count, reckon, aim, calculate, adjust}} Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to count, reckon, aim, calculate, adjust”), {{cog|de|zählen|t=to count, number, reckon}} German zählen (“to count, number, reckon”), {{cog|sv|tala|t=to speak, talk}} Swedish tala (“to speak, talk”), {{cog|is|tala|t=to talk}} Icelandic tala (“to talk”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} tale (third-person singular simple present tales, present participle taling, simple past and past participle taled)
  1. (dialectal or obsolete) To speak; discourse; tell tales. Tags: dialectal, obsolete Categories (topical): Fiction
    Sense id: en-tale-en-verb-AFBRsdtW Disambiguation of Fiction: 15 7 8 5 5 5 9 7 5 5 7 5 13 3
  2. (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To reckon; consider (someone) to have something. Tags: Scotland, dialectal
    Sense id: en-tale-en-verb-jB0em-5K Categories (other): Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: taler
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "word": "Banbury tale"
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      "word": "tale of the tape"
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        "2": "dolus",
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      "name": "cog"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ndjell",
        "t": "to lure"
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      "expansion": "Albanian ndjell (“to lure”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kmr",
        "2": "til",
        "t": "finger"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Kurdish til (“finger”)",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "տող",
        "t": "row"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian տող (toł, “row”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tell"
      },
      "expansion": "tell",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "talk"
      },
      "expansion": "talk",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English tale, from Old English talu (“tale, series, calculation, list, statement, deposition, relation, communication, narrative, fable, story, accusation, action at law”), from Proto-West Germanic *talu, from Proto-Germanic *talō (“calculation, number”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to reckon, count”). Cognate with West Frisian taal (“speech, language”), Dutch taal (“language, speech”), German Zahl (“number, figure”), Danish tale (“speech”), Icelandic tala (“speech, talk, discourse, number, figure”), Latin dolus (“guile, deceit, fraud”), Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos, “wile, bait”), Albanian ndjell (“to lure”), Northern Kurdish til (“finger”), Old Armenian տող (toł, “row”). Related to tell, talk.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tales",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tale (plural tales)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 7 8 5 5 5 9 7 5 5 7 5 13 3",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Fiction",
          "orig": "en:Fiction",
          "parents": [
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            "Art",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        {
          "text": "the Canterbury Tales",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1631, John Milton, L'Allegro",
          "text": "And every shepherd tells his tale\nUnder the hawthorn in the dale.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 214",
          "text": "But can you guess what there was in the box? Why, it was a calf's tail, and if the calf's tail had been longer this tale would have been longer too.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel",
          "text": "Barla Von: What's this? One of the Earth-clan? Ah, a very famous one, yes? You are the one called Shepard.\nBarla Von: The tale of how you survived the great tragedy on Akuze is truly remarkable. I am amazed each time I hear it.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "rrëfenjë"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "përrallë"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tregim"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḥikāya",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "حِكَايَة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "qiṣṣa",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "قِصَّة"
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        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "arz",
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          "roman": "ḥikāya",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "Egyptian-Arabic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "حكاية"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "hekʿiatʿ",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "հեքիաթ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "hy",
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          "roman": "aṙak",
          "sense": "type of story",
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        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "hy",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "avandutʿyun",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "ավանդություն"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "legend",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "լեգենդ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "hy",
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          "roman": "aṙaspel",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "առասպել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "bilina",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "բիլինա"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "hekayə"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "xikəyə",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "хикәйә"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "apavjadánnje",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "апавяда́нне"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "be",
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          "roman": "históryja",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "гісто́рыя"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "príkazka",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "при́казка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "istórija",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "исто́рия"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "conte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "faula"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "gu³ si⁶",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "故事"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "zh-min-nan",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "故事"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gùshi",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "故事"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "神話"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shénhuà",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "神话"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "příběh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pohádka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "fabel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "fortælling"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "eventyr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vertelsel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "verhaaltje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "rakonto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "eve",
          "lang": "Even",
          "roman": "ņimkan",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "нимкан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "evn",
          "lang": "Evenki",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "нимңакан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "tarina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "satu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "conte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "motxroba",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "მოთხრობა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "fairy tale",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Märchen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Sage"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Geschichte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Erzählung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "spill",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "istoría",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ιστορία"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "mûthos",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "μῦθος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "ma'asiya",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "מַעֲשִׂיָּה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "kahānī",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "कहानी"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "hikāyat",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "हिकायत"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "dāstān",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "दास्तान"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "qissā",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "क़िस्सा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "mese"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "történet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "elbeszélés"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "saga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "rakonto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "kisah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "hikayat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "scéal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "racconto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "favola"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fiaba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "storia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "storiella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "alt": "ものがたり",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "monogatari",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "物語"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "alt": "せつわ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "setsuwa",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "説話"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "konto",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "コント"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "xikaä",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "хикая"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "äñgıme",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "әңгіме"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "xikaät",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "хикаят"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "ertek",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "ертек"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "nitiən",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "និទាន"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "tɑmnaal",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "តំណាល"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "kg",
          "lang": "Kongo",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "ngana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "iyagi",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "이야기"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "çîrok",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "چیرۆک"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "jomok",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "жомок"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "aŋgeme",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "аңгеме"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "ni thān",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "ນິທານ"
        },
        {
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          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "ni nyāi",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "ນິຍາຍ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "ni phon",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "ນິພົນ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "ka thā",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "ກະຖາ"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ltg",
          "lang": "Latgalian",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "stuoškys"
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        {
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          "code": "ltg",
          "english": "fairy tale",
          "lang": "Latgalian",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "puorsoka"
        },
        {
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fābula"
        },
        {
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fābella"
        },
        {
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "stāsts"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "english": "fairy tale",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pasaka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "lmo",
          "lang": "Lombard",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cunt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "lmo",
          "lang": "Lombard",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "stòria"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "lmo",
          "lang": "Lombard",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fàvola"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "prikazna",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "приказна"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "kisah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "hikayat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "historie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "storie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "gld",
          "lang": "Nanai",
          "roman": "niŋman",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "нингман"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "historie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fortelling"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "eventyr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "conte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fabla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "cu",
          "lang": "Church Slavic",
          "roman": "pritŭča",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "притъча"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "cu",
          "lang": "Church Slavic",
          "roman": "pritŭča",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "Glagolitic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ⱂⱃⰹⱅⱏⱍⰰ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "efsane",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "افسانه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "dastan, destan",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "داستان"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "ustura",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "اسطوره"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "hekāyat",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "حکايت"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "qesa",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "قصه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "dāstān",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "داستان"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fa-cls",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "dāstān",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "Classical Persian"
          ],
          "word": "دَاسْتَان"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fa-cls",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "qissa",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "Classical Persian"
          ],
          "word": "قِصَّه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fa-cls",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "hikāyat",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "Classical Persian"
          ],
          "word": "حِکَایَت"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "roman": "dâstân",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "داسْتان"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "roman": "ğesse",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "قِصِّه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "roman": "hekâyat",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "حِکایَت"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fa-ira",
          "lang": "Iranian Persian",
          "roman": "revâyat",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "رِوایَت"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "opowieść"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "conto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "história"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fábula"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "poveste"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rasskáz",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "расска́з"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "istórija",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "исто́рия"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "fairy tale",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "skázka",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ска́зка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "skazánije",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "сказа́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prítča",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "при́тча"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "básnja",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ба́сня"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bylína",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "Russian",
            "epic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "были́на"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bájka",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ба́йка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "póvestʹ",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "по́весть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sága",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "са́га"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "kathā",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "कथा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sgeul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sgeulachd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "при̑ча"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "при̏повије̄ст"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "при̏повије̄тка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "prȋča"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "prȉpovijēst"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "prȉpovijētka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cuntu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "storia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "príbeh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "bájka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rozprávka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zgodba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cuento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "historia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "berättelse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "historia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "english": "fairy tale",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "saga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "doston",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "достон"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "qissa",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "қисса"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "hikoya",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "ҳикоя"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "rivoyat",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "ривоят"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "twf",
          "lang": "Taos",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "łácianą"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "twf",
          "lang": "Taos",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "pìwcìayána"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "äkiyat",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "әкият"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "ní-taan",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "นิทาน"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "aa-kà-yaan",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "อาขยาน"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "rʉ̂ʉang-raao",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "เรื่องราว"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "hikâye"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "erteki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "hekaýa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "uga",
          "lang": "Ugaritic",
          "roman": "mspr",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "𐎎𐎒𐎔𐎗"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "uga",
          "lang": "Ugaritic",
          "roman": "rgm",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "𐎗𐎂𐎎"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rózpovidʹ",
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            "feminine"
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            "feminine"
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            "feminine"
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            "feminine"
          ],
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          "roman": "qissa",
          "sense": "type of story",
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            "masculine"
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          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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          "roman": "hikāyat",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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          "roman": "naql",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "hëkaye",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "ھېكايە"
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        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "chöchek",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "چۆچەك"
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        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "hikoya"
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        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "uz",
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        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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          "word": "choʻpchak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "chuyện"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "truyện"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "chwedl"
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          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "sanık"
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          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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          "sense": "type of story",
          "word": "qısa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "zu",
          "lang": "Zulu",
          "sense": "type of story",
          "tags": [
            "class-10",
            "class-9"
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          "word": "inganekwane"
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "ref": "1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, Book I, Preface, §4",
          "text": "the ignorant, […] who measure by tale, and not by weight",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1602, Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwall",
          "text": "In packing, they keep a just tale of the number that every hogshead containeth ...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. 5, Twelfth Century",
          "text": "They proceeded with some rigour, these Custodiars; took written inventories, clapt-on seals, exacted everywhere strict tale and measure",
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        "The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim."
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          "confidence man",
          "confidence man"
        ],
        [
          "mark",
          "mark"
        ],
        [
          "victim",
          "victim"
        ]
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        "(slang) The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim."
      ],
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        "slang"
      ]
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        {
          "text": "Don't tell tales!",
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        }
      ],
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        "An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie."
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        ],
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          "gossip",
          "gossip"
        ],
        [
          "slander",
          "slander"
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          "lie",
          "lie"
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          "ref": "1611, King James Version, Exodus 5:8",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1697, John Dryden, The Works of Virgil, Pastoral III",
          "text": "Both number twice a day the milky dams\nAnd once she takes the tale of all the lambs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 1, page 237",
          "text": "To appease the angry god, two hundred children of the noblest families were picked out for sacrifice, and the tale of victims was swelled by not less than three hundred more who volunteered to die for the fatherland.",
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        }
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        "Number; tally; quota."
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      "id": "en-tale-en-noun-YFLzz3kO",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Number; tally; quota."
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        "obsolete"
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        "Account; estimation; regard; heed."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Account; estimation; regard; heed."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "Speech; language."
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          "language",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Speech; language."
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        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
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        "A speech; a statement; talk; conversation; discourse."
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        "(obsolete) A speech; a statement; talk; conversation; discourse."
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        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
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            "Fundamental"
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        "A count; declaration."
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        [
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law, obsolete) A count; declaration."
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        "A number of things considered as an aggregate; sum."
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        "(rare or archaic) A number of things considered as an aggregate; sum."
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        "archaic",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "ref": "1605, Francis Bacon, Of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning, Divine and Human, Volume I, Chapter IX",
          "text": "[…] birds […] are aptest by their voice to tell tales what they find; and likewise by the motion of their flight to express the same.",
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        }
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        "A report of any matter; a relation; a version."
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        [
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          "relation",
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          "version",
          "version"
        ]
      ],
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        "(rare or archaic) A report of any matter; a relation; a version."
      ],
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        "archaic",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈteɪl/"
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      "rhymes": "-eɪl"
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      "homophone": "tail"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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        "To speak; discourse; tell tales."
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        "(dialectal or obsolete) To speak; discourse; tell tales."
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        "To reckon; consider (someone) to have something."
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        "(dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To reckon; consider (someone) to have something."
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      "ipa": "/ˈteɪl/"
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      "homophone": "tail"
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      "tags": [
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        "Alternative form of tael"
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          "word": "pourquoi tale"
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    "English nouns",
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    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
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    {
      "word": "aftertale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Banbury tale"
    },
    {
      "word": "blab-tale"
    },
    {
      "word": "cautionary tale"
    },
    {
      "word": "dead men tell no tales"
    },
    {
      "word": "fairy-tale"
    },
    {
      "word": "fairy tale"
    },
    {
      "word": "fairytale"
    },
    {
      "word": "fairy-tale ending"
    },
    {
      "word": "fish tale"
    },
    {
      "word": "folk tale"
    },
    {
      "word": "folktale"
    },
    {
      "word": "foretale"
    },
    {
      "word": "frame tale"
    },
    {
      "word": "live to tell the tale"
    },
    {
      "word": "Milesian tale"
    },
    {
      "word": "morality tale"
    },
    {
      "word": "old wives' tale"
    },
    {
      "word": "shaggy dog tale"
    },
    {
      "word": "spin a tale"
    },
    {
      "word": "talebearer"
    },
    {
      "word": "tale bearer"
    },
    {
      "word": "tale-bearer"
    },
    {
      "word": "talebearing"
    },
    {
      "word": "talebook"
    },
    {
      "word": "taleful"
    },
    {
      "word": "tale of the tape"
    },
    {
      "word": "tale of woe"
    },
    {
      "word": "tale-teller"
    },
    {
      "word": "tall tale"
    },
    {
      "word": "tattletale"
    },
    {
      "word": "tell its own tale"
    },
    {
      "word": "tell-tale"
    },
    {
      "word": "telltale"
    },
    {
      "word": "tell tale"
    },
    {
      "word": "telltale compass"
    },
    {
      "word": "tell tales"
    },
    {
      "word": "tell tales out of school"
    },
    {
      "word": "tell-tale-tit"
    },
    {
      "word": "thereby hangs a tale"
    },
    {
      "word": "traveller's tale"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "tale"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English tale",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "ang",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "1": "en",
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    },
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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        "t": "calculation, number"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *talō (“calculation, number”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*del-",
        "t": "to reckon, count"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "2": "taal",
        "t": "speech, language"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "taal",
        "t": "language, speech"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch taal (“language, speech”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Zahl",
        "t": "number, figure"
      },
      "expansion": "German Zahl (“number, figure”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "tale",
        "t": "speech"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish tale (“speech”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "tala",
        "t": "speech, talk, discourse, number, figure"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic tala (“speech, talk, discourse, number, figure”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "dolus",
        "t": "guile, deceit, fraud"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin dolus (“guile, deceit, fraud”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "δόλος",
        "t": "wile, bait"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos, “wile, bait”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "ndjell",
        "t": "to lure"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian ndjell (“to lure”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kmr",
        "2": "til",
        "t": "finger"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Kurdish til (“finger”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "տող",
        "t": "row"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian տող (toł, “row”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tell"
      },
      "expansion": "tell",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "talk"
      },
      "expansion": "talk",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English tale, from Old English talu (“tale, series, calculation, list, statement, deposition, relation, communication, narrative, fable, story, accusation, action at law”), from Proto-West Germanic *talu, from Proto-Germanic *talō (“calculation, number”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to reckon, count”). Cognate with West Frisian taal (“speech, language”), Dutch taal (“language, speech”), German Zahl (“number, figure”), Danish tale (“speech”), Icelandic tala (“speech, talk, discourse, number, figure”), Latin dolus (“guile, deceit, fraud”), Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos, “wile, bait”), Albanian ndjell (“to lure”), Northern Kurdish til (“finger”), Old Armenian տող (toł, “row”). Related to tell, talk.",
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    {
      "form": "tales",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tale (plural tales)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "the Canterbury Tales",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1631, John Milton, L'Allegro",
          "text": "And every shepherd tells his tale\nUnder the hawthorn in the dale.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 214",
          "text": "But can you guess what there was in the box? Why, it was a calf's tail, and if the calf's tail had been longer this tale would have been longer too.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel",
          "text": "Barla Von: What's this? One of the Earth-clan? Ah, a very famous one, yes? You are the one called Shepard.\nBarla Von: The tale of how you survived the great tragedy on Akuze is truly remarkable. I am amazed each time I hear it.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story."
      ],
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        [
          "story",
          "story"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, Book I, Preface, §4",
          "text": "the ignorant, […] who measure by tale, and not by weight",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1602, Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwall",
          "text": "In packing, they keep a just tale of the number that every hogshead containeth ...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. 5, Twelfth Century",
          "text": "They proceeded with some rigour, these Custodiars; took written inventories, clapt-on seals, exacted everywhere strict tale and measure",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fraudulent",
          "fraudulent"
        ],
        [
          "opportunity",
          "opportunity"
        ],
        [
          "confidence man",
          "confidence man"
        ],
        [
          "mark",
          "mark"
        ],
        [
          "victim",
          "victim"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Don't tell tales!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rumour",
          "rumour"
        ],
        [
          "report",
          "report"
        ],
        [
          "gossip",
          "gossip"
        ],
        [
          "slander",
          "slander"
        ],
        [
          "lie",
          "lie"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1611, King James Version, Exodus 5:8",
          "text": "And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1697, John Dryden, The Works of Virgil, Pastoral III",
          "text": "Both number twice a day the milky dams\nAnd once she takes the tale of all the lambs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 1, page 237",
          "text": "To appease the angry god, two hundred children of the noblest families were picked out for sacrifice, and the tale of victims was swelled by not less than three hundred more who volunteered to die for the fatherland.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Number; tally; quota."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "number"
        ],
        [
          "tally",
          "tally"
        ],
        [
          "quota",
          "quota"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Number; tally; quota."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Account; estimation; regard; heed."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Account",
          "account"
        ],
        [
          "estimation",
          "estimation"
        ],
        [
          "regard",
          "regard"
        ],
        [
          "heed",
          "heed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Account; estimation; regard; heed."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Speech; language."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Speech",
          "speech"
        ],
        [
          "language",
          "language"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Speech; language."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A speech; a statement; talk; conversation; discourse."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "statement",
          "statement"
        ],
        [
          "talk",
          "talk"
        ],
        [
          "conversation",
          "conversation"
        ],
        [
          "discourse",
          "discourse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A speech; a statement; talk; conversation; discourse."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "en:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A count; declaration."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "declaration",
          "declaration"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law, obsolete) A count; declaration."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A number of things considered as an aggregate; sum."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "aggregate"
        ],
        [
          "sum",
          "sum"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare or archaic) A number of things considered as an aggregate; sum."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1605, Francis Bacon, Of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning, Divine and Human, Volume I, Chapter IX",
          "text": "[…] birds […] are aptest by their voice to tell tales what they find; and likewise by the motion of their flight to express the same.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A report of any matter; a relation; a version."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "report",
          "report"
        ],
        [
          "relation",
          "relation"
        ],
        [
          "version",
          "version"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare or archaic) A report of any matter; a relation; a version."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈteɪl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "tail"
    },
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      "tags": [
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    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "rrëfenjë"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "përrallë"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tregim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥikāya",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "حِكَايَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qiṣṣa",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "قِصَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥikāya",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "حكاية"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hekʿiatʿ",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "հեքիաթ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "aṙak",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "առակ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "patmutʿyun",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "պատմություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "avandutʿyun",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "ավանդություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "legend",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "լեգենդ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "aṙaspel",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "առասպել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "bilina",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "բիլինա"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "hekayə"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "xikəyə",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "хикәйә"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "apavjadánnje",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "апавяда́нне"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "históryja",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гісто́рыя"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "príkazka",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "при́казка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "istórija",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "исто́рия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "conte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "faula"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "gu³ si⁶",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "故事"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "故事"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gùshi",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "故事"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "神話"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shénhuà",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "神话"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "příběh"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pohádka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fabel"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fortælling"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "eventyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vertelsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "verhaaltje"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "rakonto"
    },
    {
      "code": "eve",
      "lang": "Even",
      "roman": "ņimkan",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "нимкан"
    },
    {
      "code": "evn",
      "lang": "Evenki",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "нимңакан"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "tarina"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "satu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "conte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "motxroba",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "მოთხრობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "fairy tale",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Märchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sage"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Geschichte"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Erzählung"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "spill",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "istoría",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ιστορία"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "mûthos",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μῦθος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ma'asiya",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מַעֲשִׂיָּה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kahānī",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "कहानी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "hikāyat",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "हिकायत"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dāstān",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "दास्तान"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "qissā",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "क़िस्सा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "mese"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "történet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "elbeszélés"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "saga"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "rakonto"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "kisah"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "hikayat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scéal"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "racconto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "favola"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fiaba"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "storia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "storiella"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ものがたり",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "monogatari",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "物語"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せつわ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "setsuwa",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "説話"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "konto",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "コント"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "xikaä",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "хикая"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "äñgıme",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "әңгіме"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "xikaät",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "хикаят"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ertek",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "ертек"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "nitiən",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "និទាន"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "tɑmnaal",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "តំណាល"
    },
    {
      "code": "kg",
      "lang": "Kongo",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "ngana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "iyagi",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "이야기"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "çîrok",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "چیرۆک"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "jomok",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "жомок"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "aŋgeme",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "аңгеме"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ni thān",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "ນິທານ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ni nyāi",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "ນິຍາຍ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ni phon",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "ນິພົນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ka thā",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "ກະຖາ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stuoškys"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "english": "fairy tale",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "puorsoka"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fābula"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fābella"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stāsts"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "english": "fairy tale",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pasaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "lmo",
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cunt"
    },
    {
      "code": "lmo",
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stòria"
    },
    {
      "code": "lmo",
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fàvola"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prikazna",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "приказна"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "kisah"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "hikayat"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "historie"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "storie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gld",
      "lang": "Nanai",
      "roman": "niŋman",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "нингман"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "historie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fortelling"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "eventyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "conte"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fabla"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Church Slavic",
      "roman": "pritŭča",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "притъча"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Church Slavic",
      "roman": "pritŭča",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "Glagolitic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ⱂⱃⰹⱅⱏⱍⰰ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "efsane",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "افسانه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "dastan, destan",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "داستان"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "ustura",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "اسطوره"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "hekāyat",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "حکايت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "qesa",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "قصه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "dāstān",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "داستان"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-cls",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dāstān",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "Classical Persian"
      ],
      "word": "دَاسْتَان"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-cls",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "qissa",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "Classical Persian"
      ],
      "word": "قِصَّه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-cls",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "hikāyat",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "Classical Persian"
      ],
      "word": "حِکَایَت"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "dâstân",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "داسْتان"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "ğesse",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "قِصِّه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "hekâyat",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "حِکایَت"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "revâyat",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "رِوایَت"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opowieść"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "conto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "história"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fábula"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poveste"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rasskáz",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "расска́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "istórija",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "исто́рия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "fairy tale",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skázka",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ска́зка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skazánije",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сказа́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prítča",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "при́тча"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "básnja",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ба́сня"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bylína",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "Russian",
        "epic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "были́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bájka",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ба́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "póvestʹ",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "по́весть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sága",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "са́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "kathā",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "कथा"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sgeul"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sgeulachd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "при̑ча"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "при̏повије̄ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "при̏повије̄тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prȋča"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prȉpovijēst"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prȉpovijētka"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuntu"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "storia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "príbeh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bájka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rozprávka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zgodba"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "historia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "berättelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "historia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "fairy tale",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "saga"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "doston",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "достон"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "qissa",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "қисса"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "hikoya",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "ҳикоя"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "rivoyat",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "ривоят"
    },
    {
      "code": "twf",
      "lang": "Taos",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "łácianą"
    },
    {
      "code": "twf",
      "lang": "Taos",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "pìwcìayána"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "äkiyat",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "әкият"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ní-taan",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "นิทาน"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "aa-kà-yaan",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "อาขยาน"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "rʉ̂ʉang-raao",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "เรื่องราว"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "hikâye"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "erteki"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "hekaýa"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "mspr",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "𐎎𐎒𐎔𐎗"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "rgm",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "𐎗𐎂𐎎"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rózpovidʹ",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ро́зповідь"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "istórija",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "істо́рія"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "kahānī",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "کَہانی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "dāstān",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "داسْتان"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "qissa",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "قِصَّہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "hikāyat",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "حِکایَت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "naql",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "نَقْل"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "hëkaye",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "ھېكايە"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "chöchek",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "چۆچەك"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "hikoya"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "ertak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "choʻpchak"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "chuyện"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "truyện"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chwedl"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sanık"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "estanık"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "kehani"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "word": "qısa"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "type of story",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ],
      "word": "inganekwane"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tale"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪl",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪl/1 syllable",
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        "2": "enm",
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "2": "ang",
        "3": "talian",
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    },
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "t": "to count, number, reckon"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "tala",
        "t": "to speak, talk"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "tala",
        "t": "to talk"
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      "expansion": "Icelandic tala (“to talk”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
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        "To speak; discourse; tell tales."
      ],
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          "speak"
        ],
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          "discourse",
          "discourse"
        ],
        [
          "tell",
          "tell"
        ]
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        "(dialectal or obsolete) To speak; discourse; tell tales."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms",
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To reckon; consider (someone) to have something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reckon",
          "reckon"
        ],
        [
          "consider",
          "consider"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To reckon; consider (someone) to have something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈteɪl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "tail"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-tale.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/93/En-au-tale.ogg/En-au-tale.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/En-au-tale.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tale"
}

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    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪl",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪl/1 syllable",
    "en:Fiction"
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tales",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tale (plural tales)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "pourquoi tale"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "tael"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of tael"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tael",
          "tael#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈteɪl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "tail"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-tale.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/93/En-au-tale.ogg/En-au-tale.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/En-au-tale.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
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}

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