See tale in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"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.",
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"ref": "2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →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.",
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"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
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],
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"tags": [
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],
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],
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"word": "mese"
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"word": "elbeszélés"
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "saga"
},
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"sense": "type of story",
"word": "rakonto"
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{
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "type of story",
"word": "kisah"
},
{
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "type of story",
"word": "hikayat"
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{
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"code": "izh",
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"word": "jute"
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{
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scéal"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "racconto"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "favola"
},
{
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"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"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "storiella"
},
{
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"alt": "ものがたり",
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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "monogatari",
"sense": "type of story",
"word": "物語"
},
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"code": "ja",
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"roman": "setsuwa",
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"word": "説話"
},
{
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"code": "ja",
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"word": "コント"
},
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"code": "kk",
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"word": "хикая"
},
{
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"code": "kk",
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"word": "әңгіме"
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{
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"word": "хикаят"
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{
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"word": "ертек"
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{
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"code": "km",
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"sense": "type of story",
"word": "និទាន"
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{
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"code": "km",
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"roman": "tɑmnaal",
"sense": "type of story",
"word": "តំណាល"
},
{
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"word": "ngana"
},
{
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "iyagi",
"sense": "type of story",
"word": "이야기"
},
{
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"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "çîrok",
"sense": "type of story",
"word": "چیرۆک"
},
{
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"word": "жомок"
},
{
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"word": "аңгеме"
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{
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"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "ni thān",
"sense": "type of story",
"word": "ນິທານ"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"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"
},
{
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"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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"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fābella"
},
{
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stāsts"
},
{
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"code": "lv",
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"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pasaka"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "lmo",
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"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cunt"
},
{
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "stòria"
},
{
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"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fàvola"
},
{
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"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",
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"sense": "type of story",
"word": "kisah"
},
{
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"code": "ms",
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"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"
},
{
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"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "ülger",
"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "үлгэр"
},
{
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"code": "gld",
"lang": "Nanai",
"roman": "niŋman",
"sense": "type of story",
"word": "нингман"
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{
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
"word": "historie"
},
{
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
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"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"
},
{
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"code": "oc",
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"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": [
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"feminine"
],
"word": "притъча"
},
{
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"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
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"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
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"feminine"
],
"word": "повѣсть"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "cu",
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"roman": "pritŭča",
"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
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"feminine"
],
"word": "ⱂⱃⰹⱅⱏⱍⰰ"
},
{
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"code": "orv",
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
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"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "повѣсть"
},
{
"_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"
},
{
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"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
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"sense": "type of story",
"word": "داستان"
},
{
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"roman": "ustura",
"sense": "type of story",
"word": "اسطوره"
},
{
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"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "hekāyat",
"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "حکايت"
},
{
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"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "qesa",
"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "قصه"
},
{
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"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "dāstān",
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "داستان"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fa-cls",
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],
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"word": "دَاسْتَان"
},
{
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"code": "fa-cls",
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"raw_tags": [
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],
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"word": "قِصَّه"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fa-cls",
"lang": "Persian",
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"Classical Persian"
],
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"sense": "type of story",
"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",
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"roman": "ğesse",
"sense": "type of story",
"word": "قِصِّه"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fa-ira",
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"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",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ска́зка"
},
{
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skazánije",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "сказа́ние"
},
{
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"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "при́тча"
},
{
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "básnja",
"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ба́сня"
},
{
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bylína",
"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
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"epic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "были́на"
},
{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ба́йка"
},
{
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "póvestʹ",
"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "по́весть"
},
{
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"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",
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "prȉpovijēst"
},
{
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
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},
{
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"code": "scn",
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "cuntu"
},
{
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"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
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],
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"word": "aftertale"
},
{
"word": "Banbury tale"
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{
"word": "blab-tale"
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{
"word": "cautionary tale"
},
{
"word": "dead men tell no tales"
},
{
"word": "fairy-tale"
},
{
"word": "fairy-tale ending"
},
{
"word": "fairy tale"
},
{
"word": "fairytale"
},
{
"word": "fish tale"
},
{
"word": "folk tale"
},
{
"word": "folktale"
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{
"word": "foretale"
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{
"word": "frame tale"
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{
"word": "live to tell the tale"
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{
"word": "Milesian tale"
},
{
"word": "morality tale"
},
{
"word": "old wives' tale"
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{
"word": "shaggy-dog tale"
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{
"word": "shaggy dog tale"
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{
"word": "spin a tale"
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{
"word": "talebearer"
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{
"word": "tale-bearer"
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{
"word": "tale bearer"
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{
"word": "talebearing"
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{
"word": "talebook"
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{
"word": "taleful"
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{
"word": "tale of the tape"
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{
"word": "tale of woe"
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{
"word": "tale-teller"
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{
"word": "tall tale"
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{
"word": "tattletale"
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{
"word": "tell its own tale"
},
{
"word": "tell-tale"
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{
"word": "telltale"
},
{
"word": "tell tale"
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{
"word": "telltale compass"
},
{
"word": "tell tales"
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{
"word": "tell tales out of school"
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{
"word": "tell-tale-tit"
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{
"word": "thereby hangs a tale"
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{
"word": "traveller's tale"
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"text": "the Canterbury Tales",
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"ref": "1631, John Milton, L'Allegro:",
"text": "And every shepherd tells his tale\nUnder the hawthorn in the dale.",
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{
"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": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →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.",
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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": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1602, Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwall:",
"text": "In packing, they keep a just tale of the number that every hogshead containeth ...",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. 5, Twelfth Century:",
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"text": "Don't tell tales!",
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{
"ref": "1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:",
"text": "“A very welcome, kind, useful present, that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let this go no further. We don't want the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing.[…]”",
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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": "quote"
},
{
"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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"ref": "1605, Francis Bacon, Of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning, Divine and Human, Volume I, Chapter IX:",
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "type of story",
"word": "storie"
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"code": "af",
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{
"code": "hy",
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"sense": "type of story",
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"code": "hy",
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{
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"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
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},
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"code": "be",
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"tags": [
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"sense": "type of story",
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{
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"code": "bg",
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],
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],
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{
"code": "ca",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "yue",
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"sense": "type of story",
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},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
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"code": "cmn",
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{
"code": "cmn",
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{
"code": "cs",
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"word": "příběh"
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{
"code": "cs",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "type of story",
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"word": "fabel"
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{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "type of story",
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{
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"neuter"
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"neuter"
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "type of story",
"word": "rakonto"
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{
"code": "eo",
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"sense": "type of story",
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
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{
"code": "eve",
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"word": "нимкан"
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{
"code": "evn",
"lang": "Evenki",
"sense": "type of story",
"word": "нимңакан"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "type of story",
"word": "tarina"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "type of story",
"word": "satu"
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"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": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "type of story",
"word": "jute"
},
{
"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": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "ülger",
"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "үлгэр"
},
{
"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": "pověstĭ",
"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "повѣсть"
},
{
"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"roman": "pritŭča",
"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
"Glagolitic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ⱂⱃⰹⱅⱏⱍⰰ"
},
{
"code": "orv",
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
"roman": "pověstĭ",
"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "повѣсть"
},
{
"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",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Persian"
],
"roman": "dāstān",
"sense": "type of story",
"word": "دَاسْتَان"
},
{
"code": "fa-cls",
"lang": "Persian",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Persian"
],
"roman": "qissa",
"sense": "type of story",
"word": "قِصَّه"
},
{
"code": "fa-cls",
"lang": "Persian",
"raw_tags": [
"Classical Persian"
],
"roman": "hikāyat",
"sense": "type of story",
"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": "st",
"lang": "Sotho",
"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
"singular"
],
"word": "tshomo"
},
{
"code": "st",
"lang": "Sotho",
"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "ditshomo"
},
{
"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": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "conseja"
},
{
"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"
},
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "rʉ̂ʉang-raao",
"sense": "type of story",
"word": "เรื่องราว"
},
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "type of story",
"word": "hikâye"
},
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"code": "tk",
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"sense": "type of story",
"word": "erteki"
},
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"code": "tk",
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"sense": "type of story",
"word": "hekaýa"
},
{
"code": "tyz",
"lang": "Tày",
"sense": "type of story",
"word": "tuyện"
},
{
"code": "tyz",
"lang": "Tày",
"sense": "type of story",
"word": "ca tuyện"
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"code": "uga",
"lang": "Ugaritic",
"roman": "mspr",
"sense": "type of story",
"word": "𐎎𐎒𐎔𐎗"
},
{
"code": "uga",
"lang": "Ugaritic",
"roman": "rgm",
"sense": "type of story",
"word": "𐎗𐎂𐎎"
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"roman": "rózpovidʹ",
"sense": "type of story",
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"word": "ро́зповідь"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "istórija",
"sense": "type of story",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "істо́рія"
},
{
"code": "uk",
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"sense": "type of story",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "по́вість"
},
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"code": "ur",
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"roman": "kahānī",
"sense": "type of story",
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"feminine"
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"word": "کَہانی"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "dāstān",
"sense": "type of story",
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"feminine"
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"word": "داسْتان"
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{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
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"sense": "type of story",
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"masculine"
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"code": "ur",
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"sense": "type of story",
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"word": "حِکایَت"
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"sense": "type of story",
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"code": "ug",
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"sense": "type of story",
"word": "ھېكايە"
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"code": "ug",
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"roman": "chöchek",
"sense": "type of story",
"word": "چۆچەك"
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"sense": "type of story",
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"code": "uz",
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"sense": "type of story",
"word": "chuyện"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "type of story",
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