FABLE


Meaning of FABLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ feɪb(ə)l ]

( fables)

1.

A fable is a story which teaches a moral lesson. Fables sometimes have animals as the main characters.

...the fable of the tortoise and the hare...

Each tale has the timeless quality of fable.

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2.

You can describe a statement or explanation that is untrue but that many people believe as fable .

Is reincarnation fact or fable?

...little-known horticultural facts and fables.

= myth

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