TALE


Meaning of TALE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ teɪl ]

n. 1 a narrative or story, esp. fictitious and imaginatively treated. 2 a report of an alleged fact, often malicious or in breach of confidence (all sorts of tales will get about). 3 archaic or literary a number or total (the tale is complete). øtale of a tub an idle fiction. [OE talu f. Gmc: cf. TELL(1)]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.