FABLIAU


Meaning of FABLIAU in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfa-blē-ˌō ]

noun

( plural fab·li·aux -ˌō(z))

Etymology: French, from Old French, diminutive of fable

Date: 1804

: a short, usually comic, frankly coarse, and often cynical tale in verse popular especially in the 12th and 13th centuries

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