fairy tale
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fairy tale
- /ˈfɛɹi ˌteɪl/ US
- /ˈfeəɹi ˌteɪl/ UK
Where it comes from
Calque of French conte de fées, coined by French writer Madame d'Aulnoy in the late 17th century.
noun fairy tales · fairy-tale · fairytale · faerie tale
- A folktale or literary story featuring fairies or similar fantasy characters. I used to love reading fairy tales when I was a child.
- The literary genre of these stories. Their dresses were rich, and when they came bounding forward, their shapes of silver tissue, with their feathered diadems and faces of animated beauty, they might be imagined into scarcely less than the creations of fairy tale.
- A fabricated or misleading account meant to deceive, such as an exaggerated excuse. He's telling us another fairy tale about how great the software will be.
- A delightful and ideal situation of a kind attained by very few. I've been living in a fairy tale since I met Joe.
Translations
Every language
noun folktale
| Español | cuento de hadas, relato de fadas |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 동화 donghwa, 민화 minhwa, 신화 sinhwa, 옛날이야기 yennariyagi, 옛이야기 yenniyagi, 메르헨 mereuhen |
| 日本語 | 童話 dōwa, おとぎ話 otogibanashi, 民話 folktale, 昔話 mukashibanashi, 神話 shinwa, メルヘン meruhen |
| 中文 | 童話 /童话 tónghuà, 民間故事 /民间故事 folktale, 神話 /神话 shénhuà, 精怪故事 jīngguài gùshì |
| हिन्दी | परीकथा parīkathā, परियों की कहानी pariyõ kī kahānī |
| Kiswahili | hadithi ya vichimbakazi |
| Português | conto de fadas |
| Français | conte de fées, conte de fée |
| Deutsch | Märchen, Fabel |
| Italiano | favola, fola, fiaba |
| Ελληνικά | παραμύθι paramýthi |
| Română | basm |
| Русский | ска́зка skázka, миф mif, леге́нда legénda, ба́сня básnja, при́тча prítča, ба́йка bájka |
| Tiếng Việt | chuyện cổ tích, truyện cổ tích, đồng thoại |
| العربية | قِصَّة خُرَافِيَّة qiṣṣa ḵurāfiyya, خُرَافَة ḵurāfa, أُسْطُورَة ʔusṭūra, حِكَايَة رَمْزِيَّة ḥikāya ramziyya |
| עברית | אַגָדָה agadá |
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title = {fairy tale},
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