Translation of "fable" to English

Select source language

Source text

5 / 999

Select target language

Translation results

Your text has been partially translated.
You can translate a maximum of 999 characters at a time.
Login or register for free on PROMT.One and translate even more!

Advert

Dictionary translations for "fable"

la fable f noun

pl. fables

fable [ˈfeɪbl] (littérature, genre)

Je régalai le diable, il m'offrit une fable.

I regaled the devil; he gave me a fable.

tale [teɪl] (récit)

tall story

tall tale

other translations 1

hide

Phrases with "fable" (1)

fable du quartier - laughingstock

Contexts with "fable"

Je régalai le diable, il m'offrit une fable. I regaled the devil; he gave me a fable.

Le passage suivant est une citation d'une célèbre fable. The following passage is a quotation from a well-known fable.

Tom ne connaît pas la différence entre une fable et un conte de fées. Tom doesn't know the difference between a fable and a fairytale.

Une des fables d'Ésope s'intitule « Le Renard et les Raisins ». In Aesop's Fables is a story called "Sour Grapes".

Ses fables ont fait de Hans Christian Andersen, le plus connu de tous les Danois du monde, une icône de la littérature mondiale. His fables made Hans Christian Andersen, the most famous Dane in the world, an icon of world literature.

Examples of word usage in different contexts are provided solely for linguistic purposes, i.e. to study word usage in a sentence in one language and how they can be translated into another. All samples are automatically collected from a variety of publicly available open sources using bilingual search technologies.
If you find a spelling, punctuation or any other error in the original or translation, use the "Report a problem" option or write to us.