tale

n.

1. A recital of events or happenings; a report or revelation: told us a long tale of woe.
2. A malicious story, piece of gossip, or petty complaint.
3. A deliberate lie; a falsehood.
4. A narrative of real or imaginary events; a story.
5. Archaic. A tally or reckoning; a total.

[Middle English, from Old English talu.]

noun

1. An untrue declaration: canard, cock-and-bull story, falsehood, falsity, fib, fiction, inveracity, lie², misrepresentation, misstatement, prevarication, story, untruth. Informal fish story, tall tale. Slang whopper. See true/false.
2. An entertaining and often oral account of a real or fictitious occurrence: anecdote, fable, story. Informal tall tale, yarn. See words.
3. A noting of items one by one: count, enumeration, numeration, reckoning, tally. See count.
4. A number or quantity obtained as a result of addition: aggregate, amount, sum, summation, sum total, total, totality. See count.

n

Definition: made-up story
Antonyms: non-fiction

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A story told by a narrator with a simple plot and little character development. Tales are usually relatively short and often carry a simple message. Examples of tales can be found in the work of Rudyard Kipling, Somerset Maugham, Saki, Anton Chekhov, Guy de Maupassant, and Armistead Maupin.

IN BRIEF: A story, especially about things that are imagined or made up.

Sainthood emerges when you can listen to someone's tale of woe and not respond with a description of your own. — Andrew V. Mason.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - fortælling, beretning, historie, eventyr, løgnehistorie

idioms:

• tell tales    fortælle eventyr, fortælle løgnehistorier

Nederlands (Dutch)
verhaal iets overleven (en kunnen navertellen)

Français (French)
n. - histoire, récit, mensonge, cancan, bavardage, conte, légende

idioms:

• tell tales    raconter des histoires

Deutsch (German)
n. - Geschichte, Sage, Lügengeschichte, (Gesamt)zahl

idioms:

• tell tales    einen Bären aufbinden

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αφήγημα, διήγημα, ιστορία, μύθος, παραμύθι, διάδοση

idioms:

• lived to tell the tale    επέζησε και θα 'χει να διηγείται
• tell tales    διαδίδω ψέματα, μαρτυρώ, προδίδω

Italiano (Italian)
racconto, storia

idioms:

• lived to tell the tale    sopravvivere
• tell tales    raccontar balle

Português (Portuguese)
n. - história (f), conto (m), narrativa (f), mentira (f)

idioms:

• lived to tell the tale    sobreviveu para contar a história
• tell tales    contar histórias ou estórias, fazer mexerico

Русский (Russian)
рассказ, повесть, сказка, сплетни, выдумки

idioms:

• lived to tell the tale    пережить опасность и потом рассказать о ней
• tell tales    сплетничать, рассказать лживую историю о ком-л.

Español (Spanish)
n. - cuento, relato, historia, narración, mentira, chisme, habladuría

idioms:

• tell tales    chivarse, venir con cuentos, contar chismes

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - berättelse, historia, saga

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
诽语, 故事, 谣言

idioms:

• tell tales    揭人隐私, 散布流言

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 誹語, 故事, 謠言

idioms:

• tell tales    揭人隱私, 散佈流言

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 이야기, 설화

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 話, 物語, うそ, 作り話, 悪意のある噂, 噂話

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كذبه, حكايه, أشاعه مخلوق لأشاعه ألكذب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮השמצה, בדותה, מעשייה, סיפור‬

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