Synonyms
fable: legend · parable · allegory
fable: affabulation · invention · narration
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"fable" French translation
fable {noun}
I am sure you are familiar with this Latin fable, Mr President: 'A Wolf was drinking at a spring on a hillside.
I should like to illustrate this point by recalling a fable told by Sir Winston Churchill more than 70 years ago.
Why have I quoted this Latin fable?
It was criticised as duplicating the American GPS, but that made me think of the fable of the blind man and the paralytic.
The gospel contains a fine fable which states: Salt is good; but if salt has lost its saltiness, how can you season?
Who, when Our Revelations are conveyed to him, says: "Fables of the ancients!"
When Our Revelations are recited to him, he says: "Fables of the ancients."
But he says: "All this is nothing but fables of the ancients!"
to fable {verb}
to fable [fabled|fabled] {v.i.} (also: to invent stories)
fable {noun}
I am sure you are familiar with this Latin fable, Mr President: 'A Wolf was drinking at a spring on a hillside.
I should like to illustrate this point by recalling a fable told by Sir Winston Churchill more than 70 years ago.
Why have I quoted this Latin fable?
It was criticised as duplicating the American GPS, but that made me think of the fable of the blind man and the paralytic.
The gospel contains a fine fable which states: Salt is good; but if salt has lost its saltiness, how can you season?
Synonyms
Synonyms (English) for "fable":
© Princeton Universitylegend · parable · allegory · apologue · fabrication · fiction
Synonyms (French) for "fable":
© myThes Dicollecteaffabulation · invention · narration · allégation · affirmation · assertion · dire · déclaration · imputation · proposition · prétexte · calomnie · allégorie · symbole · allusion · métaphore · apologue · image · fiction · mythe
Usage examples
Usage examples for "fable" in French
Commissioner Kinnock truly has a task as great as that of the fabled Hercules when he continues Commissioner Liikanen's work reforming the structures of the Commission.
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