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folktale

folktale

See also: folk tale

English

Alternative forms

folk tale

Noun

folktale ‎(plural folktales)

A tale or story that is part of the oral tradition of a people or a place.

See also

folklore

Translations

story that is part of the oral tradition of a people

Arabic: حِكَايَة خُرَافِيَّة f ‎(ḥikāya ḵurāfiyya)
Berber:
Tashelhit: umiy m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 民間故事 (zh), 民间故事 (zh) ‎(mínjiān gùshì), 民間傳說 (zh), 民间传说 (zh) ‎(mínjiān chuánshuō)
Dutch: volksverhaal n
Finnish: kansantaru
French: conte (fr) f, conte populaire f
German: Volksmärchen (de) n, Märchen (de) n

Hungarian: népmese (hu)
Japanese: 民間説話 ‎(みんかんせつわ, minkan setsuwa)
Korean: 동화 (ko) ‎(donghwa)
Latin: fabula (la)
Latvian: pasaka (lv) f, teika f
Mizo: thawnthurochun
Portuguese: conto popular m
Russian: наро́дная ска́зка f ‎(naródnaja skázka), ска́зка (ru) f ‎(skázka)
Spanish: leyenda (es) f
Swedish: folksaga c
Vietnamese: truyện dân gian