fable C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈfeɪbəl/ UK /ˈfeɪbəl/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a short tale conveying a moral, often with animal characters The fable of the tortoise and the hare teaches patience. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a short tale conveying a... parableallegorytalemythlegendapologuefiction ↔ Opposites facthistorytruth Word family Derived forms fabledfablerfabulism Related forms fabulistfabulousconfabulate Etymology AI details From Old French fable, from Latin fabula ('story, tale'), from fari ('to speak'), from Proto-Indo-European *bha- ('to speak'). fabula Latin fari Latin *bha- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # fable **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈfeɪbəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈfeɪbəl/ ## Meanings 1. a short tale conveying a moral, often with animal characters ## Examples - The fable of the tortoise and the hare teaches patience. ## Synonyms - parable - allegory - tale - myth - legend - apologue - fiction ## Antonyms - fact - history - truth ## Derived Forms - fabled - fabler - fabulism ## Related Forms - fabulist - fabulous - confabulate ## Roots and Affixes - Root: fabula - Root: fari - Root: *bha- ## Etymology From Old French fable, from Latin fabula ('story, tale'), from fari ('to speak'), from Proto-Indo-European *bha- ('to speak'). ## AI Etymology Fable is from Old French fable, from Latin fabula ('story, tale'), from fari ('to speak'), from Proto-Indo-European *bha- ('to speak'). Important recorded forms include fabula (Latin), fari (Latin), and *bha- (Proto-Indo-European). The current sense covers a short tale conveying a moral, often with animal characters. The wider family includes derived forms such as fabled and fabler and related words such as fabulist, fabulous, and confabulate. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown