adj
Meaning 1
Known only in fables; fictitious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
fabled
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adj
Meaning 2
Made known by fables or reputation; legendary, famed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text We tug our hammer-headed mules along the tourist trails of Petra, the fabled Nabataean capital cut from rock the color of living muscle.
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verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of fable
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
celebrated in fable or legend
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox
- legendary exploits of Jesse James
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: legendary
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: измислен (izmislen) — fictitious
- Bulgarian: приказен (prikazen) — fictitious
- Dutch: fabelachtig — fictitious
- Finnish: satumainen — fictitious
- Finnish: tarumainen — fictitious
- Finnish: satu- — fictitious
- Finnish: taru- — fictitious
- Georgian: ზღაპრული (zɣaṗruli) — fictitious
- German: fabelhaft — fictitious
- Hungarian: mesés — fictitious
- Hungarian: mesebeli — fictitious
- Hungarian: mondai — fictitious
- Hungarian: kitalált — fictitious
- Latin: fabulosus — fictitious
- Bulgarian: легендарен (legendaren) — legendary
- Dutch: fabelachtig — legendary
- Finnish: legendaarinen — legendary
- Galician: lendario — legendary
- German: sagenumwoben — legendary
- Hungarian: legendás — legendary
- Hungarian: híres — legendary
- Latin: fabulosus — legendary
- Romanian: legendar — legendary
- Romanian: faimos — legendary
- Swedish: mytisk — legendary
- Swedish: legendarisk — legendary
- Swedish: mytomspunnen — legendary