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Unknown. Probably from fable; compare fible-fable (“nonsense”).

Clipping of fibula.

Short for Fibonacci.

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: измислица (izmislica) — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Bulgarian: несъзнателна лъжа (nesǎznatelna lǎža) — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Czech: (malá, nevinná) lež — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Danish: løgn — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Danish: nødløgn — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Danish: hvid løgn — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Danish: usandhed — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Dutch: leugentje — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Dutch: gejok — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Faroese: pell — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Faroese: ósannindi — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Finnish: vale — a more or less inconsequential lie
• French: baratin — a more or less inconsequential lie
• French: bobard — a more or less inconsequential lie
• French: craque — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Galician: drola — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Galician: broza — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Galician: caroca — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Galician: mintira — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Galician: bouba — a more or less inconsequential lie
• German: Flunkerei — a more or less inconsequential lie
• German: Schwindelei — a more or less inconsequential lie
• German: Fabulation — a more or less inconsequential lie
• German: Fantasiegeschichte — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Hungarian: füllentés — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Hungarian: lódítás — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Ido: mentieto — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Indonesian: bisa-bisaan — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Indonesian: bohong — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Indonesian: bokis — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Italian: menzogna — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Italian: bugia — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Italian: baggianata — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Italian: bufala — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Italian: fola — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Italian: frottola — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Italian: fandonia — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Japanese: 方便 (hōben) — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Mongolian: худал (xudal) — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Norwegian Bokmål: hvit løgn — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvit løgn — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvit lygn — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Polish: kłamstewko — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Polish: bujda — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Portuguese: mentirinha — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Portuguese: peta — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Russian: вы́думка (výdumka) — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Russian: до́мысел (dómysel) — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Russian: непра́вда (neprávda) — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Serbo-Croatian: sitna laž — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Spanish: milonga — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Spanish: patraña — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Spanish: trola — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Spanish: mentirijilla — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Spanish: mentirilla — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Spanish: mentirita — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Turkish: uydurma — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Woiwurrung: marrening — a more or less inconsequential lie
• Bulgarian: послъгвам (poslǎgvam) — to tell a more or less inconsequential lie
• Czech: lhát — to tell a more or less inconsequential lie
• Czech: vymýšlet si — to tell a more or less inconsequential lie
• Czech: kecat — to tell a more or less inconsequential lie
• Dutch: jokken — to tell a more or less inconsequential lie
• Estonian: luiskama — to tell a more or less inconsequential lie
• French: baratiner — to tell a more or less inconsequential lie
• French: bobarder — to tell a more or less inconsequential lie
• German: fabulieren — to tell a more or less inconsequential lie
• German: flunkern — to tell a more or less inconsequential lie
• German: schwindeln — to tell a more or less inconsequential lie
• German: lügen — to tell a more or less inconsequential lie
• Hungarian: füllent — to tell a more or less inconsequential lie
• Hungarian: lódít — to tell a more or less inconsequential lie
• Ido: mentietar — to tell a more or less inconsequential lie
• Indonesian: berbohong — to tell a more or less inconsequential lie
• Indonesian: bisa-bisaan — to tell a more or less inconsequential lie
• Indonesian: ngebokis — to tell a more or less inconsequential lie
• Italian: mentire — to tell a more or less inconsequential lie
• Polish: kłamać — to tell a more or less inconsequential lie
• Polish: skłamać — to tell a more or less inconsequential lie
• Russian: привира́ть (privirátʹ) — to tell a more or less inconsequential lie
• Russian: привра́ть (privrátʹ) — to tell a more or less inconsequential lie