folktale

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• /ˈfoʊkteɪl/
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From folk + tale.

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حِكَايَة خُرَافِيَّة (ḥikāya ḵurāfiyya) — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Belarusian: наро́дная ка́зка (naródnaja kázka) — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Catalan: rondalla — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Catalan: cuento — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Chinese Mandarin: 民間故事 /民间故事 (mínjiān gùshì) — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Chinese Mandarin: 民間傳說 /民间传说 (mínjiān chuánshuō) — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Danish: folkesagn — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Dutch: volksverhaal — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Finnish: kansantaru — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• French: conte — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• French: conte populaire — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Galician: conto popular — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• German: Volksmärchen — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• German: Märchen — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• German: Volksmäärli — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Hungarian: népmese — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Indonesian: cerita rakyat — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Japanese: 民間説話 (minkan setsuwa) — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Japanese: 民話 (minwa) — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Japanese: 昔話 (mukashibanashi) — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Korean: 동화 (donghwa) — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Korean: 민화 (minhwa) — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Korean: 민간 설화 (min'gan seolhwa) — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Korean: 옛날이야기 (yennalliyagi) — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Korean: 옛이야기 (yenniyagi) — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Northern Kurdish: meselok — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Latin: fabula — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Latvian: pasaka — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Latvian: teika — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Mizo: thawnthurochun — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Polish: bajka ludowa — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Portuguese: conto popular — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Romani: paramìsi — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Russian: наро́дная ска́зка (naródnaja skázka) — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Russian: ска́зка (skázka) — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Spanish: leyenda — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Swedish: folksaga — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Tagalog: kuwentong-bayan — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Tashelhit: umiy — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Thai: นิทานชาวบ้าน — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Thai: นิทานพื้นบ้าน — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Ukrainian: наро́дна ка́зка (naródna kázka) — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people
• Vietnamese: truyện dân gian — story that is part of the oral tradition of a people