- tale
- nounADJECTIVE▪ long, rambling▪ familiar▪ amazing, bizarre, curious (esp. BrE), extraordinary, fantastic, magical, marvellous/marvelous, strange▪ awful (esp. BrE), sad, sorry, terrible, tragic▪
the sorry tale of his marriage breakdown
▪ chilling, gruesome, hair-raising, harrowing, horror, macabre▪ lurid, sordid, tawdry▪ dark▪a dark tale of sexual obsession
▪ mysterious, spooky▪ funny, humorous, witty (esp. BrE)▪ fascinating, interesting▪ heart-warming▪ simple▪ fanciful, incredible, tall, unlikely (esp. BrE)▪a tall tale that would fool no one
▪ true▪ old wives'▪ coming-of-age, rags-to-riches▪the rags-to-riches tale of an orphan who becomes a star
▪ epic, heroic▪an epic tale of courage and heroism
▪ cautionary, moral, morality▪ classic, folk, old, traditional▪ childhood▪ fairy (often figurative)▪Winning the French Open was a fairy-tale end to her career.
▪ gothic, romantic▪ originalVERB + TALE▪ narrate, recount, regale sb with, relate, tell (sb)▪She regaled us with tales of her wild youth.
▪ hear▪ make up, spin, weave▪ read, write▪ beginTALE + VERB▪ begin▪ unfold▪ concern sb/sth, involve sb/sth▪ be set in …▪a tale set in 19th-century Moscow
▪ be based on sthPREPOSITION▪ tale about▪a tale about a hungry snake
▪ tale of▪tales of adventure
▪the strange tale of the man who sold his hair
PHRASES▪ a tale of woe (= about failure, bad luck, etc.)▪ (have) a tale to tell▪Each of the survivors had a terrible tale to tell.
▪ tell tales (= to say things about sb that are untrue or that they would prefer to be secret) (BrE)
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talé — talé … Dictionnaire des rimes
Tale — Tale, n. [AS. talu number, speech, narrative; akin to D. taal speech, language, G. zahl number, OHG. zala, Icel. tal, tala, number, speech, Sw. tal, Dan. tal number, tale speech, Goth. talzjan to instruct. Cf. {Tell}, v. t., {Toll} a tax, also… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tale — W3 [teıl] n [: Old English; Origin: talu] 1.) a story about exciting imaginary events tale of ▪ tales of adventure ▪ a book of old Japanese folk tales (=traditional stories) ▪ a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen ▪ a caution … Dictionary of contemporary English
Tale — may refer to:*Cautionary tale, a traditional story told in folklore, to warn its hearer of a danger *Fairy tale, a fictional story that usually features folkloric characters (such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, witches, giants, and talking… … Wikipedia
tale — [ teıl ] noun count ** 1. ) a story about imaginary events or people: tale of: tales of bravery and romance 2. ) a spoken account of someone s experiences, especially when they are made to seem more exciting or unpleasant than they really were:… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
talé — talé, ée [ tale ] adj. • taulé « broyé » v. 1330; repris 1860; de taler ♦ Meurtri, taché, en parlant des fruits. Pêches talées. ⊗ HOM. Taller. ● talé Participe passé de taler. talé, ée [tale] adj. ÉTYM. V. 1330, taulé « … Encyclopédie Universelle
tale — [n1] story account, anecdote, fable, fairy tale, fiction, folk tale, legend, myth, narration, narrative, novel, relation, report, romance, saga, short story, yarn; concept 282 tale [n2] made up story canard, chestnut*, clothesline*, cock and bull … New thesaurus
Tale — (Балтэзерс,Латвия) Категория отеля: Адрес: Senču prospekts 45, Балтэзерс, LV 2164, Латвия … Каталог отелей
tale — (n.) O.E. talu story, tale, the action of telling, from P.Gmc. *talo (Cf. Du. taal speech, language ), from PIE root *del to recount, count. The secondary English sense of number, numerical reckoning (c.1200) probably was the primary one in… … Etymology dictionary
Tale — Tale, n. See {Tael}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tale — Tale, v. i. To tell stories. [Obs.] Chaucer. Gower. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English