noun🔗ShareFables, apologuesA fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables."My teacher often reads us fables with animal characters to teach us important lessons about kindness and honesty. "Mon professeur nous lit souvent des fables avec des personnages animaux pour nous enseigner d'importantes leçons sur la gentillesse et l'honnêteté.storyliteratureculturemoralcharacterentertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareFables, contes, histoiresAny story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk."The children were exchanging fables about the haunted house on the corner, each story more imaginative than the last. "Les enfants échangeaient des fables sur la maison hantée au coin de la rue, chaque histoire étant plus imaginative que la précédente.storyliteraturemythologyentertainmentmoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareFiction, mensonge, faussetéFiction; untruth; falsehood."The politician's promises turned out to be fables, as none of them came true. "Les promesses du politicien se sont avérées être des mensonges, car aucune d'entre elles ne s'est réalisée.storyliteratureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareIntrigue, récitThe plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem."The fables of Homer's "Odyssey" tell of a hero's long journey home and his encounters with mythical creatures. "L'intrigue de « L'Odyssée » d'Homère raconte le long voyage d'un héros vers son foyer et ses rencontres avec des créatures mythiques.storyliteraturemythologymoralentertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareInventer des fables, mentirTo compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true."The politician would often fable about his humble beginnings, painting a picture of hardship that never truly existed. "L'homme politique inventait souvent des fables sur ses humbles débuts, brossant un tableau de difficultés qui n'a jamais vraiment existé.storyliteraturelanguagewritingcharacterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareInventer, imaginer, fabulerTo make up; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely; to recount in the form of a fable."He fables stories about his adventures to impress his friends, even though they're mostly made up. "Il fabule des histoires sur ses aventures pour impressionner ses amis, même si elles sont pour la plupart inventées.storylanguageliteraturewritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
