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Detailed Translations for fairy tale from English to French

fairytale:

fairytale [the ~] nomen

  1. the fairytale (fib; delusion; fiction; )
    – an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse 1
    la fable; le conte de fées; la fiction; l'illusion; la fabulation; l'affabulation; l'invention
  2. the fairytale (fable; story)
    le récit; la merveille; le conte de fée; la fable; la narration; le conte; le rêve; la fiction

Translation Matrix for fairytale:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
affabulation delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story
conte fable; fairytale; story legend; myth; narration; story; tale; tradition
conte de fée fable; fairytale; story
conte de fées delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story
fable delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story legend; myth; narration; story; tale
fabulation delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story
fiction delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story fabrication; fantasy; figment of the imagination; illusion; imagination; legend; myth; narration; phantasy; pipe dream; story; tale
illusion delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story chimera; delusion; erroneous idea; fabrication; fallacy; false hopes; fantasm; fantasy; fata morgana; figment of the imagination; guise; hallucination; illusion; imagination; mirage; phantasm; phantasy; pipe dream; pretence; pretense; pretext; wrong notion
invention delusion; fable; fairytale; fib; fiction; old wive's tale; story delusion; discovery; fata morgana; find; illusion; invention; mirage
merveille fable; fairytale; story miracle; mystery
narration fable; fairytale; story
récit fable; fairytale; story
rêve fable; fairytale; story chimera; delusion; dream; erroneous idea; fallacy; false hopes; fantasm; fantasy; figment of the imagination; illusion; mirage; phantasm; phantasy; wrong notion
- cock-and-bull story; fairy story; fairy tale; song and dance

Synonyms for "fairytale":


Related Definitions for "fairytale":

  1. an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse1
  2. a story about fairies; told to amuse children1

fairy tale:


Translation Matrix for fairy tale:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- cock-and-bull story; fairy story; fairytale; song and dance
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- nursery tale

Synonyms for "fairy tale":


Related Definitions for "fairy tale":

  1. an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse1
  2. a story about fairies; told to amuse children1

Wiktionary Translations for fairy tale:

fairy tale
noun
  1. a folktale
fairy tale
noun
  1. Récit d’aventures imaginaires.
  2. conte de fée.
  3. récit fabuleux de la littérature, qui mettre en scène des personnages merveilleux, ou encore des créatures imaginaires.
  4. Récit, aventure, conte

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
fairy tale conte sprookje — een meestal moraliserend verhaal voor kinderen waarin fantasiewezens en magie een belangrijke rol spelen
fairy tale conte; conte de fées Märchen — auf mündlicher Überlieferung beruhende, kurze Erzählung, oft mit fantastischen und wunderbaren Begebenheiten

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