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- DictionaryFa·ble/ˈfāb(ə)l/
noun
- 1. a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral: "the fable of the sick lion and the wary fox"
verb
- 1. tell fictitious tales: archaic "I do not dream nor fable"
Fable is a literary genre defined as a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, [1] that features animals, legendary creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature that are anthropomorphized, and that illustrates or leads to a particular moral lesson (a "moral"), which may at the end be added explicitly as a concise maxim or saying .
Fable definition: a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue. See examples of FABLE used in a sentence.
FABLE meaning: 1. a short story that tells a general truth or is only partly based on fact, or literature of this…. Learn more.
Fable, narrative form, usually featuring animals that behave and speak as human beings, told in order to highlight human follies and weaknesses. A moral—or lesson for behaviour—is woven into the story and often explicitly formulated at the end.
FABLE definition: 1. a short story that tells a general truth or is only partly based on fact, or literature of this…. Learn more.
In literature, a fable (pronounced fey-b uh l) is a short fictional story that has a moral or teaches a lesson. Fables use humanized animals, objects, or parts of nature as main characters, and are therefore considered to be a sub-genre of fantasy. The word fable comes from the Latin fābula meaning discourse or story. II. Example of a Fable
Fable definition, a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue: the fable of the tortoise and the hare;Aesop's fables. See more. Dictionary.com
