| NOUN | communication | folktale, folk tale | a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk |
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| Sounds | fow'ktey.l | |
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| Rhymes | ail ... Yale: 95 rhymes with eyl... | |
| Meaning | A tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk. | |
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| Synonym | folk tale | |
| Category of | flying carpet | (Asian folktale) an imaginary carpet that will fly people anywhere they wish / wish to go |
| Instances | Arabian Nights' Entertainment, Arabian Nights, Thousand and One Nights | A collection of folktales in Arabic dating from the 10th century |
| Part of | folklore | The unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture |
| Broader | narrative, narration, story, tale | A message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events |
| Spanish | fábula, leyenda, rondalla | |
| Catalan | conte popular | |
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