folktale

See also: folk tale

English

Alternative forms

folk tale

Etymology

folk +‎ tale

Noun

folktale (plural folktales)

A tale or story that is part of the oral tradition of a people or a place.

See also

folklore

Translations

story that is part of the oral tradition of a people

Arabic: حِكَايَة خُرَافِيَّة‎ f (ḥikāya ḵurāfiyya)
Berber:
Tashelhit: umiy m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 民間故事 (zh), 民间故事 (zh) (mínjiān gùshì), 民間傳說 (zh), 民间传说 (zh) (mínjiān chuánshuō)
Danish: folkesagn n
Dutch: volksverhaal n
Finnish: kansantaru
French: conte (fr) f, conte populaire f
Galician: conto popular m
German: Volksmärchen (de) n, Märchen (de) n
Hungarian: népmese (hu)

Japanese: 民間説話 (みんかんせつわ, minkan setsuwa)
Korean: 동화 (ko) (donghwa)
Latin: fabula (la)
Latvian: pasaka (lv) f, teika f
Mizo: thawnthurochun
Polish: bajka ludowa f
Portuguese: conto popular m
Russian: наро́дная ска́зка f (naródnaja skázka), ска́зка (ru) f (skázka)
Spanish: leyenda (es) f
Swedish: folksaga c
Thai: นิทานชาวบ้าน, นิทานพื้นบ้าน
Vietnamese: truyện dân gian

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