folktale

See also: folk tale

English

Alternative forms

• folk tale

Etymology

From folk +‎ tale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoʊkteɪl/

Noun

folktale (plural folktales)

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

   Synonym: folk story

Translations

story that is part of the oral tradition of a people

• Arabic: حِكَايَة خُرَافِيَّة f (ḥikāya ḵurāfiyya)
• Berber:

  Tashelhit: umiy m

• Catalan: rondalla (ca) f, cuento (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 民間故事 / 民间故事 (zh) (mínjiān gùshì), 民間傳說 / 民间传说 (zh) (mínjiān chuánshuō)

• Danish: folkesagn n
• Dutch: volksverhaal (nl) n
• Finnish: kansantaru (fi)
• French: conte (fr) f, conte populaire f
• Galician: conto popular m
• German: Volksmärchen (de) n, Märchen (de) n

  Alemannic German: Volksmäärli n

• Hungarian: népmese (hu)
• Indonesian: cerita rakyat (id)
• Japanese: 民間説話 (みんかんせつわ, minkan setsuwa)
• Korean: 동화 (ko) (donghwa)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: meselok (ku) f

• Latin: fabula (la)
• Latvian: pasaka (lv) f, teika f
• Mizo: thawnthurochun
• Polish: bajka ludowa f
• Portuguese: conto popular m
• Romani: paramìsi f
• Russian: наро́дная ска́зка f (naródnaja skázka), ска́зка (ru) f (skázka)
• Spanish: leyenda (es) f
• Swedish: folksaga (sv) c
• Tagalog: kuwentong-bayan
• Thai: นิทานชาวบ้าน, นิทานพื้นบ้าน
• Vietnamese: truyện dân gian

See also

• folklore