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    <title>tale</title>
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      <timestamp>2009-06-19T18:41:11Z</timestamp>
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        <username>AugPi</username>
        <id>2671</id>
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      <comment>t+io:[[rakonto]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]])</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/ˈteɪl/}}
* {{rhymes|eɪl}}

===Etymology===
Old English ''[[talu]]'', related to Danish {{term|tale|lang=da}}, German {{term|Zahl||number}}, Dutch [[taal]] (''language'') and English [[talk]].

====Homophones====
* [[tail]]

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# a type of [[story]].
#: ''the Canterbury '''Tales'''''
# A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.
#* '''1843''' [[:w:Thomas Carlyle|Thomas Carlyle]], ''[[:w:Past and Present (book)|Past and Present]]'', book 2, ch. 5, ''Twelfth Century''
#*: ''They proceeded with some rigour, these Custodiars; took written inventories, clapt-on seals, exacted everywhere strict '''tale''' and measure''

====Translations====
{{trans-top|type of story}}
* Armenian: {{t-|hy|հեքիաթ|tr=hek’iat|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}}
* Croatian: {{t+|hr|priča|f|alt=prȋča}}, {{t-|hr|pripovijest|f|alt=prȉpovijēst}}, {{t-|hr|pripovijetka|f|alt=prȉpovijētka}}
* Dutch: [[vertelsel]] {{n}}, [[verhaaltje]] {{n}}
* Esperanto: {{t-|eo|rakonto|xs=Esperanto}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tarina}}, {{t+|fi|satu}}
* Hebrew: [[מעשיה]] (Ma'asiya)
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|saga|f}}
* [[Ido]]: {{t|io|rakonto}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|racconto|m}}
* Kurdish: {{ku-Arab|[[چیرۆک]]}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|historie|m}}
* Old English: {{t-|ang|giedd|n|alt=ġiedd|xs=Old English}}
* Polish: [[opowieść]] {{f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|conto|m}}, {{t+|pt|história|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|рассказ|m|tr=rasskáz|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|история|f|tr=istórija|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|сказка|f|tr=skázka|sc=Cyrl}} ''fairy tale''
* Slovak: [[príbeh]] {{m}}, [[bájka]] {{f}}, [[rozprávka]] {{f}}
* Spanish: [[cuento]] {{m}}, [[historia]] {{f}} (note: ''cuento'' carries the connotation of having been written for children, and ''historia'' can be confused with ''history)
* [[Taos]]: [[łácianą]], [[pìwcìayána]]
{{trans-bottom}}

====Related terms====
* [[telltale]]
* [[fairy tale]], [[fairytale]]
* [[tall]] tale
* [[tell tales]]

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==Afrikaans==

===Noun===
'''tale'''

# {{plural of|taal|lang=Afrikaans}}

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==Danish==

===Etymology===

From {{etyl|non|da}} {{term|tala|lang=non}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/taːlə/|[ˈtˢæːlə]|lang=da}}

===Noun===
{{da-noun|n|r}}

# [[speech]], [[talk]], [[address]], [[discourse]]

====Inflection====
{{da-noun-infl|n|r}}

===Verb===
{{da-verb|tal|tale|taler|talte|har|talt}}

# To make a speech
# [[speak]], [[talk]]

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==Ido==

===Adverb===
'''tale'''

# [[hence]]

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==Italian==

===Etymology===
Latin ''[[talis]]''

===Adjective===
{{it-adj|tal|e|i}}

# [[such]]

====Related terms====
* [[talaltro]]
* [[talché]]
* [[talmente]]
* [[talora]]
* [[taluno]]

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==Kurdish==

===Noun===
'''tale'''

# [[happiness]]

[[Category:Kurdish language]]

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==Limburgish==

===Noun===
'''tale'''

# [[languages]]

[[Category:Limburgish nouns]]

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==Norwegian==

===Noun===
{{infl|no|noun}}

# [[speech|Speech]], [[talk]], [[address]], [[discourse]]

====Derived terms====
* [[tordentale]]
* [[trontale]]

====Inflection====
{{no-noun-infl|nb-class=m2|nn-class=m2|nn-class2=f2|stem=tal}}

===Verb===
{{no-verb-2|tal}}

# To make a [[speech]]
# [[speak|Speak]], [[talk]]

====Derived terms====
* [[baktale]]
* [[taletrengt]]

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==Romanian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|[ˈta.le]|lang=ro}}

===Pronoun===
'''tale'''

# {{ro-form-adj|fp||tău}}
#: ''[[fiicele]] '''tale''' [[îmi]] [[spuneau]] [[despre]] [[casa]] [[voastră]] [[nouă]]''
#:: your daughters were telling me about your new house.
# {{ro-form-adj|np||tău}}

[[Category:Romanian personal pronouns]]

[[ang:tale]]
[[ar:tale]]
[[zh-min-nan:tale]]
[[da:tale]]
[[de:tale]]
[[el:tale]]
[[fr:tale]]
[[fy:tale]]
[[io:tale]]
[[it:tale]]
[[kk:tale]]
[[ku:tale]]
[[li:tale]]
[[hu:tale]]
[[nl:tale]]
[[ja:tale]]
[[no:tale]]
[[pl:tale]]
[[ru:tale]]
[[fi:tale]]
[[ta:tale]]
[[te:tale]]
[[vi:tale]]
[[tr:tale]]
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