fabliau

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English

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Etymology

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From Old French fabliau, diminutive of fable.

Noun

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fabliau (plural fabliaux)

  1. A short, farcical, often bawdy tale of a genre written in the North of France in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries.

Translations

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French fabliau, diminutive of fable.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fabliau m (plural fabliaux)

  1. fabliau

See also

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Further reading

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Old French

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Etymology

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Diminutive form of fable in the Picard dialect, compare biau

Noun

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fabliau oblique singularm (oblique plural fabliaus, nominative singular fabliaus, nominative plural fabliau)

  1. fabliau

Portuguese

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Etymology

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French fabliau

Noun

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fabliau m (plural fabliaus)

  1. (literature) fabliau (genre of short farcical tales)