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Definitions for Tale

[1] a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story: a tale about Lincoln's dog.
[2] a literary composition having the form of such a narrative.
[3] a falsehood; lie.
[4] a rumor or piece of gossip, often malicious or untrue.
[5] the full number or amount.
[6] Archaic . enumeration; count.
[7] Obsolete . talk; discourse.
[8] a report, narrative, or story
[9] one of a group of short stories connected by an overall narrative framework
[10] a malicious or meddlesome rumour or piece of gossip to bear tales against someone (in combination ) talebearer ; taleteller
[11] a fictitious or false statement
[12] tell tales to tell fanciful lies to report malicious stories, trivial complaints, etc, esp to someone in authority
[13] tell a tale to reveal something important
[14] tell its own tale to be self-evident
[15] archaic a number; amount computation or enumeration
[16] an obsolete word for talk

Words related to Tale

account, novel, myth, fable, anecdote, yarn, fiction, narrative, legend, rumor, report, romance, relation, saga, narration, prevarication, lie, falsehood, exaggeration, falsity

Words nearby Tale

talcahuano, talcose, talcosis, talcum, talcum powder, tale, tale of genji, the, tale of two cities, a, taleb, talebearer, talent

Origin of Tale

before 900; Middle English; Old English talu series, list, narrative, story; cognate with Dutch taal speech, language, German Zahl number, Old Norse tala number, speech. See tell1

Words that may be confused with Tale

tail, tale

Word origin for Tale

Old English talu list; related to Old Frisian tele talk, Old Saxon, Old Norse tala talk, number, Old High German zala number

Synonyms for Tale

account, anecdote, fable, fiction, legend, myth, narrative, novel, short story, yarn, narration, relation, report, romance, saga, fairy tale, folk tale