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taru — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dagmar noun A bullet-shaped chrome bumper ornament seen on American cars, especially Cadillacs, in the 1950s.
  • fable noun A short story, often with animal characters, written to teach a moral lesson.
  • fiction noun Writing about imaginary people and events, rather than real ones.
  • legend noun A traditional story from the past, often only partly true.
  • saga noun A long traditional story, originally an Old Norse tale of family history, heroism, or legend.

Senses

taru is used for these senses in English:

  • Dagmar A en given name of Danish origin, in occasional use since the end of the 19th century.
  • fable A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
  • fable Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
  • fable Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
  • fiction (literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.
  • legend A story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events.
  • saga Something with the qualities of such a saga; an epic, a long story.

dagmar — full definition

  1. noun A bullet-shaped chrome bumper ornament seen on American cars, especially Cadillacs, in the 1950s.
  2. name A female given name of Danish origin.

fable — full definition

  1. noun A short story, often with animal characters, written to teach a moral lesson.
  2. noun A made-up story or claim; something untrue.
  3. verb To make up and tell a story as though it were true.

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