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opowieść — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fable noun A short story, often with animal characters, written to teach a moral lesson.
  • narration noun The act of telling or recounting a story or sequence of events.
  • story noun An account, true or invented, of events told for information or entertainment.
  • tale noun A story, especially one that is told aloud and may be fictional or exaggerated.
  • yarn noun Spun fibre thread used for knitting, weaving, or making rope.

Senses

opowieść is used for these senses in English:

  • fable Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
  • narration That which is narrated or recounted; an orderly recital of the details and particulars of some transaction or event, or of a series of transactions or events; a story or narrative.
  • story An account of real or fictional events.
  • tale A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
  • yarn (countable) A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible.

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.

narration — full definition

  1. noun The act of telling or recounting a story or sequence of events.
  2. noun A spoken or written account of events; a story.

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