ба́сня — meaning in English

English meaning

• apologue noun A short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects; a fable.
• fable noun A short story, often with animal characters, written to teach a moral lesson.
• tale noun A story, especially one that is told aloud and may be fictional or exaggerated.

Senses

ба́сня is used for these senses in English:

• apologue A short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects; a fable.
• apologue (rhetoric) The use of fable to persuade the audience.
• fable A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
• fairy tale A folktale or literary story featuring fairies or similar fantasy characters.
• tale A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.

apologue — full definition

1. noun A short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects; a fable.
2. noun The use of fable to persuade the audience.

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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