tale
noun
[ teɪl ]
• a fictitious or true narrative or story, especially one that is imaginatively recounted.
• "a delightful children's tale"
Similar:
story,
short story,
narrative,
anecdote,
report,
account,
record,
history,
legend,
fable,
myth,
romance,
parable,
allegory,
epic,
saga,
yarn,
rumour,
gossip,
hearsay,
slander,
talk,
allegation,
tittle-tattle,
libel,
tea,
• a number or total.
• "an exact tale of the dead bodies"
Origin:
Old English talu ‘telling, something told’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch taal ‘speech’ and German Zahl ‘number’, also to tell1. tale (sense 2) is probably from Old Norse.
