tale

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story.
2. A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration.
3. (slang) The fraudulent opportunity presented by a confidence man to the mark or victim.
4. An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a rumour; a report, especially an idle or malicious story; a piece of gossip or slander; a lie.
5. (obsolete) Number; tally; quota.
6. (obsolete) Account; estimation; regard; heed.
7. (obsolete) Speech; language.
8. (obsolete) A speech; a statement; talk; conversation; discourse.
9. (obsolete) A count; declaration.
10. (archaic, rare) A number of things considered as an aggregate; sum.
11. (archaic, rare) A report of any matter; a relation; a version.

Verb

1. (dialectal, obsolete) To speak; discourse; tell tales.
2. (Scotland, dialectal) To reckon; consider (someone) to have something.

Concepten

verhaal

vertelsel

vertelling

relaas

sprookje

verhaaltje

geschiedenis

praatje

kennis

relatie

smoesje

bekende

verband

historie

verhouding

verkeer

verslag

verstandhouding

vertelde

omgang

betrekking

opzicht

Synoniemen

story

narrative

legend

fable

account

fairy tale

narration

history

news

📰

myth

anecdote

yarn

🧶

fib

fiction

episode

report

happening

description

event

tell a story

occurrence

tarradiddle

taradiddle

recital

message

narrate

parable

proverb

recounting

relate

relation

relationship

riddle

saga

short story

song

🎶

speech

talk

🗣️

tell

theater

theatre

tittle-tattle

understanding

verb

version

word

romance

talebearing

tall tale

novelet

Vertalingen

conte

cuento

Erzählung

Geschichte

racconto

histoire

storia

Märchen

récit

conto

historia

favola

fiaba

história

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈteɪl/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: tale

Overgenomen van Oudengels: talu

Verwant aan Fries: taal

Verwant aan Nederlands: taal

Verwant aan Duits: Zahl

Verwant aan Deens: tale

Verwant aan IJslands: tala

Verwant aan Latijn: dolus

Verwant aan Oudgrieks: δόλος

Verwant aan Albanees: ndjell

Verwant aan Northern Kurdish: til

Verwant aan Classical Armenian: տող

In summary

From Middle English tale, from Old English talu (“tale, series, calculation”), from Proto-West Germanic *talu, from Proto-Germanic *talō (“calculation, number”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to reckon, count”).
Cognate with West Frisian taal (“speech, language”), Dutch taal (“language, speech”), German Zahl (“number, figure”), Danish tale (“speech”), Icelandic tala (“speech, talk, discourse, number, figure”), Latin dolus (“guile, deceit, fraud”), Ancient Greek δόλος (dólos, “wile, bait”), Albanian ndjell (“to lure”), Northern Kurdish til (“finger”), Old Armenian տող (toł, “row”). Related to tell, talk.