apologue

Meaning

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

Synonyms

fable

allegory

parable

exemplum

fiction

Translations

apologue

apologo

apólogo

Apolog

Lehrfabel

fable

fábula

apólogo

Gleichnis

faula

apoloog

Fabel

parler

belehrende Geschichte

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæpəlɒɡ/

Etymology

Borrowed from French apologue, from Latin apologus from Ancient Greek ἀπόλογος (apólogos, “story, tale, fable”) from ἀπό- (apó-, “off, away from”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech”). Equivalent to apo- + -logue.