folktale

English

noun

Definitions

A tale or story that is part of the oral tradition of a people or a place.

Etymology

Compound from English folk (folk music) + English tale (number).

Origin

English

tale

Gloss

number

Concept

Semantic Field

Modern world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

`Kanji`

数

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

adfolk English
aftertale English
alms-folk English
almsfolk English
anti-folk English
betall English
blabtale English
businessfolk English
carrytale English
chairfolk English
cisfolk English
commonfolk English
congressfolk English
countryfolk English
electrofolk English
fieldfolk English
finfolk English
fisherfolk English
folk English
folk song English
folkcraft English
folker English
folkfree English
folkgame English
folkie English
folkish English
folkland English
folklife English
folklike English
folklore English
folkly English
folkmoot English
folknik English
folkred English
folkright English
folksinger English
folksinging English
folkster English
folkstyle English
folkway English
folkweave English
folky English
foretale English
gayfolk English
gentlefolk English
grandfolk English
hillfolk English
kinfolk English
kinsfolk English
kithfolk English
ladyfolk English
lizardfolk English
menfolk English
merfolk English
midtale English
neofolk English
nonfolk English
pseudofolk English
ratfolk English
seafolk English
showfolk English
skinfolk English
smallfolk English
snowfolk English
straightfolk English
streetfolk English
tale English
taleable English
talebearer English
talebearing English
talebook English
taleful English
talelike English
taler English
talesman English
taleteller English
taletelling English
tattletale English
telltale English
townfolk English
townsfolk English
tradesfolk English
transfolk English
turbo-folk English
womenfolk English
workfolk English
yachtsfolk English
youngfolk English
folk Spanish, Castilian
folk Portuguese
folk Middle English
tale Middle English