tales in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for tales in the English»French Dictionary

tale [Brit teɪl, Am teɪl] N

1. tale:

tale (story)

histoire f (about sur)

tale (fantasy story)

conte m (about sur)

tale (narrative, account)

récit m (about sur)

tale (legend)

légende f (about de)

to tell a tale

raconter une histoire

to tell a tale of woe (about oneself)

raconter ses malheurs

to tell a tale of woe (about others)

raconter une histoire pathétique

the figures tell the same/another tale

les chiffres disent la même chose/tout autre chose

the recent events tell their own tale

les événements récents parlent d'eux-mêmes

2. tale:

tale (hearsay)

histoire f

tale (gossip)

cancan m

to spread or tell tales

raconter des histoires (about sb sur qn)

a likely tale!

et puis quoi encore!

dead men tell no tales

les morts ne parlent pas

to live to tell the tale

être encore là pour en parler

to tell tales out of school

révéler des choses indiscrètes

fairy tale N

1. fairy tale (story):

fairy tale

conte m de fées

2. fairy tale (lie):

fairy tale euph

histoire f à dormir debout

Phrases:

fairy-tale, fairytale attr (idealized) romance, princess

de conte de fées

traveller's tale N

traveller's tale

récit m de voyage enjolivé

morality tale N

morality tale

conte m moral

old wives' tale N

old wives' tale

conte m de bonne femme

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the Canterbury Tales

les Contes de Cantorbéry

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rapportage

tale-telling

conte

tale, story

conte de fées

fairy tale

cafarder

to tell tales Brit

cafter

to tell tales Brit

tales in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for tales in the English»French Dictionary

tale [teɪl] N

1. tale (story):

tale

histoire f

2. tale LIT:

tale

conte m

3. tale (true story):

tale

récit m

to tell tales pej

raconter des histoires

Phrases:

dead men tell no tales

les morts ne parlent pas

I.fairy tale N

1. fairy tale (for children):

fairy tale

conte m de fée

2. fairy tale pej:

fairy tale

histoires fpl

II.fairy tale ADJ

fairy-tale

de conte de fée

a fairy tale wedding

un mariage comme dans un conte de fée

old wives' tale N

old wives' tale

histoire f à dormir debout

I.telltale [ˈtelteɪl], tell-tale N pej

telltale

rapporteur(-euse) m (f)

II.telltale [ˈtelteɪl], tell-tale ADJ

telltale

révélateur(-trice)

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thereby hangs a tale

c'est toute une histoire

to tell tales out of school

faire des révélations

folk hero, tale

populaire

Translations for tales in the French»English Dictionary

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conte

tale

conte des 1001 nuits

tale of the 1001 nights

boniment

tall tale

salade

fairy tales

tales Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to tell tales pej

raconter des histoires

dead men tell no tales

les morts ne parlent pas

dead men tell no tales Am prov

les morts ne parlent pas

to tell tales out of school

faire des révélations

fairy-tale

de conte de fée

a fairy tale wedding

un mariage comme dans un conte de fée

thereby hangs a tale

c'est toute une histoire

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Along the way, she regaled audiences with fanciful tales of her journey, and seemed to thrive in the lime-light.

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His father reads accountant tales to him as bedtime stories.

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Folk tales illustrate the history with stories about good and sinful nuns.

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A series of eight supplemental tales were then released in intervals of about four weeks.

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Jack may be considered an archetypal trickster figure and the tales involve his various intrigues with hostile authority figures such as landlords, bailiffs and employers.

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His attempts at discovering the truth also follow his own tradition of ratiocination, a term used in his detective fiction tales.

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And like our own history, the tales passed down to us are aggrandized and embellished, the heroes lionized and their enemies vilified.

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It is played during social gatherings, and to accompany epic storytelling or songs of heroic tales.

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She wrote articles, short stories, fairy tales and fairy novels.

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Sometimes coming-out stories are heartwarming tales of acceptance and love.

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