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English
Etymology
From Old French fabliau, diminutive of fable.
Noun
fabliau (plural fabliaux)
- A short, farcical, often bawdy tale of a genre written in the North of France in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries.
Translations
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French fabliau, diminutive of fable.
Pronunciation
Noun
fabliau m (plural fabliaux)
- fabliau
See also
Further reading
Old French
Etymology
Diminutive form of fable in the Picard dialect, compare biau
Noun
fabliau oblique singular, m (oblique plural fabliaus, nominative singular fabliaus, nominative plural fabliau)
- fabliau
Portuguese
Etymology
French fabliau
Noun
fabliau m (plural fabliaus)
- (literature) fabliau (genre of short farcical tales)