tale
[ teyl ]
/ teɪl /
noun
Origin of tale
before 900; Middle English; Old English
talu series, list, narrative, story; cognate with Dutch
taal speech, language, German
Zahl number, Old Norse
tala number, speech. See
tell1
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH tale
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British Dictionary definitions for tale
tale
/ (teɪl) /
noun
Word Origin for tale
Old English
talu list; related to Old Frisian
tele talk, Old Saxon, Old Norse
tala talk, number, Old High German
zala number
Idioms and Phrases with tale
tale
see old wives' tale; tall tale; tell tales; thereby hangs a tale.