fabula

See also fábula

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: fabulas, fabulât

Verb

fabula

1. third-person singular past historic of fabuler

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Latin

Etymology

From for (“I speak”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈfaː.bu.la/

• Audio (Classical)

  (file)

Noun

fābula (genitive fābulae); f, first declension

1. discourse, narrative
2. a tale, story
3. a poem, play
4. concern, matter
5. romance
6. vocative singular of fābula

fābulā f

1. ablative singular of fābula

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	fābula	fābulae
genitive	fābulae	fābulārum
dative	fābulae	fābulīs
accusative	fābulam	fābulās
ablative	fābulā	fābulīs
vocative	fābula	fābulae

Derived terms

• fābella
• fābulāris
• fābulor
• fābulōsus
• lupus in fābulā

Related terms

• fābulātiō
• fābulātor
• fābulōsē
• fābulōsitās

Descendants

English: fable (borrowed from Old French) French: fable Icelandic: fabúla / fábúla, fabulera / fabúlera (borrowed) Italian: favola, fiaba

Portuguese: fábula, fala Russian: фабула (fabula) Spanish: habla, fábula