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Fabliau


Faˊbliˊau′

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Fabliaux
(-ō̍′)
.
[F., fr. OF.
fablel
, dim. of
fable
a fable.]
(Fr. Lit.)
One of the metrical tales of the Trouvères, or early poets of the north of France.

Definition 2024


fabliau

fabliau

English

Noun

fabliau (plural fabliaux)

  1. The genre of short, farcical often coarse tales written in the North of France in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries.

Translations


French

Etymology

Old French fabliau, diminutive of fable

Noun

fabliau m (plural fabliaux)

  1. fabliau

See also


Old French

Etymology

Diminutive form of fable in the Picard dialect, compare biau

Noun

fabliau m (oblique plural fabliaus, nominative singular fabliaus, nominative plural fabliau)

  1. fabliau

Portuguese

Noun

fabliau m (plural fabliaus)

  1. (literature) fabliau (genre of short farcical tales)