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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)
- The genre of short, farcical often coarse tales written in the North of France in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries.
Translations
genre of short farcical tales
French
Etymology
Old French fabliau, diminutive of fable
Noun
fabliau m (plural fabliaux)
See also
- fabliau on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr